Thank you God!!!!!!!!!!
 

EVERYBODY READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.hellomagazine.com/2002/03/25/0707bigbrother/

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How lovely and sweet is this???????? How gorgeous is Pauly Wauly?????:spin2:

i'm so excited and I can't wait to read this!!:hello::hello:

Chilledbootz - you star! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Mwahhhh! :love:

Oh My God! :shocked:
Fantastic! :hello:
Wicked! :colour:
Double cool! :dance:
Absolutely blinding! :dazzler:
At last! :elephant:

Fan-bloody-tastic! I can't wait! :spin2: :spin2: :spin2:

I know!!!!!!!!!!

How gorgeous do they look? I'm so pleased you replied Kaz, I thought I was going to burst with the excitement!!!:elephant:

The story has made it on ITV teletext as well Page 110:dance:


http://www.teletext.co.uk/tvplus/new...d=52535&high=1

Fantastic scoop, chilledbootz! :thumbs:

After all these months of silence, and the horrible, nasty rumours - at last this is what we've been waiting for. :hello:

It seems such a long time ago (and it is!)since Paul and Helen were seen together on Rich & Famous, but this will more than make up for it. :spin2:

Absolutely brilliant. :hello:

Bless their cotton socks - they're SO in love. http://www.plauder-smilies.com/smlove2.gif

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That is so lovely. :love: Thank you for finding that chilledbootz.

I am definitely paying a visit to my newsagents tomorrow. :hugesmile: :thumbs: :hugesmile:

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OK, I'm afraid I couldn't wait until tomorrow, I remembered that my newsagents is open until 10pm so I have just been out and bought this. :spin2:

The pictures are absolutely gorgeous, especially the one in front of th Eiffel Tower - they look so much in love. :love:

I haven't read all the article yet, I think I'm going to take the magazine up to bed and snuggle up for a nice good read. :spin2:

Here's a nice quote from the end of the article to keep you going till tomorrow. :hugesmile:

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Paul says, "My whole life involves Helen and I have a fantastic relationship with her. That's more important than anything."

"We do look at each other and realise how lucky we are. As long as Paul is happy then I'm happy," Helen smiles.

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If anyone wants me to do a full transcript I will, but it will be tomorrow. :spin:

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I have a strong sense of

IMPENDING DOOM!!! :shocked:

Did no one warn them about the

Curse of Hello Magazine

:devil:

Oh My God :shocked::shocked: :shocked:

Sticks - you can take your sense of 'impending doom' and stick it where the sun don't shine. :mad:

If you can't see that Paul and Helen are happy and in love, then I'm very sorry for you. :bawling:

Unfortunately, I won't be able to visit you in the Home for the Terminally Bewildered, to which you will shortly be admitted ......

Why piss on peoples fireworks sticks. You're always doing it

It is not clever or even remotely funny

:laugh: Nice one Kaz :laugh:


Don't mince your words Splodge0 :colour:

Of course I can see that they are madly in love.

However, it sounds like you may not have heard of the Curse of Hello Magazine.

a number of madly in love celebrity couples have appeard in Hello, only for things to go pear shaped.

Nasty things happen to those who appear in Hello Magazine

Now Helen & Paul have appered in Hello Magazine....

I thought the "Curse of Hello Magazine" was widely known. Perhaps I was wrong on that .

YUP!

:love: :love: :love:

I can't wait until tomorrow to buy Hello magazine. I'm "over the moon" for them both.

:love::hello::love::hello::love::hello::love::hell o::love:

Don't get me wrong.

I want them to succeed.

I want to rub my former peers among the cynics and sceptics who insisted it would last only 3 months, noses in it. :devil:

I want to prove them wrong and me right.

I want them to be sorry for expelling me from their number for siding with romance :devil:

(sorry froth around mouth)

Not that I am bitter :mad:

I just wish they had picked any other magazine than HELLO

Like Heat ??? :dance:

Keep digging.

