Part 7 - December 2004

Hi Jonny! I would like to know if you get to see much of the places you visit on tour?
Julia from Fareham

Jonathan: "I try to, but not as much as I'd like to. It's hard, cos sometimes you're only there for a week. But I think with Tommy we're doing a lot of two-week venues and you get to see more of the place."

Are you a coffee or tea man first thing in the morning?
Amy from Hednesford

Jonathan: "Coffee man!"

I've just joined my first football team. How old were you when you first joined yours? Can you give me some tips on keepy-uppies please?
Luke (aged 6) from Dudley

Jonathan: "Ah is that little Luke, is it - farty pants! I was six when I joined. Keepy-uppie tips: try not to keep the ball just at one foot, so if you're left-footed, use your right as well."

Hey Jonny, I was wondering where you and your mates hung out when you were a teenager?
Gill from Scotland

Jonathan: "We used to hang out at the shops and wait for somebody to come by who could buy booze for us."

Hey Jonny, in your last Q&A you said you weren't allowed to play Monopoly anymore, because you had to win all the time. Are you a competitive person in general?
Megan from Wigan

Jonathan: "Yes, I'm a very competitive person, sometimes too much. But I think everyone has got to have a bit of competitiveness in them to succeed in life. But taking it to another extreme like I do, is a bit bad."

Did Graham ever snog you properly at the end of Rocky like he threatened he would?
Louisa from West Yorkshire

Jonathan: "Yeah. Dirty git put his tongue in! I nearly bit it off!"

Hi Jonathan, who is your favourite character in Lord of the Rings, and who would you have liked to have been in the films?
Geraldine from Bristol

Jonathan: "Aragorn - absolutely! Did you know they're doing a Lord of the Rings musical? I don't know what that's going to be like. I don't get how they're going to do it."

Which character you have played has been your favourite out of Judas, Jesus, Frank and Danny? Would you ever play any of them again? Laura from Newbury Jonathan: "Frank by far and yes, I would play Frank again. In fact, I am playing Frank again in a one-off performance in Ibiza, so pack your bags girls! I'm playing in front of 7.500 transvestites. It's gonna be very scary, but it's going to be fun!" Hi Jonathan, what's it like walking on stage and seeing lots of people? Frightening or exciting? And how does it make you feel when people clap and stand up at the end? Sinead from Glasgow Jonathan: "It's very exciting when I see the people and I love it when people stand up and clap at the end as I know they've enjoyed themselves. I'm up there to make sure people have a good time. So to me if they've done that at the end of the show, I've done my job." When you are doing interviews, do you ask to see the questions first that are going to be asked? Colette from Ireland Jonathan: "I don't like to, no. I think sometimes you can think about a question too much, I'd rather just be asked them."

How many times do you bath or shower a week?
Emily from South Wales

Jonathan: "I have a bath about 7 times a week, I have a bath every day. I love baths, I hate showers."

What do you put in your bath?

Jonathan: "Water! (laughs very loudly!) I put Radox in."

Hi, Jonny! I loved the Greased Lightning scene when I saw you in Grease. Did you actually play the guitar?
Vicki from Newcastle

Jonathan: "Don't be daft! Do I play the guitar??? Ab-so-lute-ly not!"

Do you have what they call a rider (a list of demands of items to have in your dressing room)?
Angela from Dublin

Jonathan: "I used to, but I don't anymore. As long as I've got water and the clock that you brought me. I like to take that on tour everywhere I go."

Hi Jonny! Have there been any embarrassing moments on stage during the Grease tour?
Laura from Somerset

Jonathan: "No I don't think there were actually. There was stuff people caused which made the others laugh on stage, but I'm quite good holding it together. But my mate Spud (Graham Tudor) isn't, so I tend to make him laugh."

What GCSE's did you do at school?
Hannah from Bedford

Jonathan: "History, geography, PE, French, English and Maths."

Which songs remind you of a very special moment or situation? And what was that situation?
Maxim from Virgin Island

Jonathan: "Luther Vandross' Here and Now, it reminds me of my wedding day with Nikki. So does the Dirty Dancing soundtrack."

When I met you outside the theatre it was the best moment of my life and I'm wondering what the best moment of your life is?
Tracie from Southampton

Jonathan: "Bless you. I'll have to say getting married wouldn't I, cos Nikki reads this. And scoring the goal at St. James' Park."

Now that you have married, and Robbie spends so much time in the States, do you find it harder to get together for some guy-time or have you been able to work it out easily?
Lisa from California

Jonathan: "Rob's been in England for a while, so it's been good actually. And I'm going to be spending a lot of time in America, so we can spend some "guy-time" together as you call it in LA."

If you could make up a perfect woman, like Frank did with Rocky - but female, whose parts would you use?
Roo from Milton Keynes

Jonathan: "God, very deep. Excluding Nikki: I'm a big fan of Kelly Brook, so I think I'd take pretty much a lot from Kelly Brook...yes."

Do you believe in ghosts?
Mary from London

Jonathan: "See...I don't, but Robbie does and we have this argument all the time. He's convincing me at the moment there are spirits. I don't mind ghosts, they don't bother me."

Have you ever photocopied your arse?
Joanne from Manchester

Jonathan: "Hi Jo! [deep sigh] She's a school teacher as well! She's teaching our kids! I'm not answering that Joanne. You teach our kids and you're asking me a question like that! But if you really want to know, I haven't photocopied my arse cos I'm always getting my arse out, just to let you know that Jo, but I'm disgusted with your question."

If you were on Mastermind, what would your specialist subject be?
David from Essex

Jonathan: "Rocky films."

If you were a 'Mr. Man' which one would you be?
Fiona from Swansea

Jonathan: "I think I'd either be Mr. Funny or Mr. Tall."

Who is your favourite character in 'Little Britain'?
Ellie from South London

Jonathan: "I want that one", what's his name...the one who goes: 'I want that one'. The one who is in the wheelchair. Matt Lucas plays him."

What was better, going out on stage as Frank, or scoring the goal at St. James' Park?
Jaime from West Yorkshire

Jonathan: "Ooh...I think scoring the goal. What I had achieved is probably every little boy's dream. I've done that and it's an amazing thing."