Strolling hand in hand beside a picture - perfect lake, ex- Blue - singer - turned - actor - turned - scriptwriter - Lee Ryan and his fiancée Sammy Millar are doing what they like to do best messing around together and enjoying a seriously good laugh.
Quick-witted and full of humour, 25 year old Lee’s career is taking off in all directions, and pinning him down to chat about his engagement to Sammy, also 25, and the impending arrival of their first baby is a feat in itself, bearing in mind his ridiculously hectic schedule.
Not only has he just come to the end of a gruelling run performing in The Pretender Agenda in London’s West End, he’s also been busy putting the finishing touches to a screenplay he’s written. On top of that, he’s just appeared in a Celebrity edition of TV’s Come Dine With Me and is set to return to the studio shortly to record a new solo album, while his second movie, The Heavy, in which he stars alongside the likes of Christopher Lee, Vinnie Jones and Sadie Frost, is about to his our screens. Gone are the days when he was constantly falling out of the nightclubs, providing regular fodder for the tabloids. For this is a reformed Lee Ryan, the remarkable change being down to one woman- his sparky girlfriend Sammy, a make up and skincare consultant.
“As soon as she came into my life I knew what I wanted- she was different from anyone I’d ever met”he says, planting a big kiss on her forehead. The couple have even taken to calling each other Mum and Dad in anticipation of parenthood. “It’s the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to either of us. We both know there’s nothing more important than family” says Lee.
In-between frenetic engagements, the couple spoke to HELLO! at Glencot House in Somerset about their relationship and plans for the future.
HELLO! Magazine: There are certainly some fairytale elements about the way you got together. Tell us how it all comes about. Sammy: The extraordinary thing is that I was never a fan of blue. I just happened to click onto Lee’s Myspace site and wrote something really stupid like, “May I pinch your bum?” I couldn’t believe it when he actually replied. Lee: I said something like “Why not?” I was just messing around. Then I looked at her pictures and thought, she’s rather cute and sent her my number that was it, we just started talking.
HELLO! Magazine: Is it because Lee was living in the US it took you so long to meet in person? Lee: It’s mad, but every time I suggested meeting she couldn’t make it. I remember when I came over to record Hell’s Kitchen I asked her to come along- I even suggested she brought her parents too, but she refused that as well. Sammy: I didn’t want the first time we met to be on Hell’s Kitchen! Finally we met at the Hilton in Shepherds Bush exactly a year ago. Lee: It was love at first sight, from both sides.
HELLO! Magazine: Didn’t Lee’s well-documented reputation as a serial womaniser put you off Sammy? Sammy: Of course not. I just thought, I’ll meet him and make up my own mind! And I’ve made up my own mind and I’ve decided I want to marry him! I love absolutely everything about him. I trust him 100 per cent. He’s completely loyal and devoted to me. He’s my soul mate. He’s very definitely the best friend I’ve ever had.
HELLO! Magazine: Where did you propose, Lee? Lee: It was crazy. We were walking through Sainsbury’s and I got down on one knee in the cheese aisle with a Haribo ring, took her hand in mine and asked her to marry me. Sammy: I do like things that are different and I said yes immediately. We couldn’t stop laughing.
HELLO! Magazine: When was it you decided to start a family? Sammy: Once he moved back from states we were inseparable and immediately started talking about having a baby.
HELLO! Magazine: Do you know yet whether you’re having a baby boy or girl? Sammy: Yes, we’re having a boy and we’re so excited. Lee: You’re the first one to get that information, as we haven’t told anyone yet!
HELLO! Magazine: Any ideas yet as to what you’ll call him? Sammy: All along we’ve been planning to call him Rain. Now I’m not sure. Lee: I still love the name – Rain Amethyst Ryan. It sounds great.
HELLO! Magazine: Where will the baby be born? Sammy: In Oxford at the John Radcliffe Hospital, where I was born. Like Lee I’m a real family person. I still live at home with my mum and dad. Lee lives there too while we look to buy a house of our own.
HELLO! Magazine: Where are you looking? Sammy: We’ve just found this gorgeous three-bed roomed house in a little village near Burford in the Cotswolds.
