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January 2004

This interview was originally conducted by the JohnLydon.Com editor for the Fodderstompf website; prior to John's legendary appearance on ITV, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! in January 2004.

This was the only pre-jungle interview John gave…

I'm a Sex Pistol let me in there!

So you're going to Aussie then!

Listen, this is gonna be a hoot, a good fucking hoot! It could go wrong in so many ways that I’m just too tempted! You know every damn arsehole punk is gonna go ‘Ooh that’s not what punk is about’ Yes it is! This is true anarchy! Setting myself up on rubbish like this? By doing a thing like this wrong, that’s so fucking dangerous, I could so easily fall flat on my face. With all this so called 'celebrity' nonsense there is a danger you can take yourself too seriously. And that's the whole point, I'm not a celebrity, I'm just a human being... Last year to me looked fake, this time it’s for real. I’ve called the shots, this is gonna be a good ‘un. They can give it, but can they take it? I’ll take on all contenders, but I’m up for a laugh, and if anyone else isn’t that’s their problem. What’s two week's in a bush, fuck off, it’s a holiday!

My money is on you! What do you win?

Well, you win a load of money which you send off to a charity, so Rambo found this great one for me. It’s a ‘wspa’ [World Society for the Protection of Animals], save these little white monkeys that are being tortured and killed in Africa. It’s lovely, ‘cos every housewife is gonna go ‘Oh that poor boy is saving those little monkeys!’ (laughs) I might get a nature programme out of it! (laughs)

Yeah, Johnny Rotten & Johnny Morris!

That’s how I’ll go for it! It’s how you approach it. You look at it on paper and you think ‘Oh no, next I’ll be on ‘Celebrity Squares’! (laughs), but why not though? The only rules in this life, are there are no rules, and quite a few idiots have forgot that. No one wants me to do it, so all the more reason to be there. All my life I've been told not to do things, and when someone tells me not to do a thing, I have to question why? Why shouldn't I, why? Why push your values on me?

Do you know much about the other contestants?

There’s a Lord in there with convictions as long as your arm (laughs), and the BBC's Royalty reporter! It’s perfect, sit around the campfire and discuss Royalty with Royalty! (laughs) Gazza wouldn’t do it, but I think that’s because he’s scared of me. You can print that! (laughs). That dopey bird Jordan, she can be really low rent, but she used to be the pin-up girl for Eddie Jordan at Formula 1. George Best’s wife is gonna be on, I've got a connection there, I wanted her to thank her husband for giving my Mum an autograph years ago before she died, it was one of her wishes, that’s very sweet. There was some guy from Boyzone who was gonna do it, he'd asked to bring his acoustic guitar along! (laughs) He wanted to write songs around the campfire at night! That would have been spectacular fun for me!

You should take a banjo!

Oh nooo! My Violin or something ‘neeeeerrrrrrrr’! I could sing that old Edgar Broughton song (sings) “I love the dead before their cold, their glowing flesh for me to hold...” (laughs).

It’ll give you good exposure to people who have never saw you on TV before, a whole new audience.

Listen, I’m just gonna be exactly who I always am, but I am up for that ‘cos people have got me down as some anti-social whatever, and it’s gonna be like NOOO... big surprise! I don’t think anyone in the world is thinking I’m going out there just for the monkeys! Unless I’m a cheeky monkey too. It’s a giggle, and look, I need to get Rotten TV back up, remind these cunts that there are people out there who can make a decent TV show.

Are you looking forward to the being in the Jungle! I saw on TV that some guy got ate by a crocodile at one of those watering holes!

Yeah, Salt Water Crocodiles they’re particularly dangerous, but I don’t wash! What’s the problem? I’m not going near that duck pond, I’m as safe as houses me! I won’t move for two weeks, I don’t need food! No effort... It’ll be like that daft film ‘Crocodile Dundee’, that’s the landscape. Wait, it’s just gonna be horrible, but why not? Don’t let the Bed Bugs bite, well, they’re gonna anyway. I might have an itchy bum, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun! They said you can have one luxury item, so I said ‘Yes ok, I want a fully equipped Wall-Mart store!’ They sell guns and everything (laughs)!

