Packing Habits and Final Thoughts

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It's only way to travel, isn't it? Exactly. It's my favorite airline. Now I'm sweating. Iine I'm going through the is it what's the man? is it? Do we have menopause? Manopause? Manopause. Yeah. Mine's men on pause. Men on pause R. The old pererry. Beause I'm getting like bloated and I've started wearing florals I'm not doing the florals, but I'm very bloated. Yeah. You are not bloated Oh you dress well. Oh God. Well listen, thanks for doing Life's a Beach for my love. I've been following you on Instagram. You are everywhere. You don't stop. I've been busy. Yeah. And you were in Mexico for your birthday. I was, yes. and then I went back. to do a festival in Montonerey with Alanas Morris there. Oh wow. The cardigans and garbage. I was like You know the cardigans, don't you? Yeah. Yeah, I saw. Yeah. That's amazing. You don't stop. What is it Is it just you love travel? you love work, you just Becauseuse I think it's an Aussie thing. You know, you got Kylie, Daniel Mo, there's something about you Aussies. You can s t. You work out, you canort do anything, you can present, you can act, you can sing. Maybe we're just scared they're gonna kick us out if we don't Yeah. I'm surprised because you know what Aussies are like for laying on your sette. You never get them out, do you? That's a funny story when I met Tor Amos's tour manager when I was in Melbourne in a club. And he said, Oh, if you're in England, well, I rang him straight up. said, C I stay at your house? He was like Yeah, I could have been a psyopath. I was that, but youre not? Yeah, yeah. Let me in We had two Aussies when I lived up in Manchester. We couldn't get them out. Yeah. We have to get in like Renterill. But where? If you think about it, it's like we're on an island And so when we finally do go overseas, it's just this whole world opens out to us. That's what happened to me after neighbors, I just was like Yeah I just want to be here. this is where it's at And what was it like when you came to London in the nineties? Was you overwhelmed wasas it mad? it? I did a panto in Canterbury No No white. You do everything. No white with No white, please That's the worst bit of gasting I've ever That's what you would do, you'd go over to England after the show and then you'd cash in. In Panto, That sounds terrible. and go back and be an out of work actor That's what Wwle did Be I I don't wantan to talk about neighbours, but I know you really do. No, no, listen, there's something about neighbours I want. I saw Plain Jane Super Brain on her Instagram. She's selling that Mrses Mangl picture with the massive neck that Helen Daniels painted. I thought you're going to say she's actually selling Mrs Mangl. I I bid for that So She was one of my favourite characters. Yeah. I just thought she was so beautiful. No, I want the painting for me castle. I'm buying a castle. I want the mrs. Mangl painted. Have you got any connections there? Can you get it? Be she says I'm selling it for Gerry? And I was like, well bit I don't have any, I'm not in touch with anyone The only person I'm in touch with is someone who's directing the show now, Kate Gorman, She was in Panto with me. We met in Pantanto. Can you have a word with her and say I will make a very handsome offer that mrisss Man. You walk into your castle, then? There it is on the front. Yeah over the massive neck. I loved it. I remember that. I cried when Helen Daniels died. She was so lovely. Oh and he went to Black andwite I'm so sad And I'm not going get emotional. G' have a laugh,'t we? Well, it's a great show, that show. Yeah. It's a great show. So listen, tell us your first holiday memory Well I thought it was a holiday But it was a twelve hour car in Bwhelm where my grandparents lived. and my parents sold it as a holiday and I was a kid and I didn't know any different So that a twelve hour hour. I just remember going, M', can have a lemonade icy pull, Iice Llly? Yeah. And it were really there yah? and it was just hours of being in the car and I was really excited and thought it was a holiday. Bea it's so vast Australia. what makes me laugh they go, Oh Sydney's got beef with Melbourne. You're knowing hour was the. How can you have beef? I know yeah, there is a bit of a thing, isn't there? Yes, ridiculous I love no. You've lived everywhere, haven't you? You've been everywhere. No I'll just look in here where you've been. Where I lived? Tell me No, no, no, not where I don't remember half my life. LA. I did li LA. Is it true you lived on an island? I did in Windsor And a little m. say's like She's like like twelve thousand L. What's it like? was you like Robinson Cru? Well my second album iss called White L' Island after that island. Oh wow. What was it like living on an island? It's pretty amazing, but the tourist boats would come past and scream out and we've got Natalie and Brunies. Well, no, that's a ter. What was that accent That was not an English accent. I don't know who that was. D didn't do that you in panto did Get off. No I didt. I did that in Johnny English You heard how bad my English accent is in that movie. How was did you get? you get like you flaming gal at? Do you want to hear seeee actual accent