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Homebodies or homewreckers? TOTP finds out how domesticated the Sugababes are...

TOTP: What do you do to relax at home?
Heidi: It depends what mood you're in. If I'm at home relaxing I like just to put my pyjamas on, lay on the couch and veg out. I like cooking for friends as well. I'm no good at cooking but I try. My boyfriend really likes spicy dishes so I try and cook dishes like that, which usually means just buying some chicken tonight mix and putting that on!
Mutya: I'm an alright cook actually. Pasta is the easiest to do. Sometimes I'll stretch to rice and meat dishes. I like having the comfort of having friends round but sometimes it's nice just to cook for yourself, one plate, one DVD and settle in, with no pressure, then if it's no good you've got no one to blame but yourself!
Keisha: My mum has just taught me how to cook chicken. How? You wash the chicken in a bowl, drain the water, then season the chicken with maybe curry or garlic powder or ketchup, some chillies, vegetables, then put it in an oven tray with roast potatoes and you're away. It's a meal that everyone likes. You can't go wrong!

TOTP: Who would be your ideal dinner party guests?
Keisha: The girls, of course!
Mutya: Yeah, then at least if anyone cooks anything dodgy and we get sick then it's just between us!

TOTP: What TV shows do you never miss?
Heidi: EastEnders and Coronation Street. I love 'em.
Mutya: Yeah, I'm really into Coronation St right now.
Heidi: Oh, and I never miss Wife Swap and I love all of those home design and makeover programmes. All of them! And I never miss MTV TRL.

TOTP: Which TV shows do you always turn off?
All: Emmerdale!
Keisha: It's the theme music. It's so depressing. I can't even get past that! It's been on for hundreds of years, hasn't it?

TOTP: What about political shows like Panorama?
Heidi: No, that can be quite interesting sometimes. I like the E Channel too. Have you seen it? It's biographies of famous people. I watched the Natalie Wood story the other day. I love the old Hollywood stars.

TOTP: Would you rather have mates round for dinner or a big party?
Mutya: Er, close mates are better. 'Cos at least with a small dinner party your mates can help you clean up and they'll respect your house.

TOTP: Do you have cleaners who regularly clean your houses?
Heidi: I have a cleaner. She comes once a week and she does a few of the flats in the block. She cleans all the little nooks and crannies that you can miss. I hate things being dirty.

TOTP: Would you rather clean the bathroom or the kitchen?
Keisha: The bathroom 'cos in the kitchen you have to wash the dishes!
Mutya: That's what you have a dishwasher for! My mum's got one.

TOTP: Do you enjoy a lie-in?
Heidi: Oh I love it. But today, for TOTP in Gateshead we had to get up at 4.30am!

TOTP: How do you spend Sundays?
Heidi: If we're not working I'll go out on a Saturday night, then have a lie in on the Sunday, get up and cook a big English breakfast for everyone. My English breakfasts are the best! My fried egg is a picture!


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Interview by: Tae M
01/03/2005

 
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