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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407040219
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Why Do I Say These Things?




Scenes from life: anecdotal, wicked and witty. This is 'Wossy' in his own words and at his best.

Why is catalogue shopping responsible for Jonathan Ross's inimitable sense of style?

Why might wearing cape and mask be a fast track to heaven?

Why does Jonathan wince every time he sees a Hoover?

And why did he fall in love with a deep-sea diver?

Why? Because this is Jonathan Ross. And nothing is out of bounds when it comes to talking about life as he knows it. From sex and pugs to rock 'n' roll and genital warts, Jonathan holds forth as only he can. This sharply observed, laugh-out-loud, outrageous page-turner will leave you asking just one question . . . Why didn't he write it sooner?

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407040219
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

About the author

Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross hosts his own BBC1 chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, which has won three BAFTAs. Since 1999 he has presented BBC1's flagship film show, and on BBC Radio2 he presents his own weekly show. In 2005 he was appointed OBE and was voted most powerful man in broadcasting by the Radio Times. In 2008 he was awarded the Sony Gold Music Radio Personality of the Year.
He lives in North London with his wife, Jane Goldman, their three children and a menagerie of pets.

Praise for Why Do I Say These Things?

Laugh-out-loud funny.

Joan Bakewell, Guardian

Hilarious anecdotes aplenty . . . For many of his fans, this will be the first time they get to know the real, likeable, human Jonathan Ross, beneath all the banter and bluster.

Heat magazine

Fluent and entertaining . . . this is a very agreeable ramble through the lively thoughts of a non-smoking, now non-drinking family man with a talent to amuse and enthuse.

David Sexton, Evening Standard

Taking us through his quirky view on life, including fashion, diets and, er, sweetshops this book is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

Woman magazine

In between the adolescent porn tales and the hilarious diarrhoea anecdotes, he is funny and acute and full of ideas.

Private Eye

Snap it up, pwonto.

London Lite

It's impossible to deny he's the most entertaining interviewer.

Times Educational Supplement

Irreverent and witty . . . hilarious . . . He explores everything - from diets to sweetshops and sex to pets, with all his customary lasciviousness and self-deprecatory humour.

Living Edge

Splendidly entertaining, reflecting on everything from eating a loaf to Shintoism and...sex.

Bournemouth Daily Echo

There are . . . completely honest admissions about his drinking, and laugh-out-loud accounts of his various fashion errors . . . Enjoy gleefully politically incorrect posturing and plain old-fashioned entertainment.

The Resident