I wondered why they didn't go back to Heat actually. Maybe they didn't want them!(shock,horror aghast).

Thanks Chilled for this - it's made my week, or even my year. I've been watching my BB2 tapes and getting all mushy and sentimental - this is the icing on the cake.

How absolutely wonderful. I'll be in the newsagents first thing tomorrow to buy it. The couple of quotes and pictures they've put on their site look great, can't wait to read and see the whole thing.

Sticks - go and find something else to feel doom laden about. Yes, we've heard of the "Curse of Hello magazine" but does anyone really believe it exists as an entity? I don't think so. They feature mainly big time celebs who, by the nature of the field they work in are subject to long periods of time apart, difficulty in sustaining relationships because of schedules, career jealousies etc, etc. With all due respect to Helen and Paul (who I love dearly) they are not in the 'big time' league - although v. important to us - and spend their time together, getting on with their normal lives and obviously there is no conflict in their career paths. They appear now (and always have been) very supportive of each other and very open, honest and loving towards each other. I think it bodes well for the future and that they feel secure and confortable enough in their relationship to deal with this type of publicity.

Bless their little cotton socks - I'm so happy for them that everything has turned out so well and they are so in love with each other.

We just need Dean playing 'Deluxe' at their reception and my life will be complete!
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Thanks and check out ..........
 

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Thanks chilled......... there was also a very similar story line on ITV Ceefax page 130 tonight (well at 00.20 actually).

It's all briliant and i'm still hoping for a BB2 wedding when BB3 is in progress so davina can wear her hat.........:spin2:

Make sure Hello! knows how much we love them.
 

Now, he's got some stiff competition, and a few of us might have mixed loyalties, but Mr Clarke has been shortlisted for most attractive man of the week. Let's show our support. At the very least he has to beat Jamie Oliver and Charlie Sheen!

http://www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mo...eman/?mensaje=

Same for Helen
http://www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mo...oman/?mensaje=

Sadly, you are only allowed to vote once a day (from a single computer).

Thank God I was not at my usual newsagents, but in Waterloo Station, loitering in WH Smiths while waiting for my late train when I saw this. I let out a bit of a squeak that had a cashier laughing at me, but I didn't care. I was a woman on a mission.

The anticipation of reading it got too much. I had a lot to carry and was desperate to get on that train so I could read it in comfort. People probably thought I had an important meeting I was going to be late for, but little did they know! Even the ticket inspector did a double take when he saw what I was reading. :blush:

Those of you who want to read the bit on teletext, here's a link for that too.:love:

http://www.teletext.co.uk/tvplus/new...d=52535&high=1

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If it wasn't March, I'd swear it was my birthday. Absolutely lovely, what can I say? I am not normally lost for words, but , like, WOW!

My sincere thanks to discolady, whose texting awoke me from the haze of shame I still felt this morning following my abysmal rendition of 'It's Raining Men' last night....(Paul managed to get a mention in that!)

I was barely able to restrain myself from skipping to the newsagents in my nightie, and purchased it as I started back across the Pennines on my journey homewards.

A word of warning to anyone else...don't try driving around double bends with a picture of Paul Clarke at your side. You just have to keep having a little peek, and it can be bloody hairy!

Happily, no harm done, and I'm back. Oh, yes, and Peachy and Discolady, just one thing. After seeing these pics I have to admit that when I said I was getting over Mr Clarke, I was obviously being about as honest to myself as he was when he told Amma and Bubble that Helen wasn't his cup of tea. The man is absolutely gorgeous, let's face it. Woweeee!:love::love::hello::love::colour::love::he llo::love::love:


Now why didn't I think of 'Springtime in Paris' for Paul and Helen?