HELLO! Magazine: In what ways do you think your son’s upbringing will differ from your own, Lee? Lee: I grew up in Plumstead. It taught me how to be streetwise, but I saw a lot of things I shouldn’t have things that can mentally scar a young child. I’m now looking forward to the idea of our child behind brought up in a beautiful area like the Cotswolds and to learn to appreciate the beauty of nature. And I want to teach him how to play the guitar.
HELLO! Magazine: In what way do you see your career going these days, Lee? Lee: Music will always be my first love but I’ve always been into script writing and acting. I’d like to have a career involving my family. I don’t want to be so busy that I don’t have time for them. Family will always come first- there’s nothing more important.
[Source: HELLO! Magazine] scans of the interview are still to come, so check the site out :)
Lee Ryan and fiancé Sammy Millar have revealed that they are expecting a boy and, like many celebs, the former Blue singer has a rather bizarre choice of name for the newborn.
"All along we’ve been planning to call him Rain. Now, I’m not sure. I still love the name. Rain Amethyst Ryan. It sounds great." said Lee to Hello! magazine.
The singer’s fiancé also opened up about how she met her future hubby – through social networking site MySpace.
"The extraordinary thing is that I was never a fan of Blue. I just happened to click onto Lee’s MySpace site and wrote something stupid like: "May I pinch your bum? I couldn’t believe it when he actually replied", said 25-year-old Sammy.
And who said romance was dead?
Lee added: "I said something like ‘Why not?’ I was just messing around. Then I looked at her pictures and thought, ‘She’s rather cute’ and sent her my number – that was it, we just started talking."
"As soon as she came into my life I knew what I wanted – she was different from anyone I’d ever met."
[Source: www.thedailygoss.com]
Read the full story in Hello! magazine, on sale tomorrow.
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Lee is gonna be a guest of Celebrity Come Dine With Me on Channel4, on Wednesday 17th September at 8.00 PM.
This daytime reality show - with a bit of cooking thrown in - returns with another one-off celebrity special edition.
Legendary nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, Blue heartthrob singer Lee Ryan, pop princess and party girl Michelle Heaton and interior design guru Linda Barker battle it out to stage the perfect dinner party and win the title of best host and £1,000 prize for their favourite charity. Don't forget to watch it & expect the video online soon!
London: 28 August 2008 As it's still closed season for premieres in the Square, the gig tonight is down near the river at The New Players Theatre where this brand new play is having its press night. Invite in hand, I saw the play then got a chance to mingle with the cast, creatives and celebs and got a view from the other side of the velvet rope. The play itself was really entertaining. Very funny and had some great twists, one liners and characters. To meet the cast and writer/director afterwards was a treat. Any Blue fan or Eastenders lover would have loved it. Check out the list below. I got my programmed signed by most everyone. BTW go see this if you can, it's excellent.
Singer, songwriter, actor and filmmaker Lee Ryan is best known as a former member of the boy band Blue. Since leaving the band, he’s launched a solo pop career and has also turned his hand to cooking in Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen, acted alongside Sadie Frost and Christopher Lee in the upcoming film The Heavy and written his own screenplay which begins shooting in Italy next year. This month, he gets ready to make his stage debut in brand new straight play The Pretender Agenda at the West End’s New Players Theatre.
PAST: Being in Blue was a case of being in the right place at the right time with the right attitude and devotion. Sometimes with things like that, you just sort of count your lucky stars for whatever comes along. We all still talk and everyone is doing great. Everyone is just happy doing their own thing. I’ve never ruled out a reunion. I have said before that maybe it wouldn’t be a good idea or maybe it would. You go through different stages. When something comes up that is a legitimate offer, I’ll think about it. Until then, I’m happy to just carry on doing what I’m doing.
I have a reputation for being a wild child. I think being a wild child is better than being boring, isn’t it? I’ve always been known to be a bit outspoken and to not really conform to the world of “I am a celebrity, I love everyone”. There are a lot of idiots in this industry. Not just people that are in front of the camera, but people behind the camera as well. You have to be yourself and treat everyone with the same respect you would like to be treated with. People don’t like anything a bit outside of the box, I suppose. That’s just human nature.
I went to drama school and I thought it was the most amazing experience. Even if you don’t want to be in theatre, it’s still a great thing to do. It’s great for your confidence and you can take that confidence into any situation in life.
