Take That fans and the East 17 fans – we didn’t associate with them. In the picture below, I’m celebrating my 13th birthday at home in Strood, holding my Take That cake.
I designed it myself, sketching it out on a bit of paper and my great-aunt – who was a cake-maker – made it. My Take That tin, which went everywhere with me, is beside me – I had even scratched ‘Natalie loves Mark’ on to it with a compass.The day I heard they had broken up, I was heartbroken.
It was Tuesday, 13 February 1996, and my mum came into my room with a cup of coffee to wake me up for school. She had been watching GMTV and she had to psych herself up to tell me.
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