CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
I hate rest, sleeping and days off! I’m not keen on holidays but I do try and have one night off a week to relax and I will run a bath, light some candles, put the TV on, then I will get a book – I’m quite a restless person and find it really difficult to relax. I’m really fortunate that I still love my job, it drives me nuts sometimes but I still love what I do. I also have hobbies, stuff that I’m really interested in though I’m not very good at just having a hobby because it always turns into something bigger. For instance, some people are quite happy buying a lump of clay and make an ashtray for their living room. I’m not happy with that as I’d want to create a vase to go into Tate Modern! I’m just one of those people who is very proactive and I’m very ambitious. And that keeps me very busy as well. There will be another project next week that I’ll start doing and set myself a ridiculous goal of getting it somewhere.
studying with a magic teacher and learning some card tricks. I have lessons whenever I can fit them in.
kids with eating disorders come up to me and say I’ve inspired them as I’ve been frank about what happened to me.
What about friends – do you have much time to go out with them?
So what’s next after the tour and after panto this Christmas?
So what are your hobbies?
Do you get people writing to thank you for helping them?
Fashion is my job, DJing, Painting and Magic are my hobbies. I have always drawn and sketched and I find it very relaxing. I am also
I do. Five or six nights a week I’ll be doing something, going to dinner or for drinks, the theatre or I cook at home. I go out to the theatre quite a bit – shows like an American In Paris as I’ve got a couple of friends in that, I have seen Beautiful which I really liked and I actually really enjoyed Motown although I’m not really into that type of music but the storytelling was so good. How do you keep fit and keep yourself in shape?
My work keeps me fit as I’m constantly on the go. I used to go to the gym regularly but I hurt my back and have had to ease off with that.
Do you know I’m really fortunate I get a lot of people who do that. I’ve also had a lot of
I’ve got a couple of goals next year. I am in talks for a new fashion project which is being developed at the moment. I’d like to take the Naked & Baring All show out to more places next year including internationally – places that we’ve worked in already like Poland, Holland, Australia and Canada and Asia. I think the next thing though will be a business – I really fancy a restaurant or nightclub. If it’s a restaurant it will be Asian food though I’m not sure where it will be. All I know is I’m starting to get those butterflies about it and once I get them I know it’s the right thing to do.
GOK WAN will be ‘Naked and Baring All’ at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 19th November, call 01284 758000 or see theapex.co.uk for more details or to book.
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