Maggie
23-05-2003, 02:26 PM
An interview in this weeks TVQuick
Brian Dowling enters the romm with exactly the puppyish enthusiasm you'd expect from the presenter of hyperactive kid's show SM:tv Live. And he looks great too - funky retro sportswear, great hair and twinkly eyes.
I't's no wonder that ITV1 has snapped him up for his first foray into rown-up TV since winning the second Big Brother, in 2002.
Brian's Boyfriends will see the cute Irishman solve the boyfriend problems of woman who've written in to the show to see if he can cure thier mens shortcomings, such as being a bad dancer or being rude.
But sadly, Brain who came out as gay to his mum just two days before entering the Big Brother house, does'nt have a boyfriend of his own at the moment and press speculation over who he's dating is starting to get to him.
" It's was bad enough when a maazine said I was minging three weeks on the trot for wearing the wrong clothes, and when one writer kept accusing me of being a talentless dweed - it's all so personal," he says.
" But the worst thing is when the papers say you've got a boyfriend when you haven't. That's more hurtful thatn anything.I'm not seeing anyone at the moment. The closest I've got recently was when I did Celebrity Streetmate for Comic Relief and meet a model called Pablo. He was nice, but I haven't seen him again.
But although he might not have a special someone just now,24-year old Brian is wll aware that he is loved by the nation.
" I came from being a steward on Ryanair to winning BB in nine weeks, and from being a nobody to having everyone know my name.
" The great thing about my career as a TV presenter is that I came into it because of the public - all the people who picked up the phone and voted for me to win BB. People are always really nice to me, which is great.
" In Public, I get more hassle from gay people, who think I've got this " Who does he think he is ?" attitude. But I don't think I'm anyone special, I'm just very lucky - believe me, I don't think I'm Brian Lopez!
i know if I wasn't any good at the job, I wouldn't have lasted five minutes. But it still feels weird sometimes - I wake up and think I'm still oing to be in the BB house and the time since I won the show will all have been a dream.
Brian is really excited about hosting Brian's Boyfriends, especially as it's genuinely his own show. " It'd unlike SM:tv, where I was following in the footsteps of Ant and Dec, which was daunting. But my co-host Tess Daly and I have been doing the best we possibly can, and it was a real eo boost to win a BAFTA award for the show in November after I'd been on it for a year."
He'll be on SM:tv Live while presenting Brian's Boyfriends - he's committed to the show until August - and says he's happy to host shows for kids and adults and see what happens. He's still waiting to hear if SM:tv will be recommissioned by ITV1 in September.
" But what every happens, I haven't been in touch with Ryanair about getting my old job back!
The format for Brian's Boyfriends, where he surprises a boyfriens who's got three issues that need addressing, is perfect for him. " being an air steward means you're always listening to problems and dealing with them, so I've always been good at givin advice. We've ot a uy who can't dance, so we'll be doing something with The Cheeky Girls to help him improve. But it's not all really frivolous - one guy wants to be an English teacher, so we've sent him to a dialogue caoch. It was funny to do, but the girls obviously think thier men's problems need solving, so we need to be seen to be doing something useful for them.
Although he's become a bigger and bigger celebrity, Bria's aware that he can't let stardom go to his head.
" You have to make time to switch off, " he explains. " When I do SM:tv, the stylist buys my uniform for the show, but when I'm at home, I'm Brian. I get a car for work but normally I et the Tube, do normal things.
I know my friends would hate it if I started acting like a star,and I try to put myself in thier shoes. Everyone gets perks from a job like this, but I dont use the fact that I'm on telly to jump queues.
If I'm in a line with friends at a club and I'm called up, then fine but they all have to came with me.
The thing is, you don't want to P*** people off, as you just don't know when it's all going to end.
But the way Brian's career is going, that day looks like it's oing to be a very long time coming.
Brian Dowling enters the romm with exactly the puppyish enthusiasm you'd expect from the presenter of hyperactive kid's show SM:tv Live. And he looks great too - funky retro sportswear, great hair and twinkly eyes.
I't's no wonder that ITV1 has snapped him up for his first foray into rown-up TV since winning the second Big Brother, in 2002.
Brian's Boyfriends will see the cute Irishman solve the boyfriend problems of woman who've written in to the show to see if he can cure thier mens shortcomings, such as being a bad dancer or being rude.
But sadly, Brain who came out as gay to his mum just two days before entering the Big Brother house, does'nt have a boyfriend of his own at the moment and press speculation over who he's dating is starting to get to him.
" It's was bad enough when a maazine said I was minging three weeks on the trot for wearing the wrong clothes, and when one writer kept accusing me of being a talentless dweed - it's all so personal," he says.
" But the worst thing is when the papers say you've got a boyfriend when you haven't. That's more hurtful thatn anything.I'm not seeing anyone at the moment. The closest I've got recently was when I did Celebrity Streetmate for Comic Relief and meet a model called Pablo. He was nice, but I haven't seen him again.
But although he might not have a special someone just now,24-year old Brian is wll aware that he is loved by the nation.
" I came from being a steward on Ryanair to winning BB in nine weeks, and from being a nobody to having everyone know my name.
" The great thing about my career as a TV presenter is that I came into it because of the public - all the people who picked up the phone and voted for me to win BB. People are always really nice to me, which is great.
" In Public, I get more hassle from gay people, who think I've got this " Who does he think he is ?" attitude. But I don't think I'm anyone special, I'm just very lucky - believe me, I don't think I'm Brian Lopez!
i know if I wasn't any good at the job, I wouldn't have lasted five minutes. But it still feels weird sometimes - I wake up and think I'm still oing to be in the BB house and the time since I won the show will all have been a dream.
Brian is really excited about hosting Brian's Boyfriends, especially as it's genuinely his own show. " It'd unlike SM:tv, where I was following in the footsteps of Ant and Dec, which was daunting. But my co-host Tess Daly and I have been doing the best we possibly can, and it was a real eo boost to win a BAFTA award for the show in November after I'd been on it for a year."
He'll be on SM:tv Live while presenting Brian's Boyfriends - he's committed to the show until August - and says he's happy to host shows for kids and adults and see what happens. He's still waiting to hear if SM:tv will be recommissioned by ITV1 in September.
" But what every happens, I haven't been in touch with Ryanair about getting my old job back!
The format for Brian's Boyfriends, where he surprises a boyfriens who's got three issues that need addressing, is perfect for him. " being an air steward means you're always listening to problems and dealing with them, so I've always been good at givin advice. We've ot a uy who can't dance, so we'll be doing something with The Cheeky Girls to help him improve. But it's not all really frivolous - one guy wants to be an English teacher, so we've sent him to a dialogue caoch. It was funny to do, but the girls obviously think thier men's problems need solving, so we need to be seen to be doing something useful for them.
Although he's become a bigger and bigger celebrity, Bria's aware that he can't let stardom go to his head.
" You have to make time to switch off, " he explains. " When I do SM:tv, the stylist buys my uniform for the show, but when I'm at home, I'm Brian. I get a car for work but normally I et the Tube, do normal things.
I know my friends would hate it if I started acting like a star,and I try to put myself in thier shoes. Everyone gets perks from a job like this, but I dont use the fact that I'm on telly to jump queues.
If I'm in a line with friends at a club and I'm called up, then fine but they all have to came with me.
The thing is, you don't want to P*** people off, as you just don't know when it's all going to end.
But the way Brian's career is going, that day looks like it's oing to be a very long time coming.