UKTV Gardens: Since then of course, things have moved extremely fast – from pop star to TV gardener!
Kim: “I know. I love the fact that I’ve made the switch and that Chelsea has finally happened. It’s like reading a lovely book and I’m in it and what a great ending! She got a gold medal at Chelsea! But really, it’s just the beginning. What’s gonna happen next?”

UKTV Gardens: Indeed. So no wish to have been performing at Live 8?!
Kim: “I tell you what – I was pissed off I wasn’t performing at Live Aid the first time around in 1985 – because anyone who was anyone in the Eighties was there. Apart from me.”

UKTV Gardens: Yes, that was weird, wasn’t it?
Kim: “Erm, YEAH! Not that I’m bitter and angry about it all these years later…(laughs). But I was quite hurt at the time. I felt really snubbed and ignored. I don’t really live my life on those sorts of levels, thinking about stuff that upset me in the past, but I have to admit that I do allow myself to indulge sometimes. So when I got the gold at Chelsea, it was moments like that – being snubbed by Live Aid - that came into my head.”

UKTV Gardens: You still perform live every now and again. How often is it these days?
Kim: “I get offered a few festivals and they pay me a lot of money to go and have a lot of fun. My brother (Rick) always comes along and we just howl for the whole time, laughing about stupid stuff – and we get to spend a bit of time together which is unusual for siblings our age who’ve got kids and stuff. I don’t take it too seriously and I don’t think the audience do either and I like it – people accept me as who I am now. It’s lovely, and I really enjoy it.”

UKTV Gardens: You’re a gardener now, though. Surely no urge to go back to pop?
Kim: “God, no! I’m glad it’s not a big part of my life anymore - mainly because it takes me away from the house and the kids and the husband. I really love our life. I love the school run, I love hanging out with the other mums - I just love everything about that life. There’s nothing that could give me more pleasure than my home life. So I’m very contented…”

This interview was published in July 2005.