that I had. I'm from a place called the Central Coast, which is like a small beach town. in Australia. And u let me try and get back into the mode. It's like Oh, yeah, but I have to swear, can I swear? Of course you can. Oh yeah, the fuck I am I? A, yeah, nah. That's my favorite. Hi, ye, now. You're like, well, is it yes or? Did you speak like that when you came over to London? in Pant out. Pretty boys, prettyty much. Prety much. He's beh.ouses. Heere's beh hind us. What? Mate. Are you coming with me? I'm just gonna stay here and fuck Bar That one I have never heard, but apparently that's like a say. And everyone wass like, well, what does that mean? It's like, Well, that's the whole point. You start thinking about what But it's like, you going to come with me? you're just going to stay here and Be I've been watching that Married at first sight Australia, which is Addictive I was meant to do a whole day. I sat and watched eight of them. They are so I just love Ozie I mean I love the way They stick the O on the end of everything. You know like bottlo? Oh Boto. Botlo. Oh hello, Wayneo. Oh in Melbourne, the posh version of that is Hellouri. How are? Do you want to go to cafe Ecuccina for a cappuccino? Oh no Be I remember I worked in Sydney and they go, you know the woman with the flleat shoes and the short hair? She is a Leso. Less so. Oh Jimbo, come up. What is that about Abreviations. Now haveave you seen married at first sight Australia? I've seen a couple of episodes I'm addicted Because the Aussies go hard. likeike if they're mad, it's like they'll rip the hair out, they'll throw drinks. Oh my gos, the dramas The dramas.. Oh, it's highly addictive. I love it. I love it and they don't take any shit do they? Yeah. I've always wondered about that. I guess it's just like This woman that at the bed that at the the say she God he's packing I Pety I't mean well Well, yeah, well, well hungo. Oviously, I've forgotten the lingo. Well hungo. Yeah. It was as thick as mrses Mango's neck in that Can we use any of this? I'm loving it with the shortest episode ever. your fuck sparders? You know what? I got Katie Tunstall to do that when she was touring Australia. I said, Oh this will go down a t. So she filmed her saying to a Nuti audience.. But she blamed me. She said, My friend Natalie said T. come on. But it went down a treat. They loved it Local knowledge. So have you ever had a holiday romance Oh, that's a good one. Yeah Uh, Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know you could ask that one Well I don't know the ins and outs. But I mean, where was was it? I don't know know what happened, but I'm just saying. I mean, was it what was it was it a waiter? Was it a lifeguard? Beause for me it was a security guard. was a bomb Barman Barman, O. All right. South France. South of France? Well, That's fun. He's here tonight. Reunited. No, no, we're not like that. I just want to know. Yeah. pretty it's pretty sexy having a holiday romance. There's something about the heat that makes me horny Yeah It's just, I think it's when you feel happ when try and revisit just talking about it me too my own pizzer g. Yeah, yeah. But it's that thing of like if you try and revisit something like that, that's where it all can go wrong. Yeah,. Leave it Soome don't go back Don't revisit. Yes. Just let it live as what it was Yeah. So yeah yeah. I went back Back, Natalie. I know. It's like a firework that hasn't gone off. Leave it. Don't go back, you'll get burnt You' end up hideously disfigured. Leave it So listen, you're really lucky because you get to perform all over the world. So tell us Upside downs out. Yes. Algorithms's coming, isn't it So tell us When will be able to hear you sing live? Well, I'm doing lots of festivals over the summer. Yeah. and I'm just really excited about this album because it's It's got a lot of electronic sounds in it and it's really upbeat considering most of it was written about mental health isues Yeah that I'm dealing with. Isn't that weird? Yeah But I'm just really proud of it. I've kind of funded it myself, I've co produced it and And I'm just loving it. It's just been so much fun. It's the most fun I've ever had making a record. Oh, that's good. Yeah And then when you do these festivals, you're gonna show us all the hits and everything that's on here. Oh yeah all the hits will be on there. but I think this album was also made thinking about playing live venues and festivals and kind of someome of the fk, more folky songs I've written that I love Yeah. It's like it's not necessarily your audience and you're out there trying to do a little. I was like I want every single song. to be like a single. Yeah So this this album was written like So that's interesting about the mental health thing. Yeah. that wasas that a conscious thing becausecause I'm going on tour next year with my stand up and stuff and Sometimes it's and it's the weirdest thing with comedy, sometimes the darkest stuff s the most laughs Yes. And then maybe is that a bit like with music? You know, you dig deep and then you go, oh my God, this is so good, but it's wrong. I think what's different about this album, I've always kind of been bit All ss of trouble Please turn your phone off on the flone sles! Is it mine? No Thank you, please. Don't let me tell us you again, thank you You're making a mockery of this pc. So basically, all my albums have had like melancholy, but I don't know, this time round, it was so bad that I went the other way because I was like, you know, it's so bad I've got to laugh because I hit perimenopause. Oh. And I just started going crazy I go into these writing sessions with a bunch of guys and I'm Australian, so you know we talk about all sorts. And so I just tell them what I'm dealing with and what I'm going through and we'd end up laughing and somehow When you hear the song, you would never know. Yeah. The dark days. Yeah. That inspired them. 