Such is his jolly tone that it’s easy to dance across his anecdotes avoiding emotional pot holes, like the extreme enduring fear sparked from watching Edward Scissorhands as a “soft lad” growing up, or his father’s death or, as he puts it, describing an early appointment with a therapist. For all the little queer kids feeling left out in suburbia, feeling not at the centre of the party, they can make their own party. i can't say i'm a huge autobiography person but this had me laughing and crying all within the space of one chapter and i just really love grimmy's way of storytelling - so heartwarming and fun like the man himself! Nick said of his friendship with the late Amy Winehouse: 'We'd all go back to hers and fire up her electric sun bed. The book is his latest invitation to his noisy, cosy party, one that he’s determined to continue beyond Radio 1, all of us part of the straight-through crew.

He joined BBC Radio 1 in 2007, presenting the BBC's youth strand Switch with DJ Annie Mac, before going on to host the Breakfast show in 2012. In a jaw-dropping encounter with Lady Gaga, Nick claims the iconic popstar showed his dad Pete her 'gaffer-taped nipples' and asked: 'Daddy, am I all covered up correctly?Italian wife killed by pizza: Diner, 46, started spasming after eating restaurant dish with 'tainted chilli. Heart-breaking and heartening in equal measure, Nick will have you laughing out loud, feeling all the emotions and (potentially) having a good cry. Eating a mince pie saved my life - it led to my breast cancer diagnosis: 39-year-old mother tells how she. It’s a protein-diet thing (“bit rank”) and, at 38, one of the changes he’s recently made to his previously boozy, schmoozy life.

From his carefree childhood in Oldham to his move to the bright lights of London, the party years to the early morning years at the helm of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, these stories are honest, unfiltered, funny, sometimes sad, but all are unmistakeably Grimmy. Rishi Sunak and US Vice President Kamala Harris meet and agree on Israel's right to defend itself - and vow. We are proud to continue to support Pride by sharing Pride messages across our network, and we hope people connectwith the different stories as they travel on our network. MAFS UK viewers SHOCKED after Thomas and Roz engage in X-rated shenanigans during group dinner party: 'He's turned into Mr Grey!British Soap Awards are CANCELLED: ITV make surprise announcement ceremony will not take place next year. Ever since he can remember, Nick Grimshaw wanted to present Radio 1’s breakfast show – and that’s what he did.

I cried in my kitchen while I made a batch of soup and smiled along the lakefront hearing him talk about his family and his childhood and his dreams. So, instead, he concentrated on work, and mates, and cocktails with flashing straws and light-up fish, and then, one Thursday morning in 2018, he finished his final breakfast show, went out to celebrate, and by Friday he was in love. When he left Radio 1 (“because I’ve worked there for 14 years and interviewed literally every- body. The problem with writing a memoir, found Nick Grimshaw as he started his, was that it meant facing himself. Today: Nick finally leaves the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, after 14 years - the job he dreamt of since childhood.

Been jumping in and out of reading Nick’s funny stories for a while, and I’m sad to have now heard them all. There was the time, for instance, Lady Gaga met his parents, Pete and Eileen, and asked his dad to check if the gaffer tape on her nipples was straight. From sharing the stories of Londoners to wrapping trains in this distinctive livery, we are joining together to show the worldthat in London we celebrate our diversity. Actor Noel Clarke says he is 'satisfied' after judge rules allegations of sexual misconduct against 20 women. It’s a party that has grown to encompass a jolly podcast with Angela Hartnett, and Celebrity Gogglebox, in which he curls up on the sofa in a tracksuit with his niece, Liv, and chats shit about the telly while eating crisps (“You can’t put a rabbi in a hot-tub,” “Do you know what gets rid of ghosts?