It seems the producers are trying to be all ‘cloak and dagger’ about it, apparently they wanted to fly you all out separately.

Look, what a load of rubbish, with all the names blasted out in The Sun! Are they joking me, what’s the big secret? It’s a lie, and I’m gonna expose every single fucking lie, because I will not sit there and propagate a fake. And I warned them that, I said if this is not the real dangerous deal, it’s gonna be known, so now they’re getting in SAS blokes to train us in survival! (laughs) I’ll have the time of my life! They said, Have you any survival skills? ‘No none at all!’ Are you fit? ‘Certainly not! And I have no intention of being!’

You’re gonna be such a bolt out the blue, it’ll just show up the ‘celebs’ for the absorbed fools they are!

I’ll just be myself... as daft as a sack of potatoes! They show themselves up. They play the same Dinner Party nonsense, but in the jungle! And that’s why they don’t have survival skills, it’s inner strength isn’t it? ‘Oh let’s have a camp leader’. ‘You’ve got to follow the camp rules’, fuck off, I follow common sense dear (laughs)!

At least there will be something good on TV! It’s gonna be too good!

It is if you approach it right. It’s gonna be delicious, absolutely!

So when does it actually start then?

In the middle of January. They want to come over and film me beforehand, in a “home setting” so I think what I’m gonna do is have them in my studio and play them one of my new songs! (Note: John & John were later spotted falling down a hill in front of the famous Hollywood sign!)

So when is the official announcement?

Well, it’s yours if you want it!

Right, John good luck, I might even vote for you!

Vote for the man you love to hate, make him suffer! Oh, no... if you throw me out you’re cruel! I’m doing it for the little monkeys. Save the little monkeys, the furry white ones... !

The Tacugama Chimp Sanctuary

Amidst the clash of civil war in one of Africa's most politically unstable countries, is a haven for rescued chimpanzees. A new life there is creating a link between these captive animals and their wild counterparts.

You can find out more information by following the link below...

Tacugama Sanctuary - Sierra Leone

The site is a comprehensive visitors' guide to Sierra Leone. It contains in-depth travel and tourism information for the country and highlights some of Sierra Leone's eco-tourism, conservation spots as well as other positives of a country trying to rise from the ashes of war. There are pictures of Tacugama in the photo gallery.

"Save the little monkeys!"

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here…
Fodderstompf.Com: News Archive 2004

20th January 2004

Johnny’s off to the jungle, but he’s only in it for the Monkey, and he’s taking Wall-Mart with him...

Yes, it's true! John Lydon WILL be appearing on the new series of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! and you can hear all about it direct from the horses mouth in our exclusive 'I'm a Sex Pistol Let Me in There!' interview above.

The UK series starts January 26th on ITV 1, and will also feature; Glamour Model Jordan, Fraudster Lord Brocket, Ex-Footballer Neil Ruddock, Athlete Diana Modahl, Pop Singer Peter Andre, Former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond, Mrs George Best Alex Best, Pop-tastic DJ Mike Read & Ex-Atomic Kitten singer Kerry McFadden.
See the Official I'm a Celebrity Web Site for their info...

Will Johnny be the new King of the Jungle? This is gonna be FUN... !

"Save the Little Monkeys!"

22nd January 2004

With the new series set to start this Monday, 26th January, ITV 2 will broadcast a special preview hosted by last years winner Phil Tufnell on Sunday 25th at 8pm, I'm a Celebrity, Tuffers Reveals All. The show will take a look at the 'making of' the show, and should also include pre-show interviews with John (and John) shot at John's home, and around LA (remember we told you they were out and about!). Though, it is possible these interviews could be held till the show starts properly on ITV 1...