'ause that's Sophia Speex's album as well. We had her on here as well. You know, she was talking what was I was so Perry met was it pop Perry Yeah, what's it called? Per Menopop? Peri Men That's I love her I was so happy that she's talking about it because I think, you know, it's one of those things that We need to start talking about it and not peopleople are talking about it. like you know I think Jessse Weir did an interview and she was saying, you know, women are saying this is how I'm feeling and it's unashamed. and that's how it should be. Lying naked on the floor. You just quoted my lyrics from Torn. Sorry, I had to. This is how I feel. Oh yes! Sorry J my favorite one shiffer You like that one? Love that one. I love that one. Yeah That That one goes down well at a festival considering it's a ballad Yeah, yeah. and the video for that you were like a spy, weren't you? was were a spy you wear a black roll neck and I was like, I'd love to wear a roll neck. ' do you know what? that was inspired by the b ball identday. Yes, I can see it. It's such a good video and such a great. Chaton was a great video director. He did crazy in love Beyonce, so he's Oh yeah, he's the Becauseuse I't wear aowll neck. I look like a fat man stuck in a hot water bottle That's all I can see now. I thinkite you need like a booster seat for this, don't you? The Th thing is, if I I'm not going to be rude there, but when you sat back that you had a tent in your crutch. It's not a good look. But I try to sit back, I passit back like you. lookook what happens to the feet Dangle. Yeah, but sadly I don't get a tent Bonjour, compomadre, It's the preline neotior. How do I negotiate so many great travel deals? My greatest gadget. The priceline app. It's got hotel deals, flight deals, rental car deals, all of those deals in a bundle, deals, game day deals, concert trip deals. No one deals more deals than priceline Bold your horses, there's more. The apple lets you filter hotels by neighborhood, vibe, star level and amenities like pools and spas and beachfronts. Wait, I'm not done. Stop cutting the slide! Tomorrow morning is knocking. Stock your fridge now. How about a creamy mocha for rapid cha drink? or a sweet vanilla? Smooth caramel maybe, orr a white chocolate mocha Whichever you choose, delicious coffee awaits. Find Starbucks Fappuccino drinks wherever you buy your groceries. So tell it, is this true? You went to the Eolian? was he called Iolian Island? My dad's from there. Oh wow Yeah. And you were in a vineyard? This sounds like my dream holiday. Vineyard cooking lessons. Yeah You could say. I did a gig in Calibria I'm not a very good cook, by the way. I was like, I think I think Lippery where my dad's from's near here. This is when I was young, and I was like, G, say weve got a boat and someone had a boat and then the next thing you know I'm on a boat If don't come back, call the police. and I went with my friend and we went O to the Iolian Islands and I was like, Oh this is where my dad's from. It's like Atlantis, like more water than land, and you island hop between the most beautiful differenterent islands. So Liberory where my dad's from was like going back in time. cobblestone Street, those little tiny cars. And then you've got Panarea which is quite chic where Armani had a house and then And then you've got Selena that's got that vineyard where I did a cooking lesson and it's the most incredible holiday Is it I think've is it do the dolphins come up to the boat and all that? Is it that place or another boat Okay I mean, there's dolphins there, I'm sure, but no I don't think it's for this anecdote sounds I remember there was a few, even though I wasn't there on the.. No, That was quite a shut down it wasn't dolphin, that's not my fault or your fault Because someone that quite an abrupt noose, was No? no No no dolphins. Nothing Sorry. No. Have you ever had a holiday disaster? Oh I've just remembered theivse dolphins Is that in your notes? I've just remembered on the way there, the first I went, I'm so sorry. I've just remembered sorry. It's perimenopuse. Its Pimenopuse. On the way there, a whole thing of dolphins came. I bet I've said it in an interview and I've forgotten. But it was on the way so I forgot. So then I was thinking about being on the island and there were no dolphins. There There was about twenty eles. Well the damage is done now I love this. This is like I don't want to leave. I they've got another one but' stay.ll be you'll have a sleepy bag She'll be sleeping here.. J. Natalie and Brul hass been there two years. She won't go Pretty true