Wowwweeee, indeed. I was so excited when I logged on to the board this afternoon, I couldn't believe it. I was round to the newsagent's like a bullet out of a gun. Then thumbing through frantically to find the right pages and wasn't it worth waiting for, what lovely pictures. So, today was great, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, Helen and Paul are in love and I'm happy!!!:spin2::spin2::spin2::spin2::spin2::spin2: :spin2::spin2::spin2:


Glad you got home safe and sound ROB! We await ROB's version of what really went on in Paris soon!

Is the offer to do a transcript still good? You could save me a lot of embarrasment in the newsagents. I really can't be seen buying Hello!:thumbs:

ROB
 

Wow R.O.B. - I ahd visions of you in a leafy suburb .................................:xyxwave: not crossing t'pennines. How the mind plays tricks:bouncy:

I promise to peek at my copy of hello in secret and whilst still, not driving, on a big diper or anything really............:flower:

Welcome back safe and sound ROB - nice to have you visiting God's own county!!

What can I say about 'Hello' - absolutely fab. Pictures are gorgeous (I agree the reading of Le Figaro is going a bit too far but the picture is lovely). The warmth they obviously have in their relationship comes through in every sentence. I especially liked the bit about it being their Mum's idea they get a place together when they had been secretly thinking that themselves for some time. It was like they were waiting for the OK from their parents - how sweet.

They have obviously settled into a normal, loving relationship, doing the normal things that couples do - it is so heartening to see them so close and obviously still besotted with each other. I think their romance will go from strength to strength and they will support each other through anything and everything. I wish them all the best for the future.

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Hi James

Yes, I'll do a transcript this evening, I'll also try and post some of the pictures up. :thumbs:

I was going to try and write it up lat night, but that horrid 'work' thing got in the way. :bawling:

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Well at 6:00 I was at the news agents to get my copy of Hello. This was the moment that i have been waiting for. All my christmas have come a once. The pictures are superb, they are so in love. I am so hapy for them. Good luck to them for selling their story to Hello. I cannot remember what paper stated that they were to announce their engagement, or they were selling their story, its was several weeks go , but which ever paper it was was not far from the truth. I will have to go back into the old memory banks, as to which paper it was. So as to watch for the wedding annoucement which I now feel will be this year!!:dance::hello::dance::elephant:

For reference it was the Sunday People 24/2/02.


http://www.gsne03768.pwp.blueyonder....le24022002.jpg

I would hang fire on buying new hats


Oh why did it have to be Hello Magazine !!!! :bawling:

I bought my copy at my local garage - I ain't got no shame!! lol!:laugh:
Haven't read it yet, got other things on my mind how sad is that:nono: :shocked:
Still the sun's out...........just

James, there is no shame in buying Hello! If concerned, mutter something about your gran. As well as lovely photos and story about P&H you can read about Gareth going back to school, and sniffle over photos of Prince Charles dog Tiggy - recently deceased. :bawling:

Unfortunately most of the rest of it is about boring society people that I've never heard of, nor wish to find out about. :sleep:

I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE MISSED OUT ON THIS!!!!
I havent been on the board for a while and I come back to it and I get all this!!
Went up to Spar today after ROB told me all about the mag and have a flick thru it. Lovely pictures, love the top Helen is wearing when they are inat restaurant - the black and white one!:spin2:
Im so happy their happy, look so much in love!:love::colour::flower:
Im gonna have to buy ths tomorrow!:laugh:

Here's the transcript I promised James. I'll scan the pictures in after Buffy and Angel have finished later on. :spin2:

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On a romantic break in Paris Big Brother’s Helen Adams and Paul Clarke speak for the first time about buying a home together.

To all the cynics who said it would never last, it has. Eight months on, last summer’s most talked about romance, between Big Brother’s Helen Adams and Paul Clarke, is stronger than ever.

On a break in Paris with Hello!, the couple demonstrate their devotion to one another as they explore the romantic city hand in hand.

In between trips to the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur, Helen and Paul enjoy wandering around the city’s gardens, sipping coffees and talking to Hello! about their romance.

