A bed from Savoir Beds. People spend loads of money on cars, but spend more of their lives sleeping than driving. The maths is wrong, if you ask me.
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View all 196 →When I initially made money with the Corrs, I bought a Jaguar XK8.
A Rolls-Royce. I met my wife, Jackie, when I was filming a Lynda La Plante drama called The Governor. I fell in love with her instantly and I was bullshitting that I had a Rolls-Royce. When I finished filming, she decided to leave her country and come and live with me in London. On the way to the airport, I phoned my PA and said, “Go and buy a Rolls-Royce.”
My half-electric Volvo.
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View profile →To the Scissor Sisters. Back in the day, I could be an absolute monster; I was a real asshole.
It would definitely involve lots of sex. I would spend the afternoon having some crazy passionate declarative sex with my husband.
Getting older and dying.
The realisation that I am no longer young.
Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.
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