Monday, 3 March 2008

Q&A…A quickie with Sara Cox

DJ and presenter Sara, 33, on being a yummy mummy and on-air gaffes

You’re eight months pregnant now – has it been exhausting presenting The Album Chart Show?
It’s been great. I’m not doing as much running up and down the stairs as last series and there are lots of shots of me from the collarbone upwards in my Mamas & Papas maternity wear. I’m rocking the maternity look.

So you’re not going to be giving birth on TV?
We finish filming four weeks before I’m due to give birth, so I should be fine. It’s all my fault. I wanted to do it so much, I didn’t care as long as they didn’t mind me looking massively fat. I’m a good Northern girl and I’ll work up until the first contraction.

Is your three-year-old daughter Lola excited about having a little brother or sister?
Yeah, she’s really excited. She loves babies. It’s very sweet.

Do you miss your ladette days?
I was never falling out of The Met Bar all the time like the papers said I was. I can’t win to be honest – back in the day, I was put in the ‘ladette’ box and now I’m put in the ‘dull yummy mummy’ box. I’m a lot more organised now, but I still have fun.

What’s the worst gig you’ve ever been to?
I can’t think of one. I think I’m quite affected by live music. I’ve been hysterical by the side of the stage at a 5ive gig before, so I’m easily pleased.

You’ve had a few mishaps on air, such as announcing Nicole Appleton and Liam Gallagher’s marriage months before they actually got wed…
That was so embarrassing. I’d read it in the paper that morning, so I said congratulations to them. The next day the papers were saying I’d announced it. I was mortified – I only know Nicole to say hello to. I’ve got the same agent as Kate Thornton, who’s a good friend of Nicole, so I got a message passed on to let them know that I wasn’t a stalker.

And then there was the time you said that the Queen Mum smelt of wee – do you regret that?
It was just one of those things. I’ve moved on from that now. I’m a good girl these days and I try not to slur senior Royals if I can help it.

Sara presents The Shockwaves Album Chart Show on Channel 4 at 12.25am on Saturdays

By Karen Dunn