Sunday, 11 March 2007

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Duncan James: I nearly became a bin man

Blue heartthrob nearly emptied trash for a living

Duncan James didn’t always want to be a musician. As a kid the ex-Blue singer was considering a career in emptying bins.

‘When I was a child I wanted to be either a WWF wrestler or a dustbin man,’ the 28-year-old reveals.

‘When the binmen came round I would rush out and ask if I could press the button for the machine that emptied the bins.’

But instead the boyband star took his mum’s advice and wisely pursued a career in music.

‘My mum taught me to believe in myself and enjoy what I do,’ he tells The Sunday Express Magazine.

‘From an early age she always supported me in my singing and acting.’

No regrets then, Duncan?

Anna Taylor