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PRESENT: I think The Pretender Agenda is like a crossover between Friends and The Office. It’s about a group of people who all work together. They meet up out of work, and through the night, things happen. Relationships go sour, and at the end of it, it all crumbles and goes wrong. It’s a different challenge for me, but it’s always good to put yourself out of your comfort zone and adapt. It’s great for me to be trying different avenues in my career.
Even before I read the play, I really wanted to do a part in the West End. I’ve been offered a few musicals because of my connection to music. I think people would assume I would go straight into a musical rather than a straight play. I did audition for a few and I did really well. I got offered a few parts, I won’t say which ones, but I thought about it and I wanted to do something that was just totally acting instead of combining it with singing. I wanted to keep it separate for now.
I’ve just finished a film which is coming out in two months and I’m going to be doing some other films as well, but I wanted to do something in theatre because it’s so different from film and I wanted to learn.
That’s when The Pretender Agenda came up and I met Christoper Manoe, who is the writer and director. I sat down and talked to him and explained to him what I wanted to achieve from theatre. I read the script and I thought it was a great part for my debut in the West End. The character, Stuart, is an Essex boy, he’s quite ambitious and young and he has a nervous energy about him that I like. He has a few little quick-witted lines that are chucked into the play, and I kind of like that because there’s a bit of comical relief. There are loads of really funny little quips. But I don’t want to give too much away, you’ll have to come and see it. It isn’t too serious or demanding for my first West End role.
Everyone in the cast is really cool and they help me a lot. It’s lovely to be with such great people. During rehearsals, we found out that there is a ghost in the New Players theatre. I think I’ll ghost-hunting later and see if I can find it. It could cue me if I forget my lines on stage.
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FUTURE: Straight after I finish The Pretender Agenda, I’m going to America to shoot a movie with Milla Jovovich and Harry Connick Jr. I think it’ll be a great experience. I love film. I also like writing. I have a few scripts that I’m working on myself. I have got a film coming out in September which is exciting. It’s called The Heavy and is written and directed by Marcus Warren. Gary Stretch plays the main part, and it also features Christopher Lee, Shannyn Sossamon, Stephen Rea, Vinnie Jones, and Sadie Frost, so it was really interesting to work on that.
I would love to do more theatre in future. It keeps your wits sharpened. Actually, I have already got something coming up. It’s a production that I’m putting together myself, it’s going to be fantastic. It’s not a musical either. Music is always going to be there. The thing is, I am still only 25 and, as my mum always says, the world is your oyster. You might as well just test the waters.
I’m doing another film next year called The Orange Tree, which we’re shooting in Italy. It’s an Italian love story. It is so beautiful, with a very sad ending. I am so happy with it. I actually wrote it with a lady called Kelly Marcel. She’s an absolute genius at what she does and she’s a good friend of mine. She also worked on The Heavy and will be doing a new TV series that’s coming out next year called Candy Chops, which I’m acting in as well. I am still doing my music, but the fact is that the acting is going so well and I’m really enjoying it so I might as well just carry on with it for now.
Hey guys! Some people go crazy, really. On Myspace appeared another, new one and this time 'real' Lee Ryan... After achiving Laura's message, I sadly have to say it's ANOTHER FAKE! Below you can read the message and comment, that Lee's official site moderator posted in "Lee's" profile.
"I have just had confirmation this is NOT Lee and he will not be getting a myspace page in the near future
Could you let as many fans know that this isnt Lee and not to give any provate information out thank you
Laura x"
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Hello all,
This is NOT the real Lee Ryan.
Please do not give this person any information about you, friends or the Real Lee. Thank you.
Unfortunately Lee will not be returning to myspace for the time being, as he is very busy and has a lot of things to do personally.
Once a new OFFICIAL myspace has been created I will find a way of letting you all know it is the real Lee.
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Strolling hand in hand beside a picture - perfect lake, ex- Blue - singer - turned - actor - turned - scriptwriter - Lee Ryan and his fiancée Sammy Millar are doing what they like to do best messing around together and enjoying a seriously good laugh. 
Lee Ryan and fiancé Sammy Millar have revealed that they are expecting a boy and, like many celebs, the former Blue singer has a rather bizarre choice of name for the newborn.
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