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| Meet the all new Preston | Meet the all new Preston |
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| By Fiona Pryor Entertainment reporter, BBC News Advertisement | By Fiona Pryor Entertainment reporter, BBC News Advertisement |
| Preston on his new music and his new life | Preston on his new music and his new life |
| "I made a real effort to make myself come across as a sulky, tortured, moody, indie rocker. The thing is I hate people like that," says Samuel Preston. | "I made a real effort to make myself come across as a sulky, tortured, moody, indie rocker. The thing is I hate people like that," says Samuel Preston. |
| With a reputation of being difficult in interviews, the former Ordinary Boys frontman reckons he has changed. | With a reputation of being difficult in interviews, the former Ordinary Boys frontman reckons he has changed. |
| "The more I think about it, the more I realise how wrong I got it the first time around." | "The more I think about it, the more I realise how wrong I got it the first time around." |
| The 27-year-old sits with his legs crossed and arms tightly folded across his chest. | The 27-year-old sits with his legs crossed and arms tightly folded across his chest. |
| Laughing he points out his "mega defensive pose" as he loosens up for the rest of the questions. | Laughing he points out his "mega defensive pose" as he loosens up for the rest of the questions. |
| "I'm definitely nothing like I tried hard to paint myself to be when I was younger," he says. | "I'm definitely nothing like I tried hard to paint myself to be when I was younger," he says. |
| Preston lost his temper on Never Mind The Buzzcocks | Preston lost his temper on Never Mind The Buzzcocks |
| Arriving a surprising 20 minutes early for the interview, he seems happy to answer anything including the notorious Never Mind The Buzzcocks episode, where he walked off set during filming. | Arriving a surprising 20 minutes early for the interview, he seems happy to answer anything including the notorious Never Mind The Buzzcocks episode, where he walked off set during filming. |
| The musician took offence to presenter Simon Amstell mocking the autobiography of Preston's then wife Chantelle Houghton's. | The musician took offence to presenter Simon Amstell mocking the autobiography of Preston's then wife Chantelle Houghton's. |
| "I'm struggling to think why I would have acted so weird", he laughs. "I don't know what I was thinking." | "I'm struggling to think why I would have acted so weird", he laughs. "I don't know what I was thinking." |
| However, with a new single and album to promote, Preston is keen to emphasise how much he has changed. | However, with a new single and album to promote, Preston is keen to emphasise how much he has changed. |
| "I just regret the fact that I was so young and I handled myself badly, especially in interviews. I wasn't very honest and I acted badly, really." | "I just regret the fact that I was so young and I handled myself badly, especially in interviews. I wasn't very honest and I acted badly, really." |
| His appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 propelled him to stardom, with viewers mesmerised by his budding relationship with fellow housemate Chantelle Houghton. | His appearance on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 propelled him to stardom, with viewers mesmerised by his budding relationship with fellow housemate Chantelle Houghton. |
| Fairytale wedding | Fairytale wedding |
| After leaving the famous Channel 4 house, the pair's relationship continued to be followed by the tabloids when they got engaged just three months later. | After leaving the famous Channel 4 house, the pair's relationship continued to be followed by the tabloids when they got engaged just three months later. |
| Following what seemed a fairytale wedding - complete with a full set of wedding pictures in OK! magazine - they divorced less than a year later. | |
| Critics poured scorn on their short-lived relationship, but Preston says he is not surprised they were so heavily criticised. | |
| "I deserved it really so I can take it on the chin. I'd made my bed and then I invited people to take an interest in my life," he says. | "I deserved it really so I can take it on the chin. I'd made my bed and then I invited people to take an interest in my life," he says. |
| I think I was very naive. That [celebrity] world has it's place but I think I'm better off out of it Preston | I think I was very naive. That [celebrity] world has it's place but I think I'm better off out of it Preston |
| "And then I got divorced, which is just heartbreaking." | |
| He says reading about the ins and outs of their relationship was hard, and vows he will not make the same mistake again. | He says reading about the ins and outs of their relationship was hard, and vows he will not make the same mistake again. |
| "I thought I could go in and scale the walls of this celebrity culture, be this revolutionary and kind of tear down the system from inside. | "I thought I could go in and scale the walls of this celebrity culture, be this revolutionary and kind of tear down the system from inside. |
| "I think I was very naive. That [celebrity] world has its place but I think I'm better off out of it. | |
| "At that time I was surrounded by people who would say things or advise me not to say stuff to people, but I haven't got anyone advising me now. | "At that time I was surrounded by people who would say things or advise me not to say stuff to people, but I haven't got anyone advising me now. |
| "I feel like I'm old enough to know how to handle myself. | |
| "They see you as a product and they just want to get what they can out of you. They don't have the rest of your life as their main interest. I do." | "They see you as a product and they just want to get what they can out of you. They don't have the rest of your life as their main interest. I do." |
| 'Better relationship' | 'Better relationship' |
| Two years on, Preston and his ex-wife are now in regular contact via text message and have a "better relationship now than we had for most of our marriage". | |
| Chantelle Houghton and Preston met on Big Brother | Chantelle Houghton and Preston met on Big Brother |
| It seems Preston's brief marriage may have put the singer off a long-term relationship for a while, as he says he is "sort of done with girls" as they are too "weird". | It seems Preston's brief marriage may have put the singer off a long-term relationship for a while, as he says he is "sort of done with girls" as they are too "weird". |
| And he laughs off recent reports that he is engaged for a third or fourth time - even he is not too certain exactly how many times he has got down on one knee. | And he laughs off recent reports that he is engaged for a third or fourth time - even he is not too certain exactly how many times he has got down on one knee. |
| Instead the singer is now calling his solo career his "new wife", before revealing he is worried about how his material will be received. | Instead the singer is now calling his solo career his "new wife", before revealing he is worried about how his material will be received. |
| "I am terrified, but people are responding so well to the song," he says. | "I am terrified, but people are responding so well to the song," he says. |
| "Even if they say 'I really hate that Preston because he's an idiot, but the song is great' then that's kind of good enough for me. | "Even if they say 'I really hate that Preston because he's an idiot, but the song is great' then that's kind of good enough for me. |
| "And anyway I'm not an idiot, I'm nice." | "And anyway I'm not an idiot, I'm nice." |
| Preston's new single Dressed To Kill is released on 23 August | Preston's new single Dressed To Kill is released on 23 August |