March 9th, 2006
Morrissey and Pete Burns - “the very odd couple”
Currently listening to the new Morrissey album, which is really good and news reaches me from a diehard fan who has alerted me to an alarming fact. Rumours abound that Celebrity Big Brother friend of the animals Pete Burns is about to reveal an affair with Morrissey in his new autobiography, due to be published next month. In an old Smash Hits interview in which they appeared on the cover billed as “the very odd couple”, Moz states “Before I met Peter I had a very strange impression of him - I just went by stray gossip and hearsay and mythology and so I thought he was a half-crazed oddball.â€?
Indeed. But how would the strict vegetarian responsible for Meat is Murder feel these days about a man happy to wear the fur of endangered species? The Smash Hits interview is very funny, tongue-in-cheek and full of choice insights, including Morrissey asking if can open the coffee creams and confiding that when Burns sent him flowers for his birthday, he returned the favour and dispatched 48 naked sailors.