Paul C. Brunson

And it was massive and, you know, a shake, a shake and a tiny little bit of food.

And I remember doing it for like eight weeks and I did, you know, I lost the puppy flat and the weight and my mum and I did it together.

And so I went to college and I felt like a new person.

And I repressed everything that had happened growing up in school.

You know, the not getting the boyfriends, being called Miss Piggy, nobody wanting to go out with me, being last picked for rounders, like everything was last.

And then I was the shiny new girl at drama school and yeah, I had the best time.

So I continuously auditioned for things throughout my late teens and early 20s.

I was in numerous girl bands that didn't make it.

I was managed by the same management company as Cheryl Cole, Cheryl Tweedy back then.

We performed together in Metroland.

We were on a little stage and performed People at Weekend.

And so my journey before that had been like that anyway.

I would work a Saturday and Sunday job, work as many hours as I could in a store like Topshop or Tushy.

There was all of these old stores back then, Tamigirl.

And then I would quit my job because I've got enough money now to jump on a train to go to London to audition at Pineapple or wherever, you know, Dance Attic, Dance City, wherever the old school was.

Auditions still get held today.

Okay.

And the reason that I knew auditions were on is because I bought the Stage newspaper.

So the Stage newspaper was a bi-weekly paper, newspaper, that listed all the auditions and what was happening in the industry.

I remember...