‘Everything is perfect with Helen at the moment. It al feels so right and comfortable,’ Paul says. ‘She really is the girl of my dreams.'

Planting a big kiss on Paul’s cheek, Helen is quick to reciprocate. ‘I would definitely call Paul the man of my dreams, a hundred times over.’

Since the early days of their romance, Paul hasn’t hidden the strength of his feelings for Helen from the press and he was forever quoted as saying how infatuated he was with her. But, as he tells Hello!: ‘It was different saying you love someone rather than being in love with someone. In the house, and immediately afterwards, I loved Helen as a person. But to say ‘"I love you" is something else. Now I would definitely say I am totally in love with Helen.’

‘There’s no doubt about it. I feel I’ve met "the one",’ smiles Helen. ‘We were talking about it the other night and wondering what would happen if we ever broke up and were just friends. Neither of us could imagine that happening.’

So besotted are the young couple, they have splashed out on their own flat, which they moved into last month.

‘It was our mothers who first suggested the idea,’ Helen, 23, recalls. ‘I was thinking of moving in with Amma from Big Brother, but my mum kept saying it was better to buy somewhere rather than rent. Two months ago the mums said, "You practically live together anyway so you may as well move in."

‘Paul and I looked at each other and acted a bit surprised. But it was only a show as we secretly wanted it. It would have been nice moving in with Amma, but I was always thinking how cool it would be to move into a place with Paul.’

‘I had been thinking about it for a while, too,’ agrees Paul, 25. ‘But it was one of those things where I didn’t want to say anything because I’m not one of life’s planners.’

But once the plans were put into action and they found their ideal flat – the top floor of a Victorian terraced house in Barnet, North London – they settled down straight away.

‘We know how lucky we are to have a flat of our own at such a young age,’ Helen admits.

‘We do have financial security now,’ Paul says. ‘And we don’t want for anything. But my security only ever came from my car designs.’

He continues: ‘It was easy moving in together because what people don’t really realise is we’re been living together at my family home in Reading pretty much ever since we left the Big Brother house last year. So buying a place felt like it was supposed to happen. It was an easy transition.

‘We don’t actually know what it’s like not to live with each other. With my previous girlfriends I was scared to make the commitment of settling down. But ow I feel I’ve met the right person. The day we moved in I didn’t feel nervous. It just felt so normal.’

‘I suppose it is a big step moving in with someone,’ reflects Helen. ‘The first time I realised this was when we started getting letters addressed to Mr P Clarke and Miss H Adams and I though. "Oh my God, I’m living with my boyfriend in our own place."’

Helen has taken to domestic life like a duck to water. Shunning the glitzy world of showbiz, she likes nothing better than putting on her trusty Harvey Nichols pinny and rustling up a meal for Paul and their friends.

‘I’d much prefer to entertain in our own flat and chill out than go to these celebrity parties. At the end of the day, all I want to do is get home and make a nice cup of tea,’ she says in her typically down-to-earth way.

As with any couple in love, it’s hard to get a word in edgeways when they’re talking about each other. Especially Helen, whose reputation as a chatterbox is not entirely unfounded.

‘Paul is such a gentleman. He’s the nicest boy I know. He really is so genuine and honest. And, of course, he’s handsome and tall. And he makes me laugh. But what I love the best is he thinks he’s the best cook ever, when actually he’s really bad!’

Paul is quick to retaliate. ‘Helen’s the messiest eater in the whole world!’ he laughs. ‘I can guarantee that around the place mat where Helen has been sitting there’ll be thousands of crumbs, whereas there’s nothing on my side!’ Seriously, what I adore about Helen is she’s got so much energy that she’ll live until she’s a hundred. She is so easy-going and such a strong person – I really admire her for that.

‘I’ve never had to trust anyone so much in my entire life and I really trust Helen,’ he continues. ‘We’ve been through so much together and Helen always stuck up for me in that house – she was my only real ally.’

