I was very into football in my early teens and spent six months with Aston Villa, but I never really got further than having trials. I'm also into ice hockey.

I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.

I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children.

The type of IBS I am prone to is the constipation type, where I get trapped wind and can get sharp painful spasms in my intestines as well as having sluggish bowels.

I spent five or six months as a foreign student in China many years ago and so going back in the new era was really exciting.

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!