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Title:
ITV This Morning
Date of transmission:
Wednesday 6 December 2000
Channel: ITV
Charlotte's role in programme:
Featured Guest/Performer
November
1999 - Ford's Millennium advertising theme tune "Just
Wave Hello" featured on Charlotte's first CD -
"Voice of an Angel"
Charlotte
meets President Clinton at the White House ~ June 1999 ...
November 1999 ~ Release of Charlotte's second album
"Charlotte Church"
Left:
Charlotte as Katie in her first acting role for the 1999
Christmas episode of the UK TV series "Heartbeat"
Right: Charlotte turns on London's Oxford Street Christmas
lights ~ December 2000
And
it all started here
on January 13th 1997, with
Charlotte singing "Somewhere (there's a place for
us)" on this very program - complete with her
original highly vibrato voice!
The
expression on Charlotte's face, especially above
right, was a joy to behold...
... as, off-camera, Richard chuckles like a hen
sitting on a new-laid egg!
Charlotte:
"Oh my God! Oh, my God!"
Richard: "I know -
I know..."
Judy: "You were so
little!"
Charlotte: "I
know... I went ...errrrr..." Everyone broke
down in laughter, until finally...
Richard says: "I
loved you in that first 'phone-in when you - she
says, "Will you sing Pie Jesu for us please
baby - and you go (falsetto) 'all right then.'"
  
More
laughter, then Charlotte says: "I had
the highest voice in the history of the world
then!"
Richard: "Ahhhh..."
   
Judy:"It
has lowered, actually, hasn't it?"
Charlotte:
"Yeah, it has a bit."
Judy: "Quite a
lot."
Charlotte:
"Well, it depends - it depends on how, like,
tired I am or jet-lagged an' stuff... Sometimes
I'll wake and I'll sound like Marlon Brando or
something... Ha ha"
   
Richard:
"You're - you're getting beautiful."
Charlotte:
"Thank you very much..."
Judy: "I think
you're going to look rather like Catherine Zeta
Jones, actually, when you're older."
Charlotte:
"Do you think - oh that'll be good..."
Judy: "It's the
Welsh in you..."
Richard and Judy:
"Yeah."
Charlotte: (very
demurely and looking down): "Thank
you..."
   
Judy:
"So look - so you come over - this - this...
your new album, which is called Dream a Dream, has
already... Has it gone platinum in the States,
already?"
Charlotte: "It's
gone platinum the States, which is one million in
four weeks... So we're very happy, yeah."
Murmurs
of agreement and appreciation from both Richard
and Judy...
Judy:
"Incredible!"
Richard: "Who's
- who's your audience there?"
Charlotte: "My
audience, er, I mean it, it ranges there... It's
really, really different from the UK, because... I
mean, it goes from like five year olds to twelve
year olds..."
Judy:
"Yeah..."
Charlotte: "And
then - and then there's - there's those who're
like teenagers there, who all write loads of
letters saying... 'Oh, I used to be into Rap and
Hip-Hop, and - but - then - an' I still like that,
but then you've introduced me to classical
music...' I was like - 'Oh! My God.' - So you get
lots like that. And then we get, then we get, you
know, lots of, like, middle aged fans and then
older fans. So it's - it's of all ages."
   
Richard:
"You get to sell records though - I mean,
you're on all the talk shows. You're on Jay Leno,
aren't you...
Charlotte: "Yeah,
yeah..."
Richard: "... and
Letterman... an' - - - Oprah..."
Charlotte:
"Yeah... I've been on Jay Leno five times,
Letterman [Ed: David
Letterman] twice and I'm going to be doing
Oprah again - next month. It's going to be my fourth
time."
Richard: "How do
they treat you? Do they - do they patronise you at
all, because you're young. Or are they... are they
OK with you?"
Charlotte: "Well -
erm - I think - the Americans - generally you know,
are very gushing and everything... so...
Richard:
"Yeah."
Charlotte: "I -
it's not... they don't mean to be patronising - but
- er - well, they're not really..."
Richard: "I know
exactly what you're saying..."
Charlotte: "...
but they... they have to be very... 'oh,
everything's wonderful and lovely'. Which is... you
know... I mean... but they're great over there and
they're... the audiences are fabulous... an', you
know, they're all really, really kind and
everything..."
Richard: "They
know how to treat their daytime hosts over
there..."
Judy, laughing:
"They get loads of money..."
Richard: "No! Not
that... I wasn't talking about that! I was talking
about Oprah... you say the audience goes nuts when
Oprah arrives."
Charlotte: "They
go MAD! - I mean - they treat her like a
goddess, because, I mean, she'll come in and people
will start crying hysterically 'cos she's there and
- they all just run up and go and hug her... and
it's mad... and you're like... 'All right now
people - calm down!'"
   
