'S' Magazine - 24 Hours in the Life of Gail Porter

Gail Porter, 30, hosts Top Of The Pops for the BBC and The Movie Chart Show for Channel 5. She also presents her own late-night Weekend Show on Virgin Radio and has just finished filming a new series of Wish You Were Here? for TV. She will be fronting the Tiscali World Dance Music Awards on 4 June in London (to be shown on Channel 4 on 8 June). Gail lives in London and is engaged to Dan Hipgrave, lead guitarist with Brit band Toploader.

Did you sleep well last night?
I slept really well last night, yes. I’d been out with my fiance, Dan, for a wee while.., just out for dinner, nothing too outrageous. We went to Little Italy in Soho.

Who were you with at midnight?
I was with Dan. We were in bed.

Who was the first person you spoke to when you woke up this morning?
Dan!

What was the best meal you’ve had today?
I haven’t had one yet, but yesterday’s dinner was lovely. It wasn’t a proper sit-down meal — we were kind of just picking at all sorts of Italian Things. I really enjoy doing things like that.

What was the most expensive thing you bought in the past 24 hours?
Probably some gorgeous candies from Crabtree & Evelyn that I bought for my house. I chose the vanilla-scented ones.

How much have you spent in the past 24 hours?
Not a lot, actually — Dan did all the spending yesterday. I can’t have spent much more than 50 quid. I didn’t buy anything apart from newspapers and candles — the rest probably went on taxis. But today we’re on a bit of a spree because I’ve got the day off and we’re going to hit the shops. I’m not sure what we’ll buy yet, but we’re looking for houses and clothes — a good combination! There’s a couple of flats lined up for us to see, including one in Soho with a roof terrace.

What has annoyed you most today?
What really annoyed me was watching Sky News with everyone sitting and debating the anarchy that was due to take place in central London with the anti-capitalist demonstration. That just angers me when I watch the news and I think, ‘Oh, stop talking about it.’ It’s such a waste of time, and what’s the point of getting all these people into the studio to discuss something that hasn’t even happened yet? I just don’t understand that.

What made you laugh the most today?
Dan makes me laugh so much. This morning he was in the bedroom and phoned me in the flat from his mobile. I was in another room and he left a message on my phone to ask me to please come into the bedroom.

What do you most regret about today?
Nothing, as I don’t have regrets about anything, ever. I just think regrets are such a waste of time.

What are you most proud about today?
I am most proud of Dan.

What song can you not got out of your head at the moment?
I think it would have to be Walking After You by Foo Fighters, which I was listening to this morning.

What appointments did you make and write in your diary today?
None whatsoever, because I haven’t spoken to anybody yet. My agent will normally go through some of them with me and then I put them into my appointment book. But yesterday I did arrange to meet some people for drinks on Wednesday and I also made an appointment with my personal trainer. I see my trainer every day. I went off training for a bit, so I’m trying to get back into it. I do a lot of running myself and I mainly do weights with my trainer. It’s quite cool.

How long did you spend getting ready this morning?
Oh about 15 minutes, not that long at all. I can’t be bothered getting all done up.

Did you meet anyone new today?
I met an estate agent called Mark. He was all right actually and quite cool as far as estate agents go. We were quite shocked as we were a bit dubious about meeting them as they can be a bit of a nightmare.

What time will you probably be in bed tonight?
Probably about midnight, I would imagine. I’ve got a meeting tonight at 7 o’clock so we won’t do much, apart from going to the cinema to see Traffic — the film with Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas. I’m training tomorrow morning at 6.30 so I’d like a good nights sleep.

Was it a bad hair day or a good hair day?
It’s a not bad hair day actually because I’ve just put a little plait in and I’ve got my little baseball hat on. It’s quite easy to just kind of cover it all up so it’s not that bad. I get someone else to do it if it needs styling, because I can’t do make-up and I can’t do hair.