Kym and Jack's interview for OK! magazine issue 302

The BBC canteen is hardly the most romantic location in the world but, When eastenders heart-throb jack ryder spotted his wife to-be kym marsh acroos a crowded hall, he instinctively wanted to get to know her better.Jack who felt immediate atrraction to the glamorous singer,tells ok! "i looked and smiled back and felt a bit srange you know,like there was something going on"

You appear to be very close but there must be personal traits about each other that you find annoying..

Jack: Kym such a great person and is very open and understanding.when theres someone who cares about you that much and really knows what you're on about its amazing. sometimeswe sit down and say things at the same time and look at each other thinking its so weird.as far as i'm concerned kym hasn't got any bad points.
Kym:Oh come on youre always shouting at me about one thing,you know,when i put myself down
Jack:Oh yeah kym's always going on about her weight and it annoys me because i think she's gorgeous. I Suppose alot of girls do that she thinks she ugly and can feel negative. if i didn't see kym for 3 months and came round looking like and state i would say something but not in a bad way i d say something like "lets get you sorted out"
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Kym: Jacks got so many good points,he's jsut a perfect package. hes kind thoughtful and caring most of all hes my best friend,But jack has hes insecurites aswell he gets scared about the same things.I worry he'll run off with someone else and hes feels the same way about me. when you've found someone and it's so perfect you cant quite believe it. we just dont want to lose something good.
Jack: I suppose i do feel insecure about being on my on because i'm on such a high with kym,Like all couples, we have our ups and downs,but we just work through it.
Kym:Quite early on in the reationship i had to go away for months when i was touring with hear'say and we were worried about the pressure on our realationship,but we worked through it
one night I had a gig in sheffield and it was jack birthday. I did the gig and finished at 10:30pm got in the car and came down just so i could see him on his birthday and i had to leave firt thing in the morining

Kym,your children are currently living with your parents in wigan with your parents,Pauline and David,close to their Father, Dave.Will they come to london with you and jack soon?

I'm not really sure what the future holds for the both of us,but ideally i'd like us all to be together.
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Kym's interview for OK! issue 319

