S8, E13: Matt Goss, musician

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Join Grace for a twinkly helping of festive Comfort Eating, where she is joined by Matt Goss, one third of Bros. One of the biggest boy bands of the 20th century, it was a tabloid sensation when the band split. Since then, Matt has broken the US and holds the record as the longest-running British resident artist in Las Vegas. Grace and Matt discuss the Christmases of his childhood, headlining a sell-out Wembley, and what you do when you get a call from Reggie Kray asking for a chat. If you liked this episode then have a listen to our other Christmas episode with Craig David, Gregory Porter, and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe.

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:09.0	Before we start, a quick warning, suicide is mentioned in this episode, and there's a bit of
0:14.7	spicy language too.
0:16.7	I'm Grace Dent and this is comfort eating from The Guardian.
0:22.6	A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life.
0:28.5	Because even as a restaurant critic, I believe the food that matters most is often that snack you cobble together when you're curled upon the sofa.
0:38.3	Each week, I ask my guest to lift the lid on what comfort foods have seen them through their lives.
0:45.4	Because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat behind closed doors.
1:08.0	Bum-b-bom, bum, bum, bum, bum. Hello, Hello friends. Now, you find me putting finishing touches on my Christmas decorations. There we go.
1:12.0	Christmas is not a time or a place.
1:15.0	It's a state of mind.
1:16.8	Also, said some old American president.
1:19.6	And my state of mind right now feels like someone has stuffed my head full of silver tinsel.
1:26.2	Because on his way here is Matt Goss, an award-winning musician,
1:32.8	a third of one of the biggest boy bands of the 20th century, and as amazing as all that,
1:38.3	he is a record holder as the longest British residency in Las Vegas, in your face, Adele.
1:46.0	Matt has recently returned to our shores.
1:49.0	He's moved back and he'll be touring around the UK next year.
1:53.6	I am absolutely fascinated to meet this man.
1:57.1	He was headlining a sold-out Wembley Stadium age 17. They sold 17 million albums. They went
2:04.6	platinum seven times. The song, When Will I Be Famous? No, don't sing it, Grace, Stain Elaine,
2:11.8	made them a household name around the world. Brossmania, as it was called in my my school and yours, our bet, lasted from the 80s until
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