More from Preston on his walk out on Never Mind The Buzzcocks. As previously reported, Ordinary Boy Samuel Preston left a recording of the pop quiz show half way through after host Simon Amstell mocked his wife, fellow Celeb Big Bro contestant (of last year) Chantelle Houghton.
Here's what Preston told the NME about the incident: "I was happy I did it. I want everyone to see that I've got fucking principles and my family is more important than my career. You can take the piss out of me, fair enough, but if someone took the piss out of my wife when I was in a pub I'd fucking hit them, and I didn't want to hit someone on telly. So I just had to remove myself from the situation".
On Amstell, he continued: "Since Mark Lamarr has left and they've got this guy on it who's just some snotty little posh boy. People just go on it and they just take this public fucking stoning - which someone else has written!"
It's a bit unfair of Preston to describe Amstell as "this guy" as if he'd never previously heard of him - given that the Ordinary Boys appeared on Popworld back in those golden Simon & Miquita days. Whether Amstell's pre-scripted Chantelle bashing was fair - well, you decide. Either way, the fracas and the coverage it received can't hurt the Ordinary Boys who have a new single out today. And it won't hurt BBC2's rating either - I for one will be tuning in on 27 Jan to see the walk off edition of the pop quiz. In fact, I can't wait.