Myleene: Elton sent flowers for ugly jibe

Hear'Say star's pain at 'fat' taunts and being asked to change 'ethnic' name

- MARK JEFFERIES and NICOLA METHVEN

MYLEENE Klass has revealed Sir Elton John sent her flowers after branding the members of Hear'Say "ugly" back in 2001.

Singer and TV host Myleene told how the rock legend, 76, regretted his actions and, typically, said it with flowers.

Myleene reveals on tonight's I'm A Celebrity...South Africa: "We even got sent some flowers from Elton John, who said we were the ugliest band in pop.

Because he realised, 'Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have said that'.

"He sent 'sorry flowers' to us. It was bad. But I look back at that time and I think it was a different time in history." Hear'Say were formed on the ITV reality show Popstars in 2001.