Richard:
"When we go anywhere - they sort of
go..."
Richard sticks his nose in the
air as he
and Judy laugh together, echoing...:
"Oh, 'ullo..." indicating
that we Brits don't rate chat-show hosts quite so
highly as the Americans!
Richard adds: "As
it should be... as it should be..."
Judy: "Well look.
You've... you're growing up - you've had to grow up
very quickly - especially this year. You've had a...
you've had a bad time... er...
Richard: "Ummm..."
Charlotte:
"Yeah..."
Judy: "Erm..."
Richard: "Yeah...
court case... yes"
Judy: "But I
thought you handled yourself incre.... When I saw
you on the news reports, you handled yourself
extremely well - you were very, very grown
up..."
Charlotte, rather demurely:
"Thank you."
Judy: "... in your
response to... but was it a big... was it very
stressful for you?"
Charlotte: "It
was, I mean, for anybody of any age, going through a
big court case is... very, very difficult, and so...
Richard: "Ummm."
Charlotte: "...
and then, the Press made a big, massive thing of
it... and then..."
Richard: "Oh! They
would, wouldn't they?"
Charlotte: "...
and of course, it was all very one-sided and it was
all very... erm... nasty and vicious towards my
Mother in particular,
Judy: "Yeh..."
Charlotte: "...
Which..."
Judy: "Yeh!"
Charlotte: "...
Which was really, really hurtful for me. Especially
for her, obviously. And she was on every headline of
every paper... And..."
Richard, nodding:
"Yeh."
Charlotte: "...
none of it was true... I mean... if she... I mean,
if she was greedy, then she wouldn't have set up a
trust-fund for me - for all my money - which she
has.
Judy:
"Yeah..."
Charlotte: "So, I
mean, it was all very untrue and it was..."
Judy: "I think...
I think it's... very... it's, it's, it's very...
difficult for Mothers of, er, of people who've
become famous very young... because all their
protective instincts are obviously there..."
Charlotte:
"Exactly."
Judy: "... and
they've got to defend you and fight for you. And
yet, what the Press perceives that as is... is -
pushy..."
   
Charlotte:
"Yeah but she... but she's not. She's really
just...
Judy: "No..."
Charlotte: "...
trying to protect me and everything..."
Richard: "Ummm."
Charlotte: "...
and, you know, she's - she's she's never like...
been... erm... wanted to be my manager... never,
ever, ever!"
Richard: "Ummm."
Charlotte: "So, I
mean, but it's... it's, it's great having her around
to travel with me, 'cos she does protect me and she
does, you know, look out for my best, best
interests. An', I mean, although having my parents
travelling with me 24/7 can be a bit of a pain
(grins devilishly!), sometimes, but, erm, you know,
generally it's good and we have - we all have a good
relationship..."
   
Richard:
"Well anyway, it's all settled now..."
Charlotte: "Yeah
- well the whole..."
Richard: "...
it's behind you..."
Charlotte:
"We're really happy that..."
Richard: "Yeah -
you can move on."Charlotte: "... it's
all over, and, yeah..."
Judy:
"Yeah..."
   
Charlotte:
"... and we've got Christmas now."
Judy:
"Yeah..."
Richard: "What
you..."
Judy: "In your
new house..."
Richard: "In
your new house that you bought - yeh?"
Charlotte: "Yeah
- well, that's another thing..."
Richard: "Go
on..."
Charlotte: "...
that was another bit... where it's like... I've
got a seven bedroom mansion, apparently... I'm
like... (Charlotte's eyes opened wide here and her
eyes reached for the ceiling!) 'I WISH...'. It's
not quite. I mean, it's like five bedrooms and -
basically, all it was - was - we... we couldn't
fit anything else in the old house... So we moved
house. And - erm - I mean... It's not a mansion at
all. It's just like... you know..."
   