‘I feel totally at ease with him,’ Helen agrees. ‘We never really argue, though we might have the odd disagreement.’

Paul explains that their main bone of contention is the media. ‘If we’ve gone on a nice day out then walk out of a shop and the paparazzi are there, it completely spoils everything. I can’t stand it – it’s the worst aspect of our life together.’

‘When photographers jump out at us, they make me feel sick,’ says Helen. ‘It always puts me in a bad mood. When I walk down the street people will stop and stare – it’s so off-putting. I never stroll these days, I always walk fast with my eyes to the ground. And I won’t speak to newspapers anymore.’

Paul adds: ‘I don’t wish I had never done Big Brother but I wish I was anonymous. I just want to settle down and get on with it.’

So, could the next step be marriage and children? Contrary to reports, the couple aren’t engaged but marriage may well be something for the future.

‘Helen is the girl for me at the moment,’ says Paul. ‘I’d definitely marry her but I don’t find it necessary to make that kind of commitment yet. I want kids but there’s no way I would have them without marrying. I can imagine it happening some day.’

‘I’m so happy the way things are. It’s just me and Paul plodding along, living together in our little flat, which is working out great,’ Helen laughs. ‘We’ve only been going out for eight months. Maybe some celebrities marry after that amount of time, but you’ve got to remember this is a normal relationship now.’

Normality is something the couple of evidently craved ever since they received frenzied media coverage following their eviction from the Big Brother house last summer.

Their on-off relationship had viewers glued to their TV screens and, when it continued after the show, their love-life eclipsed other headline news. This intense interest was undoubtedly furthered due to the couple’s reluctance to confirm their high-profile romance.

‘We didn’t want to tell people straight away. We had to take thins slowly to see whether it would last in the real world,’ Helen admits.

‘Although in our minds we knew we were going out with each other, we needed to spend time together in private to make sure it was right between us,’ says Paul. ‘How embarrassing would it have been if, two days after leaving the house, we said we were a couple and then realised that we didn’t feel as strongly as we felt inside the house?’

But they had nothing to worry about. Over the next few weeks, although it was reported they only saw each other twice, the couple met up frequently. It soon became apparent to them their feelings for each other would survive the transition into the real world.

‘Initially. There were a lot of security stunts so we could see each other,’ Paul admits. ‘That was the most important thing. We just wanted to know our relationship was honest. Looking back we paced everything well. We did things the way we wanted.’

‘Everything just happened,’ Helen recollects. ‘But there was never a time when we said, "OK, we’re now girlfriend and boyfriend."’

Despite the press attention everything worked out for the couple, although Paul is glad he can put those days of being in the media spotlight behind him. ‘When I came out of the house it was an uphill struggle,’ he says. ‘One minute you’re a normal person then overnight everyone knows you and is interested in you.’

The hardest thing for Paul to deal with was the inaccurate reports and kiss-and-tells which surrounded them. ‘If a couple can get through ordeals like that, then they can get through anything,’ he says.

One such moment occurred when the papers ran a story that Paul had been seen getting intimate with a model. He is keen to set the record straight. ‘I was judging a fashion show in Reading, then I got a call from Helen. She was crying, saying, "What’s all this about you going out for lunch and kissing a model?" It was complete fabrication and must have been so hurtful for Helen. I sat in the car crying my eyes out. We had a brand-new relationship and all I wanted was Helen.’

‘There was a time when people accused Paul of using me and riding on the back of my success after I left the show,’ says Helen. ‘Everyone was so cynical.’

‘If people thought I acted those feelings for Helen in the house, then I deserve an Oscar,’ Paul confirms. ‘Neither was I jealous of all Helen’s publicity. I’ve never been at ease being in the spotlight and, in a way, I think I resent all the attention.

‘But I don’t wish I had never done Big Brother because I would have kicked myself for the rest of my life if I hadn’t done it. At the end of the day, I met Helen and had a unique and incredible experience. I learnt a whole lot more about life and about people.’