As mentioned above, the show starts Monday, 26th January, on ITV1 9.00-10.30pm, with an update at 12.05am-1.45. ITV 2 are also showing virtually a full live feed (15 mins delayed) being throughout the night.

The show will be broadcast nightly at 9 or 10pm on ITV1, with updates sometime after Midnight. ITV 2 are basically showing the whole thing live, at various times. Obviously ITV Regions will vary so see ITV.Com or Radio Times etc for full TV Listings. Viewers outside the UK should be able to see parts of the show via the official I'm a Celebrity Web Site

John was due to arrive in Australia Thursday morning, with most of the other contestants arriving the day before. He'll have a couple of days training ("Oh fuck off"!), before the show starts in Australia on Sunday (Monday UK). Will he get the first 'Bushtucker Trial'?
Ha! This is gonna be too good...

Bookmakers have placed John joint favourite along with Neil Ruddock.

24th January 2004

The written word is (always) a lie...

We have it direct from the horses mouth that John Lydon is NOT quitting 'I'm a Celebrity...', or being kicked out (depending on which newspaper you read). It seems some of the press got very excited about nothing (or were led to believe so...). He might have gave them a little 'ticking off' but John was not fighting with journalists and photographers at the airport(s), he did not "Shoo" children away from him, he is not refusing to co-operate with the show, and he will not be replaced by Timmy Mallet! It seems the knives are out, I say bring them on...

Support the 'Army of One'!

Right, this is it. He's doing it, and we at Fodderstompf are fully behind the 'Army of One' that is John Lydon! Ok, the show is "mainstream rubbish", but great, so what? Shows like this need to be exposed as such to the public, and it's gonna make great TV (don't pretend you won't watch it). The way I see it this is a knife-edge, he knows he is dicing with sadness, but if there is one man that can carry this off and make them eat their words it's John Lydon. We all know the type of 'Z List' celebs that do these things, and the bottom line is, John doesn't need to do this, he doesn't want a daytime TV show, he doesn't want the next 'Daz' advert, BUT this is good exposure, and if it can help bring back Rotten TV, or lead onto something else, then why not do it? Fucks sake, even Captain Sensible recently said that John should have his own TV show, he shouldn't need to be doing something like this. We know that, and now hopefully the rest of the British public will sit up and take notice too...

Nothing that's happened will change, The Sex Pistols will still be the Sex Pistols, PiL will still be PiL, John will still be John, (nothing could change that!) but we could find ourselves with a whole new audience behind him, people who know nothing about him and need the educating, and I'm up for that! The more people like us the better...

C'mon John, show these bastards!

26th January 2004

John v's The Ostrich! "Beat the Bird!"

Well, it's only the first day and John has to (basically) fight an Ostrich! I knew this would be fun! For those who don't know, the British public has voted that John will stand for the first Bushtucker Trial (I knew it would be him!). See the official site for full info on his task. Each day the public decides a "celeb" to do a task in order to earn food for the group. John has already joked they'll all starve! No chance, show these bastards! You're a warrior, take no quarter! He's been in good form, and (from time to time!) he actually looks like he is enjoying himself! Cool shorts too.

This week the public only vote for the Bushtucker Trial, next week they start voting off the contestants. Will only the fakes survive... ?

27th January 2004

Never Mind the Budgies!

Victory!! Fuck, that was bizarre... This show is nearly as mental as John! I never thought I'd ever see John being attacked by Ostrich's (or as he described them "Fat Budgies"), his task was to dig up 'Stars' made of bird feed while fending off 10 well pissed of Ostrich's, oh, and did I mention he was also covered in Treacle and Bird Seed! In the end he managed a well respectable six, which gave his showbiz pals 6 meals for the day! He's bruised and battered but he's still Rotten...

I think he's doing well, he's certainly adjusting to the lifestyle better than most, and he's beginning to get more and more involved, plus it has to be said his one-liners are funny as hell!

