Lee Ryan from
Blue has been charged with
assault after being arrested following an incident with a taxi driver in Surrey on New Year's Eve.
It must be hard being a former boy band 'star' mustn't it?
One moment you're Lee Ryan from chart-toppers Blue, casually draping yourself over Elton's piano wondering which preposterous suit to wear next as you hold forth to the world's media about 9/11 being nothing compared with the fate of the world's elephants (remember that?)...
The next, you're Lee Ryan from Chatham, Kent, with the bitter taste of failure still stuck in your throat from your last single only reaching 101 in the charts and you find yourself in an altercation with a taxi driver when who you really want to be fighting is the God of Pop for letting the spotlight of fame pass from you and your love of the hip hop beats WHEN YOU STILL HAVE SO MUCH LEFT TO GIVE. Let it go, Lee, let it go.
Oh how the mighty fall. Next week: Antony Costa auditions for 'Bumfights'.