‘It is a good test of friendship.’ Helen agrees. ‘You could go through the whole of your life not knowing who your true friends are, but Big Brother really clarifies who they are.’

Perhaps she’s referring to her ex-work colleagues in the hair dressing salon in Newport, South Wales, and their reaction to her new-found fame? ‘Everyone had a little bit of the green-eye down there. They were jealous,’ she confirms.

Whilst Paul has returned to work in Essex where he is a successful car designer, Helen has chosen to make the transition from hairdresser to beauty expert. She currently has a regular spot on Sky One’s Lorraine show.

‘What I do now is so me. It’s all about make-up, hair and girlie things,’ se says. ‘Some days I do miss being in the salon cutting hair, but there’s nothing more rewarding than when someone comes up and says, "I watched the show and I thought it was really great." And rather than talking about Big Brother, they mean my slot on Lorraine.

‘I don’t have any great career plans,’ she continues. ‘Some people want a platinum album by the time they’re 30 but I’m not like that. I don’t feel I have to be the next Loraine Kelly by the age of 28. If everything ended tomorrow, I’d go back to the salons.’

‘Shewould,’ Paul confirms. ‘Helen hasn’t changed one bit. We’ve been through new experiences together but we haven’t changed as people or in the things we believe in.

‘My whole life involves Helen and I have a fantastic relationship with her. That’s more important than anything.’

‘We do look at each other and realise how lucky we are. As long as Paul is happy then I’m happy,’ Helen smiles.

Perhaps Big Brother’s Davina McCall should buy herself a new hat. She may be needing it soon.

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Wow, this is such a good thread. reading about people's reactions to the article is lovely. We'll all remember where we were when we first saw the Hello! cover.

For the record, I was in Teddington (Surrey) - OH had dropped me off there to get a bus into work as I'd been out the night before and left my car at the office.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the front cover - it was amazing. Suffice to say, the bus journey was much better than I expected :laugh: and I went round the office going "Look, it's big brother's paul and helen" :spin2: (but not giving them the magazine as there's no way they would get their hands on it!!

Thanks for that LEE!!! That was fab!
Lovely reading that. I went in town today with some friends and I was just reading it in a shop and they came up and said, 'Oh, I thought they wouldnt last'
It goes to show that they proved every one wrong. Glad that Paul is now in love with Helen now and doesnt just love her as a person!!!
They make a fab couple!!:love::colour::spin2::flower:

I don't think I have ever seen Helen looking so happy!!!!! :hugesmile:

She looks positively radiant!

Kudos to LEE for that. Thanks. A lovely read. You saved me a Dean-doing-hairdressing type situation as well. :thumbs:

This bit:
reminded me of this clip http://www.tte19.fsnet.co.uk/paul_cookingmodesty.wav

Looking forward now to the pictures. Thanks again.
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Ha, ha - I remember that clip so well, James. :laugh: Where on earth do you find all these links? I'm certainly very grateful to you for sharing them with us. :thumbs:

Two memorable quotes from Paul in the clip:

'This looks the b****cks!' :shocked:
and
'Sometimes I just amaze myself' :spin2:

Such eloquence! :laugh: :colour: :laugh:

Finally found time to read my copy last night only to find a transcript!!!!! Though I don't begrudge a brass farthing for it:colour:

Now to settle down and proof read LEE's work:bouncy:

New quiz to find discrepancies please Mark!!!
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Welldone ROB. What would we do without you:hugesmile:

ps You still on yahoo, ROB?

That's such a great clip James - it had me laughing all over again. Thanks for giving us the link. :love:

P & H look just so in love - good on them!

Particularly like the pic of them in front of the Eiffel Tower.

(How yummy, scrummy Paul looks!!)

Excellent to hear that clip again, James. Thanks for that!!

Time to look at Hello mag one more time.....:blush: