ON PAPER it might seem the unlikeliest of friend0 ships: one is an Irish pop star who has sold millions of love songs around the world, the other is a member of the Royal Family currently battling snakes and spiders in I'm A Celebrity's jungle with former health secretary Matt Hancock. But as Ronan Keating reveals today, Mike Tindall is a "total gentleman" and one of the nicest people you could wish to have as a friend.
Describing the former rugby player as a very special person, Ronan says the pair regularly hang out at each other's homes with their families.
Their close friendship is the reason why the former Boyzone star and his wife, Storm, are rooting for Mike to win this year's I'm A Celebrity.
"We've played a lot of golf together, we have done charity work together and we've known each other for a long time," he confides. "We're family friends; we all connect and they are a very special family we love them. He is a gentleman.
"We are all shouting for Mike in this household." Ronan refuses, however, to be drawn on how he thinks the former health secretary, forced to resign after a lockdown affair with an aide, is faring, declaring: "I'm staying out of that!" But he does single out Seann Walsh for praise.
"I am really enjo ng Seann.
He is coming across so well. I've never met the guy but he is a legend. His approach and attitude is refreshing.' So has watching Mike made him want to take part in I'm A Celebrity? "I do get asked," he smiles.
"And I get asked to do Strictly, too. They are all brilliant and I love them but it's not for me."
NOT that the 45-year-old has any need to bolster his career by taking part in reality TV. Co-host on BBC1's The One Show every Thursday and Friday with Alex Jones, breakfast DJ on Magic FM with Harriet Scott, and with countless pop gigs across Europe every weekend, Ronan is so in demand he admits he's keen to readdress his work/life balance.
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