Ohar. Have you ever holidayed with a famous person? and we use this quite tenuous. We say has someone been on the plane with you or if you bump because we've had some really fantastic celebrity encounters. someone bumped into dina Roths at the foyer and Was it Leonardo de Cat I always say this. Leonardo de Cap Prio and his pussy pussy were on the easy jet. Michael McIntyre was in Pula and Madonna came in riding a horse Well, there's a sight to see. I know. I know, I know. That's pretty amazing. Yeah. So have you ask anyone See, now I'm going to sound braggy, but I've been blessed to go to Neckca Island many a time. Oh yes because I'm friends with the Branson family. so And we did something together, didn't we at the house in Richmond, didn't we? remember? Yeah we did That' just fop up. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah That was a video, wasn't there? that nobody ever saw Anyway Segue. You got me back. Dolphins. Dolphins. Dlphins. No I wasn't there. No, I wasn't there song that didn't actually get any No weren't we glove puppets? Yeah. Yeah. It's actually a phenomenal video.uch a good video. I know but I got dropped and anyway, that's another story. Anyway, moving on, dolphins. So per many a trip to Neckca Island and this one particular trip. Richard has a knack of bringing in all different kinds of people on one holiday. like that's what I love about dinner and it's not formal and it's just so there was Elon Musk Vonnie Wood My friend Rachel Hunter was with me And David Hasselhoff. I mean The hoff. That's a mix, though think? Just wrap your head around that David Hasselhalf, Ronnie Wood. Elon Musk. My God, that is so random. I was like, I can't wait to see how this plays out. And also if you went for a swim and you were drowning, you knew you'd be safe. Wouldn't you? We'd be running in slow motion, but we'd get you eventually. get you eventually. She's been attacked by a dolphin. Leave it, Alan. Leave it. Leave it Lave it. Moving on on. It's gone.'s g. A So listen, so what would your luggage say about you? Are you a good packer? I mean, you're always on the go. I mean, I was just looking at the places on your Instagram because you perform all over the world. There was Helsinki there, there was Scotland Berve, there was like you said, Mexico How do you and you're like a mum as well. How does that work? I think that's where my ambition kicked in Yeah because it's like Be that it was I just didn't have the drive. But then when you're a parent and you're doing it to take care of your child, it's just a different drive. So I'm like How much is it? Where is it? I'll turn up, Do you know, I'll fly anywhere I'll do anything. Yeah. Because you know, in the music industry, it's very expensive to tour. so you got you've got to do a lot of it. Yes, we heard about that, is it? I can't believe that. Yeah. Because ticket prices are going up. no one's making. Who's making all the money? The top one percent. Taylor Swift Yeah And a few people like that. It's just it's just really hard you have to love it to do it and I love it. Yeah. I just love it. So I think I quit and I went to Hollywood to try be an actress and I was s way worse. I was like, o Maybe that other career. Yeah, yeah yeah that I've had was not so bad. So I just I decided if I'm singing to two people in a pub I love doing this. Yeah. And so I wasn't trying to kind of arrive anywhere or you know, I just thought this is what I love doing. and I can't do anything else Like what other job am I going to doing it since I've been working since I was sixteen and a half That's it. I think It's perfect for you isn't it? Becauseuse I mean I'm just like I've got nomadic quality. you do travel everywhere. You're probably like a sponge. You take in things all the time And then you but on the travel, the luggage Yeah The worst part for me of tralling is packing. I don't know how you go with packing, but that's where the neurodivergence. I find it traumatizing. becausecause it's like the what if Yeah. but what if there's a hailstorm and what if there's So I just went to Australia Mexico and L.A. Yeah I think I packed about pairs of jeans and didn't wear any of them Like who gets it that wrong every time? But I'm like, well, I just it turns into like a five hour packing um Well, for me, it's pairs of pants. and I saw something on Instagram and like, you know, you pick about twenty seven pants and someone said, Why' you pack as many pants as if you're gonna shit yourself three times a day you go to America and you packle these pants and then you're like, they've got washing machines. This is America. You know, they've got pant shop. Or socks, I'll take like twenty pairs of socks. Why? I don't know Oh In case there's not a washing machine, like really? I don't know. The whole of America, you go somehere there's no bloody washing machine. But the worst is when you're going on boats and things or if you're going to Necca, I'm always the one with three suitcases for four days and it's bit like, Im might sorry, I'll put it onto the boat I always end up leaving me charger due to that Leaving your char Oh, yes, yes char. Yeah, that's yeah. I never All the adapters. Adapter, yeah, yeah, I've got a draw full of adapters. I keep forgetting them. I