Richard:
"And what have you got? Have you got the top
floor? Is that, is that..."
Charlotte: "I -
I've got the attic..."
Richard: "You've
got the attic!"
Judy interjects, laughing:
"Described as 'The Bears House'"
Richard: "I read
you'd got the run of the top floor..."
Charlotte: "Yeah!
I had the run of the top floor and my parents lived
on the lower level... No, I've just got the attic -
the attic's my bedroom."
   
Richard:
"Ah! You'll get used to - you are used to all
that now, aren't you. It doesn't matter,
really..."
Charlotte: "Yeah
- quite used to..."
Judy: "Ah... You
look very happy, anyway..."
Charlotte:
"Yeah... I am... I'm really happy at the
moment, because everything, I mean, it's going
well and everything at home's good."
Richard: "Good!
And where are you spending Christmas? Here?"
Charlotte: "I'm
spending Christmas at home - definitely - in
Cardiff with my..."
Richard: "That's
nice"
   
Charlotte:
"... family and... all of my family are going
to sleep round - erm - in our house -
yeah..."
Richard:
"Excellent... But you're going back to
America in about three hours aren't you?"
Charlotte: "Yeah,
I am... I'm going back to LA. And I just came from
Detroit..."
Richard - grinning:
"Thank you, for doing that..."
Charlotte - grinning too:
"You're welcome... You're very
welcome..."
Judy: "You look
remarkably healthy - considering..."
Charlotte:
"Thank you."
Judy: "... that
you do all this travelling..."
Fast-fire interchange and more laughter between
the three of them... concluding with...
Richard: "It'll
start showing in about ten years..."
Judy: "... your
old heart, your liver... I couldn't do with
that"
Richard:
"Yeah."
   
Judy:
"Erm... look... so... yeah... so, you - you -
you..." (Tongue well twisted here!)
"Your record's called Dream a Dream... Your
singing that for us at the end of the show."
Charlotte:
"Yes."
Judy: "I read
that you - you're fed up of being regarded as some
kind of angel, because of 'Voice of an
Angel'"
Richard: "Become
a joke, hasn't it?"
   
Charlotte:
"Well... well, it's - it's not - I'm not
really like fed up of it. It's just, like, I can't
- I can't like mention my angel status without
joking... and I say like... my wings have gone in
to hiding now - or - my halo's slipped,
slightly... or something like that..."
Richard: "Yeah..."
Charlotte:
"So... erm... It's just kind of funny
now."
Judy: "You're
still just a teenager aren't you, let's face
it..."
Richard: "When
are you fifteen?"
   
Charlotte:
"Fifteen? ... On February 21st."
Richard: "Well,
as I said, you are looking beautiful..."
Charlotte:
"Thank you..."
Richard: "Urm...
have you got a boyfriend, yet?"
Charlotte:
"Well... no, I don't because I go to an
all-girl school and everything. I've got lots of
friends, who are boys and stuff like that, but
then..."
Richard: "You're
not dating, then?"
   
Charlotte:
"Oh! It's too much hassle, with the crying
and... the drama and everything..."
Judy: "Oh - at
school, you mean... All your girlfriends... Oh
yeah, tell us about it!"
Charlotte: "Yeah
- so..."
Judy: "Ah! - our
girls are like that..." Charlotte chuckles...
Judy, turning to Richard:
"Oh no! - Listen, there's plenty of time for
that, Richard!"
Charlotte:
"Yeah..."
Richard - surrendering, with
hands in the air: "Naturally
curious..." More light banter...
Richard
again: "Well - OK...
Thanks very much for being here..."
 
Charlotte:
"You're welcome - thank you..."
Richard: "...
and you're going to sing at the end of the program
- and folks - she sings live... That's all she
does... that's all..."
And
that was indeed the interview finished. To see Charlotte
singing Dream a Dream, click for the next page. A dream in
pink
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