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| In Conversation With John Bishop, UKTV |
Being interviewed by John Bishop for his 'In conversation with' series on W, Samantha Womack explained her story to fame, including leaving home at 15 and working in the Camden Palace nightclub.
The underage teenager worked the bar, admitting: "I went out and got a job within three weeks. I completely lied about my age, I think I was almost running the bar!"
A shocked John Bishop asked: "You got a job in a bar, at 15?" - Sam joked "Sorry Camden Palace, it doesn't exist anymore, they're not going to get into trouble!"
"I was earning a really good wage and got myself a flat in Maida Vale" she said.
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| UKTV |
"He was really bad news, there was a year I don't even think about" she said. "I went to live with him and things just got really bad from there, he was really controlling, he was quite jealous"
She continued: "He drained most of my money and got me out of the nightclub (where she was working), that's what controlling people do, removing you from what you know so they have complete control, which he did. I only stayed with him for a year, but the tail-end of that I had no money"
"Eurovision was a gig, it was a paid gig and I needed the money, he was taking everything."
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| Samantha Janus, Eurovision |
She revealed that Sylvia Young, who owned the theatre school that Sam attended, said "I have this session singer who will pay you to come and sing a song"
"I was totally disinterested in what I was doing, I just wanted the money"
"All of a sudden the press attention was just, I had no idea that was coming!"
"They dragged me around from interview to interview, putting me in all these awful clothes."
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| Samantha Janus |
When John praised her for coming 10th in the competition and appearing on Top of the Pops, Sam laughed as she admitted "I was so embarrassed, I did Top of the Pops in my nan's waistcoat, bless her"
If you would like to watch the entire interview, and it really is an eye-opener, then you can watch it on-demand here.
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