Katy Perry. I hired a Russell Brand lookalike as a joke for the radio, and she thought it was actually him. When she realised it wasn’t, she burst into tears. She was still married to him, but I didn’t take into account that there were things going on that we didn’t know.
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Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
United Kingdom · b. 1973
Arts and letters
About
Born in Hampshire, Mills, 49, became a presenter on his local radio station, Power FM, at 16. He went on to work for stations in Bristol and Manchester before joining London’s Heart FM in 1995. Three years later, he started at BBC Radio 1’s early breakfast show. He spent 24 years at Radio 1, most recently hosting the weekday drivetime show. On 31 October he moves to Radio 2, where he takes over the afternoon slot from Steve Wright. Mills is engaged and lives in Hertfordshire.
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When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.
Heights. For Children in Need, I had to abseil off the Orbit in the Olympic Park. It was the most terrifying thing I’ve done.
Still biting my nails.
Now. I’ve moved to Hertfordshire after 25 years in London, got a fiancee and a dog, so everything has fallen into place.
I splash out on holidays and scented candles – I’ve got one that my fiancee won’t let me light, so it’s just for show.
I went on a private jet with David Hasselhoff, and it was so turbulent between LA and Vegas I thought it was going down. I also thought: “The headline won’t be about me; it will be: David Hasselhoff and friend.”
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