Interview - OK Magazine 6/6/02 Working as a solo artist certainly seems to suit Kym Marsh. Shes focused, happy, confident and thanks to a new fitness regime, looks simply gorgeous. No wonder record company universal snapped her up for their island label. When kym left pop stars band hear'say five months ago, detractors said she would never make it alone. But she is determined to prove them wrong and show everyone that a sexy image, a strong character and a cracking singing voice are exactly what you need to take the charts by storm. The 25 year old says she has everything of which she could ever dream - a wonderfully supportive family, a new home and an august wedding to her handsome eastenders Fiance Jack Ryder. The record deal she told OK! At thos shoot in the Royal Suite of the sofitel St James London hotel, is just the icing on the cake. Congratulations on your record deal kym! Tell us about it. Its with universal Island Im still working with paul adams (one of the popstars judges), which is great. I think it is important to work with people you trust. It's a Six-Album deal - I cant believe it! Its Amazing. Its good to have a new start, a new team, some new producers How much creative input will you have? Obviously im going to do solo songs that other people have written but im so-writing too. With Hear'say everything was so mad, but now ive been given the opportunity to write. Will Jack bo co-writing any songs? Rumor has it hes penned a few tracks. He doesn't write songs actually. He plays guitar and has a lovely singing voice. But he doesn't write. He'll probably give me his opinion on things. Hes not into pop music though, hes into Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling stones. Will You still be playing pop? Im not going to change too much. Im not going to suddenly turn into a rock chick. It will still be very mainstream, otherwise the fans wouldn't get it and id be starting all over again. Will you have a new image to go with your new songs? Yes, that's why ive been training so hard. I watch what I eat. I looked at the different images I had with hear'say and then focused on something completely different. I wear less make-up - ive gone for a fresher look. Did you not like your look in hear'say? I think there were certain looks id never have had but I loved the purple and blue extensions. Also the hair with the flicks that Donald (McInnes who did Kym's hair for OK!'s shoot) created was great. What training have you been doing to achieve your slim and toned look? I have a personal trainer who takes me running and stuff twice a week. He weighs me, but I don't need to know. As he says it's the inches not pounds that matter, because muscle is heavier than fat. I then go running on my own twice a week. Are you feeling confident about going solo? Yes, but id be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. Im just going to do the best I can and hopefully it will be enough. Im very excited. Every time I hear a new song or go in there to sing something new its great. You were in a very packaged band, has that made you jaded about the music industry? No, I think there are still so many avenues to explore. Its completely different being on my own. Im branching into a completely new experience solo life is much quieter - unless of course you are Will Young or Gareth Gates! Are you relieved to have left hear'say, as their popularity seems to be waning? No, I had some great times with them. We were really good friends. Sometimes you have to look at your own options in life and decide what to do. I just did what I felt was right. Its sad that that part of my life is over. Looking back, what do you think about those crazy 12 months in hear'say? Its funny, its only now I think it was really hard work but really good fun. Ive been away five months now, taken stock and decided what I want to do, where I want to go. Ive been glad of that time - it's a big year for me, what with the wedding. What can you tell us about the wedding? Ive actually been holding it really close to my chest and getting a bit precious about it! Ive had a little help as we hired some party organisers colled Outer Sanctum. They've been fantastic! Thay help with everything, invitations flowers... I couldn't have done it without them! Im just hopeless! What about the guests - will your former Hear'say band members be coming? Ooh, I don't know - if they're around. But you know it depends on schedules. So you haven't gone into manic 'bride-to-be' mode? Well, I was nagging jack yesterday about his guest list: 'have you got it yet? Have you got it?' hes like: 'not yet' and im getting really stressed! Hes saying: 'calm down, ill get it done' Is jack nervous about his groom's speech? No, you know jack - he's cheekily confident. He'll pull this amazing speech out from somewhere. He said he'll be smoking an awful lot. Ill turn up at the church and there'll be a big pile of dog ends outside! Will it be a big wedding? Its turning out to be a very big wedding because my mum is one of nine children, so I have got millions of cousins! What music will you have at the wedding? A disco and a live band. Which band - Hear'say? No, they're too busy. I should of got Near'say the tribute band! I suppose they'll have to change the line-p now. I made the poor kym lookalike get sacked! What about the honeymoon - isn't it tradition that the man sorts it outt? Jacks looking into it at the moment. We've both got time off, which is fabulous. We though either one or the other wouldn't be able to. Will you go somewhere exotic? Actually I don't really like flying - I get very nervous. I hate take-off and turbulence. I get really scared so I think somewhere in Europe. Maybe italy. We really like italy! Will you and jack be starting a family soon? Oh yes. Id love to have another baby - but not yet. At the moment our careers are taking off so its not the right time, maybe in a couple of years You're moving soon, aren't you? Were not moving till next year. They say the most stressful things in life are moving home, new job and getting married - im doing all within the space of about eight months. We're looking forward to it. Is it your dream home? It's in a really nice spot, quiet, out of the way. The only people who go there are people who live nearby. Jack's a south Londoner - has he been won over by the Hertfordshire countryside? Oh, yes. Hes from London but hes never been a party animal. He doesn't drink. He likes staying in, watching TV. He says he would never move back. Do you miss Wigan, your home town? I miss my sister and my brothers and their children. My sister is my best friend. She was a big help for me when I had my first baby because I was so young. She has four beautiful children. That's why the wedding will be so great. You've got a new tattoo, which spells Jack in Chinese. Was it a surprise for him? Yes, id been away for a few days to see my family and I went to the tattooist who did my other tattoos. I asked him what the symbol for jack was - I always check because it could mean egg fried rice! It was very painful - I went to my mum and she was embarrassed because I was swearing. What do you think of popstars runners-up liberty x's new song, just a little? Its really good, amazing. I send them a text message saying well done. I still talk to them, keep in contact with jess and everybody. People thought there was a lot of rivalry but there wasn't. Are you in contact with the Hear'say guys? We havnt really crossed paths, to be honest. Im really sure there will be a time in the future when we'll meet again. We're all so busy. There off doing their album and im doing my own thing so we havnt really come into contact for that reason. It'll be nice to see them, I hope they're doing well. Do you wish you'd been with liberty x rather than Hear'say? Never, no. As much as I think they're great, I would never change anything owe everything to hear'say. You should never look back and regret anything.