took the American ones to Australia this trip and was like, well that's not going to help me very much. And also in America, you then need to take an American because I was doing a gig had to take an American hairdryer, so you have to have two of everything for the voltage You boughtght two air driryers on? Well there's, you know, in ye Is this tr? it' a woman thing? Yeah And the tongues don't work. You don't want to blow Y. A a I've been too long on the manosphere. A'm on the manople. and the manosphere.an I've watched Andrew take now the sexist pig. I like manosphere, you How like a woman thing. We your air dryer Just because I'm jealous about created a new word mananersfield. Well no, it's a thing. That's a thing. Oh I thought ph you again. I thought it was yours. No No, I mean, yeah, apparently it's anyway, yeah man thing. It's not like manopause, it's a whole different ball game. Have you ever complained? I can't see you complaining. Have you ever lost your shit in a hotel, this is disgusting. Only privately, but never to anyone. No, just yourselfust muttering away to myself Yeah No I can't see you complaining No, the only thing I get frustrated about is when when you're with the hand luggage thing, if you're doing a connecting flight. And the wheelie bag that you bought that was okay on that plane is suddenly not okay on the next plane. you've got to check it in. It's got your laptop, it's got your jewellelry. and you have a panic attack and you start crying at the think you're like, one of my hair One of my hair dryers is in there How long have you been away from home then in one go? because you're just crazy, it's crazy. Well, we just did a month away, so that's quite a long time, but I had my son with me so that wass good. I mean, this is a difficult question because there's so many gorgeous places in the world, but where's been the best view for you? Where have you gone Oh, Natalie, this has blown me away I would probably say Byron Bay in the Hinterland My friend's got the most incredible view and I've bought some land up the street, but I can't afford to build a house on there. But one day, Yeah Hunday When I'm doing arenas, maybe. Yeah manifesting. But it's like a beautiful view of farmland and then in the distance is a beach. so. I mean, Australia is just absolutely gorgeous, isn't it amazing? I love it. I'd love to end up there Really? Yeah I thought I would have already been doing like three months of the year, but hasn't quite worked out, so I'm just a work horse, but I love it. so. Eventually, I'll retire there, I think Okay. what do you like food wise? Are you adventurous food wise? Were you have li A you really? Ch can't too spicy Acid reflux, I can't. That's embarrassing because I think it's really cool. too have spicy food. which said stillt have acid reflux I add it all for the rebino. I like red wine. Yeah U tea that's because you know that's an alkaline outside your body and that turns into acid. I didn't know that. Yeah It's been sipping on it. That's why I'm coughing Oh now she's accused me of poisoning her. Dolphins! Dolphins. That's why you gave me acid reflux. No No don't. We love each other people do we know each other for bloody a. Yeah and that and then you know lemon, lemon, o this is so boring. Lemon is an acid outside your body, but when it goes in, it's an alkaline. It's an alkaline, but it also can create mucus. So for a singer before a show No Lemon can make mucus. Yeah How does it make mucus Oh tell me that'. scientists My avedic doctor said if you're feeling a bit poorly and you're going to sing that it can make the mucus worsen to not have Yeah and to not heat the honey to have mananuga honey direct, but not in the hot. ye ips tips for Aabedic medicine. Yeah. Yeah that's interesting. Yeah. Well, listen, we're about to start out of sense. so we've just got time now for quick fire round, okay? Adrenaline junkie, adrenaline slunky I don't know what the second one is. I'll take the first. Okay. Beat your pool Beach Isle or window Oh I' I. Always late or first at departure gates. Al late. Cooking in or eating out We you get room service or we? I think cooking in now. Yeah. yeah. Okay by the pool or music in your ears? Music in my ears. Mile high or I'm too shy. Mile hi Darlie. Of course. That's the only way's the only way of shag And then last but not least, tip 'em or fuck 'em. Are you a good tipper? Oh or yes, don't don't donon't be lured in by that. Do you tip them? Are you a good tipper? or where you go, I'm never gonna see you again. I'm a really generous tipper Over the top tipper. Yeah. Yeahah to the point where they're laugh at me because she doesn't know. No I actually do. Oh, that's good. Yeah I think becausecause you know what it's like to work hard. Exactly. Yeah, exactly thank you so much for flying Alan Air. If you'd like to collect your emotional baggage and your many hairdry. That's the tag on my luggage It says emotional bank. Oh my go. Yeah. That weird Dolphins. Dolphins. Who am I looking at? I'm looking Jelphence, there's no camera there. for my imaginary friend. You shes to f So letave me hang out We hope you enjoyed your flight. Don't forget to like and subscribe Don't ever forget. 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