C'mon the John!

28th January 2004

We did say it would be an eventful week, and it certainly has been (no pun!). The week started with rumours John would quit the show, as I write this he is now the new Camp Leader ("Commandant Lydon) and quoted by Bookmakers Ladbrokes as the "Clear Favourite"! Mr Rotten certainly seems to winning people over, by doing nothing more than being himself. The press expected John to be miserable and argumentative, they shouldn't believe their own hype...

Ok, we all know exactly what this show is, but you have to admit John has been the star of the show, and the public are beginning to see there's a lot more to him than swearing and spitting (that's not to say he's not good at it!). The 'Beat the Bird' challenge (I know) certainly impressed a few people, they were vicious looking bastards, but he handled it extremely well. He's refusing to go for the throat about the other 'Celebs' even when goaded by the producers. The boy's doing good. There's still certainly a proportion of people who hate him, and there's been quite a few hatchet jobs in the papers (including this weeks NME), but hey so what, I think he'd prefer it way, he's not doing this to get on Tarby's Golf Team, he's proving his point, his way.

At times I can't quite believe that I'm watching a thing like this, and I know fine well that if John wasn't there I wouldn't be watching, but I have to admit I'm actually enjoying most of it, John was right it is a hoot! Also, well done to Jordan and Lord Brocket too. Fuck, I can't believe I'm talking like this... !

Please note, so far I've managed to update the site everyday, but I don't know how long it will continue. The official site is always a good source of info and gossip, and I can't recommend the 'Sir Links a Lot' site enough. Every day it's updated with press links about the show from all over the world, it also has links to other I'm a Celeb sites, check it out...

31st January 2004

Happy Birthday Mr Rotten.

Today is John's 48th birthday, it's not normally the kind of thing I'd bother mentioning but given the circumstances, I reckon it's worth a mention. As a special Birthday treat the producers gave the Celebs Tea, so John could have his own little Tea Party, what can you say, the man loves his tea!

It seems John is very popular with the majority of the public, and even the press, he's always up to something mental. He's definitely the camps official Firestarter, plus he likes to go Johnny Walkabout! He even nearly escaped the other day! He also 'blacked' up and got Dianne to spray his arse with perfume! Not quite Tony Blackburn is he? As I mentioned the majority of the press have been loving him, though there have been a few hatchet jobs in The Sun & The Mirror. And as he expected the press are trying to dig around his family and friends, the last few days have seen interviews with Nora, Ari-Up and even his Dad. But I have to say the thing that's annoying me most about the press is that they refer to John as "ex Sex Pistol John Lydon", they seem to have forgot that the band toured the States less than six months ago. And once a Sex Pistol, always a Sex Pistol, there's no ex about it...

Tomorrow will be when things really start to get interesting, with the public beginning to vote off the Celebs. I think John has a good chancing of winning, but whether or not he actually wants to win is another question... Check out the official site for voting info, and to see John's 'Beat The Birds' Bushtucker Trial.

1st February 2004

Will only the fakes survive... ?

Tomorrow (Monday) sees the start of the 'Voting Off', should you wish to, full info is on the official I'm a Celebrity Web Site. Remember, Vote Mr Rotten and help Save the Little Monkeys!

As you know doubt know, John kicked off a bit on Saturday, and threatened to "Walk" if Jordan didn't pull the finger out. If you saw Sunday's show you'd probably be under the impression he's still in a mood, having watched some of the live feed yesterday it looked to me like he'd got it out of his system. It seems the selective editing may have started already. And I don't think it's a coincidence that Jordan left her 'revelation' until a moment where she was in danger of looking bad either... Despite the (mild) Hatchet Job they pulled tonight there's no way I think he'll be voted off in the first few days, and I hope he doesn't walk, this is too much fun! Though maybe he'll just try escape instead...

