Taken from Smash Hits - November 2003

'Does my bum look big in this?'

The Busted sumo wrestlers spice up the party with talk of snogs, chimps and their funniest pranks ever!

Typical. You've invited Busted to your party and within seconds they'er scampering around in Sumo suits destroying various parts of the house. James leaps up and down on the sofa like a lard baby and.. what's that stain on the carpet? Meanwhile, Chazwick and Mattie are rolling around in hysterics after their wrestling match has gone tummy up. Every time we meet Busted it seems they get bigger and bigger (and no, we're not talking belly size) - they're one of the hottest bands around and our party just wouldn't be the same without them. So join us as we natter about secret celeb speak, fish that attack your privates and why Mattie mings..

How are you enjoying being Sumo wrestlers, boys?
James: I feel like that fat Scottish guy in Austin Powers (in Scottish accent) I'm sexy, me! D'you like me body? Does my bum look big?

Speaking of Sumo, you've been to Japan recently. You're big over there, aren't you?
Mattie: Jamse was by far the favourite in Japan - fans chased him everywhere and held banners asking him to moonwalk.
Charlie: James is their favourite because he looks like a chimp.
Mattie: A girl went up to James and said, 'You are cute like monkey.'
James: (Appalled) I don't look like a chimp! The Japanese liked me the best because I stand out more. You don't get many blondes in Japan.

You recorded your new album in LA - did you hook up with Avril while you were there?
Charlie: Sadly, no. But the Californian girls are so fit, man.
Mattie: We didn't snog any though. But we did go to a strip club..
Charlie: Only because you have to be 21 to get a drink in LA, but only 18 to get into a strip club. So we ended up drinking there.

Did you hear that Britney said she fancies you, Chazwick?
Charlie: What shockingly great news!
Mattie: You are so going to get it on with Britney.
James: Seize the moment, Chaz.
Charlie: She's my top bird. The fittest girl in the world.
Mattie: And Rachel Stevens said on the front cover of Smash Hits that she would snog you too.
James: What's wrong with you? Get in there!
Charlie: I've got no chance - she thinks we're prats. Remember what happened the other week? She was waiting to say hello. James was jumping around beatboxing and then he turned around and beatboxed in her face by mistake.

You're so in with the stars - we hear you can even speak the Sugababes' secret language..
Mattie: Well, James and Charlie can.
James: The only time we use it is when we don't want Mattie to understand what we're saying.
Mattie: Yeah - they're the Mutya and Keisha of Busted. I'm the Heidi.

Have you got a Busted language you can teach us?
Charlie: Just say 'Shocker!' a lot.
Mattie: We end words with 'age'. Like 'extreme-age' and 'mate-age'.
James: We call Charlie 'Chazwick' and Mattie likes the word 'guv' a lot. We're also fond of saying 'skank'.
Mattie: I used to use 'pukka' a lot. But I regret that now, because Jamie Oliver uses it all the time.

What nutty stuff have you done lately?
James: We invited a tramp back to our hotel the other week.
Mattie: We spotted him on the street and felt guilty because we didn't have any money to give him. So we invited him back and told him he could order room service. He even slept in James' bed.
James: Can I just point out that the tramp was not sleeping with me. I was on the floor.

Done anything disgusting we should know about?
Mattie: I once popped a balloon of skanky fish bits over Charlie's head. It was on a TV show and it was so gross, he had to run to the side of the stage to puke up.
Charlie: Shocking, mate, shocking.
Mattie: I skinny-dipped in the River Thames once. There were naked girls there as well.
James: I'd be too scared to even go swimming naked in the sea in case a fish decided to bite my bits.
Mattie: You're right. Plus, isn't there a fish that crawls up your privates?

Moving on.. here's a little teaser for you: What's brown and sticky?Charlie: A stick. That's so lame.

OK, you tell us a joke, then..
Mattie: Did you hear that Larry O'Prize died? He was the guy who wrote the Hokey-Kokey. The funeral went fine until they put him in the coffin. They put his left leg in but left his right leg out. Get it?
James: Boom, boom!

Ever played a joke on a celeb?
James: No, although we have been inspired by Blazin' Squad. They have no shame. I couldn't believe Flava tried to crash Beyonce's trailer at Party In The Park this year.
Mattie: He's a little terrier, old Flava, isn't he? Fair play though.
Charlie: We applaud you, Flava!

We bet you were all 'little terriers' at school..
Mattie: Yeah. I painted a teacher's chair brown. When she got up, she had brown paint all over her bum. Which looked like poo.
James: You're like Bedders - he's really hyperactive.
Mattie: Noooo! I'm nothing like him.
Charlie: I used to put shaving foam on my hand before shaking hands with someone. I also put someone's hand in water while they're sleeping to make them wet themselves.
Mattie: If you eat buttercups, you wet yourself as well. (It's dandelion juice actually and it's got to touch your hand - Urban Myths Ed)

So have you ever done any stupid dares at a party?
James: I was at a sleepover once and it was all getting a bit dull so we dared one of our mates to nick the receiver from a public payphone and bring it back as proof. Which is kind of stupid, I know. But he did it! I don't think any of us actually thought he would. But for weeks afterwards, I would run and hide if I even faintly heard a police siren! Very scary..

Suggest something for our readers to do this weekend..
James: I can tell you what not to do - don't hang out of the window. Once we were staying on the fifth floor of a hotel, and I found Mattie hanging out head-first. If he had fallen, he would have splattered all over the pavement.
Mattie: Don't do it.. it was stupid.

Ever played a joke at work?
Mattie: I worked in a hairdresser's and accidentally knocked a bottle of bleach over someone's hair. She ended up with a huge blond streak.

Finally, have you pranked your annoying neighbours yet?
James: No, but our old neighbours used to prank us. They'd turn our electricity off if we were too noisy.

'I really want a monkey as my bridesmaid'

They crashed the wedding.. but how would Busted like to get hitched?

Charlie: I'll be getting married to Britney obviously. James and Mattie will be bridesmaids. And I'll get the Deftones to play at the reception.
Mattie: I'll have a massive East End party. I'm getting married when I'm 24 to a nice girl and we'll have two kids. As for James, he'll be on Jerry Springer in five years with a massive, obese wife, saying, 'I married her when she was beautiful - and now she's just ballooned!'
James: No! I'll be getting married to a surfer babe and we'll end up having 20 kids. I want a monkey as a bridesmaid.