RHLSTP with Richard Herring: RHLSTP 554 - Chesney Hawkes

#554 Philip Schofield's Diabolic Pitchfork. It's been snow day this week and Rich muses unsuccessfully on whether there's a place when snow is neither exciting or banal for children and how snow promises much but always delivers tears. His guest is musician and actor (no, I am not doing it) Chesney Hawkes. They talk about growing up in a musical household; kissing Julia Sawalha; becoming a pop sensation at 19 and being bullied by adults who should have known better; the choice between leaning into his most famous hit or backing away from it; how love saved him from self-destruction; what Chesney's autobiography might be called; whether his early success is a curse or a blessing; appearing in an advert with an orangutan; dancing nude in a stately home; and Rich's plans for Chesney's grave.

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