As I've mentioned before, we all know exactly what this show is, but I have to admit as time goes on, the more I want John to win. If only to spite those who are playing the game to win...
C'mon the John!

4th February 2004

Cunning Stunt? John Lydon: Proving swearing is still funny!

So now we're three down, Mr Rotten is still in there, and in there with more than a shout. If he wants to, he'll win. He's a breath of rotten air on primetime TV, and even the plebia know it... And that's including his 'infamous language'! It certainly ruffled a few of the blue rinse brigade, I wonder if anybody kicked in their TV this time! C'mon, you have to admit it was nearly as funny as the ostriches. See we told you this would be fun... Nearly as funny as the fact that 'Never Mind The Bollocks' has charted again. It's not exactly the reason he's doing the show, but hey, welcome aboard. I can't believe you wouldn't have heard the Sex Pistols before though, where the fuck have you been? They haven't exactly been hiding...

5th February 2004

Johnny Escapes Tenko!

Yes as you no doubt know, it official Johnny's Walkabout has become permanent. See the I'm a Celebrity Web Site for more info, and a transcript of John's exclusive interview with show hosts Ant & Dec. It's looking like only the fakes do survive...

More soon...

7th February 2004

Think it's all over? This is just the start...

Is anybody still watching the show without John? No, I didn't think so... I have to admit John leaving was a bit of a shock, and at first I was a little disappointed, I really was enjoying it all, but I think he did do the right thing. He's right, we would have won, easily, but what's the point? He didn't need to be there, let alone win. Could you really imagine John standing waving on that rope bridge in front of the paparazzi, fuck off... Even those who were sceptical before would have to admit the last two weeks has been great TV, I've watched some of the best stuff I've seen in years. The whole British public has... People expected John to come on the show, be rude, swear, and walk off. All of which he did... but he did far more than just that, he proved what we all knew already (or at least what I did anyway), he's funny, intelligent, well read, sensitive, and fucking nuts! It's a cliché, but he is a true star. I know for a fact the media moguls have been watching him, lets hope we see him a bit more regularly on TV, preferably on Rotten TV...

John is still all over the media, the majority of today's tabloids had features on himself and Nora, are they trying to find the new Posh & Becks, ha, I think they're in for a shock! Oh, and dear tabloids, if you're going to steal our stuff, please make sure you use it in context. Naughty, naughty...

See the I'm a Celebrity Web Site for loads of video clips of John's time on the show. The Sun are also giving away a free 'I'm a Celeb' DVD, the tokens start today, and continue next week...

8th February 2004

The Written Word is a LIE...

You may have read some vicious stories in today's newspaper's, but if you know anything about John Lydon at all, you know that there's two sides to every story.

'Don't need your blah, blah...'

9th February 2004

Thought you had got rid on him... ?

On the back of John's I'm a Celebrity appearance, VHI UK will be repeating Rotten TV this week! (Thanks for the support guys, it's only 5 years too late...) Two episodes will be shown tomorrow, Tuesday 10th February, starting at 9pm. Then again on Thursday 12th February, 10pm. It's unclear if only two episodes of the three completed shows will be broadcast, or a mixture of the three. Also see MyDigiGuide.
Thanks to Laurent Lecoq

John will be appearing on the final show of the I'm a Celebrity series tonight. ITV 2 will also be showing 'I'm a Celebrity - Coming Out! ' three special follow up shows, starting tomorrow, Tuesday 10th, at 10.30pm, and running through to Thursday 12th.

10th February 2004

Do you really think Razor Rudduck could pick up John & Rambo and throw them both into a lift?

LIES, LIES, LIES!

"Blunt Razor Couldn’t Cut Mustard!
John & John have tried to speak to him for two days, but the He-Man has run for 'them there hills'. After two days he appears to be the missing link..."

More to follow, the truth must out...

Two Sides to Every Story...

John Lydon will be interviewed in tomorrow's Sunday Mirror. Hear the truth from the Horses Mouth, if they have the balls to print it...