Here's how we got to talk to Jennie Roberts for half an hour!!!! 

(Jennie = Jennie Roberts, Melanie's hairstylist and make-up artist). 
(Jenn = my friend Jennifer) 

  Me and Jenn just exited a meeting with the Marketing Director 
at Power 107 (who was explaining nicely to us why the interview 
was closed to the public). As Jenn and I were leaving the station 
lobby, 
Jennie came to sit in the very small lobby of the radio station. 
I said "Jennie?" and she turned around and was very nice/sweet and said 
"yes?" and then I asked "Can we have your picture taken with you?" 
She said "oh, you can have one taken with Melanie, she'll be out 
shortly." 
  Me and Jenn then went to get Matt and Ophelia to come back upstairs 
(they were waiting 
in the lobby of the building, while the lobby of the radio station is on 
the 19th 
floor). 
  Jennie wasn't feeling very well and so wasn't up to taking her picture 
with us, 
but she was certainly up to do some talking!! 
  I will go over the topics we talked about, although this is certainly 
not the right order, as I don't even remember the order we discussed 
things. 
  But before I go on, I must say this: she is a very intuitive person, and 
so 
also comes across as very genuine. She talks very calmly, softly, and 
perhaps 
even a bit slowly. Her voice is very gentle. She does not talk loud. 
I came away totally liking her as a person/individual. 
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Jennie is sitting down on a 2-seat leather sofa. There is only the 
2-seat leather sofa 
and 2 1-seat sofas diagonally across from it. So Jenn sits in 1 chair, 
Ophelia sits 
in another, Matt sits on the arm rests of both chairs (as they are 
side-by-side) and 
I sit beside Jenny on the 2-seater. 
   - Jennie said she is coming down with a cold and came out to the lobby 
to rest. And that she is "coming down 
with something". 
   - Jenn shows Jennie her pin that has Ginger crossed off on it, and 
explains 
to Jennie that she nearly called her cat Ginger but was happy she 
didn't. Jennie laughs and says "it's because Geri left, isn't it". 
     - We talked a bit about Forever, and possibly about the lack of 
promotion for Forever. Jenn and Matt say that 
it's a very good album, and I think Jennie agrees. I also think she 
agreed to my comment about how there 
was no promotion for Forever (and that's why it didn't do that good). 
Jennie also makes a comment about the 
album cover for Forever, but I don't remember what she says. Jennie 
doesn't know that the album cover 
in the UK is the same one as for Canada. 
   - Jennie takes out some of her mint gum for herself. She then offers 
it to me, and gently squirts out a gum piece. 
She then does the same for Jenn, Matt, and Ophelia. Jenn and Matt joke 
about how they will not eat the gum, but 
will save it as it is a piece of gum from Posh's hairstylist!!!! Matt 
asks her if she bought the gum here, and Jennie 
says she bought it in the UK. There is some talk about the origin of 
the gum and whether or not it will taste 
different/better because it's from the UK.  [:-)]    - Jennie tells Jenn that she saw the pictures of Jenn's room. They 
were lying on Melanie's bed or something like this. 
   - We tell Jennie about the current transit strike in Calgary. She asks 
us if it's because they want more money (we say it is, 
and Matt adds something else about the shuttle bus drivers). 
   - I am a bit nervous (about this question), but I ask Jennie if Melanie 
is as "okay" with her older fans as she is with 
her younger fans. I purposely asked this question in a timid way, 
because I wanted to indirectly tell Jennie that it is 
something that is sometimes on my mind. Jennie notices this, and very 
calmly assures me that Melanie does like her older 
fans just as much. She also goes on to say that Melanie has picked up 
such a wide variety of fans, and that this is great, 
and that she (melanie) likes it. I notice the gentle and genuine tone 
with which Jennie uses, to try to convince me that 
she is telling me the truth and that I shouldn't worry about it. 
Honestly, she came across very genuinely and soft during 
this whole time, and she definintely knew that I asked that because 
somestimes I feel hurt as an older fan. 
   - I ask Jennie: "Excuse me for asking, but is it fun working with 
Melanie?" She says "oh, it's terrific, she's such 
a nice and terrific girl." 
  - I then ask her if sometimes it is hard to deal with Melanie's fans (I 
ask her this because I am aware of what 
happened in Israel with a few fans). She says that usually they are not 
a problem, but that they have to be careful 
with a few fans who are overzealous. I should note that she answered 
this question very calmly, so it didn't evoke 
any strong emotions in her, ie, she doesn't seem to be mad at any of 
Mel's fans in general. Jenn later brings up 
the issue of going to Melanie's actual hotel room and how it's a rude 
thing to do, and Jennie very much agrees. 
I tell Jennie how me and Ophelia had booked a room at the hotel they are 
staying at, to which Jennie laughs. 
She thinks it's crazy, but sweet. She does say that they aren't going 
to be at the hotel that night because 
they are leaving on the tour bus that night for Edmonton. 
     - I ask her if Ying is here, and Jennie says she is (because I hadn't 
seen Ying yet that day). 
   - Jennie says something about her husband (I don't remember what, but 
this certainly means she has a husband). 

oh yeah: it was probably because Matt and Jenn joked that she should
decorate her house all Spice Girls, and Jennie said her husband probably
wouldn't like it, LOL!

   - Jennie tells us that Melanie flew in from LA (I thought she flew in 

from Texas according to her web site) and that everybody else 

flew in from England. She talks about the foot-and-mouth disease 
briefly, and how they had to go through the de-sensitizers 
at the Calgary International Airport. She says there was a very strong 
smell of vinegar during this process. 
   - Jenn shows Jennie the pictures she took from a birthday party she and 
Matt threw on Emma's and Melanie C's birthdays. 
Jenn goes "we're not crazy, BUT" and Jennie laughs as she looks through 
the pictures, some of which show Melanie's and 
Emma's dolls cutting their birthday cakes and blowing party blowers. 
Jenn then talks about doing the same for 
Victoria's birthday coming up. Jennie really enjoys the pictures, as 
they are funny, and she thinks we are all 
crazy, but in a good way. 
   - We tell Jennie about meeting Melanie at the work-out room, and we all 
go into a little talk about 
how crazy it is for fans (us) to go to such great lengths to try to meet 
a celebrity. Jennie says that "when you look 
back on it, you are going to think "what was I fucking thinking"?", 
Jennie says this in a thoughtful way, 
as if she is reflecting on her own past (which I'm sure she was doing at 
this time actually). I think she says 
something about she herself doing some crazy things when she was 
younger. 
   - Matt goes on about how amazing it is to be talking to the person who 
did Posh's hair!!!! Jennie brings up the fact that 
she did Posh's and David's hair for their wedding. She tells us to look 
at the OK magazines of Posh's and David's 
wedding to see all the pictures of them and her. She says that back 
then, her (Jennie) hair was a bit bigger and that her 
face was a bit plumper. She says a few things about Karen who was the make-up

artist for the wedding

I notice that Jennie must be very proud of her work on the wedding, as 
she keeps on mentioning for us to take another 
look at those magazines.  [:-)]    - She says that touring (with Mel C) is fun, but can also be quite 
*tiring*. 
   - Jennie asks us how we found the time to do so much today (in relation 
to finding MEl C). Matt and Jenn tell her that they go 
to a school that allows them flexible hours. I tell Jennie that I work 
full-time for a company, and that I'm the one who handles 
the company's meeting times, and so I re-scheduled everything to begin 
that morning, so that I could have the afternoon off!!!! 
Everybody laughs at this comment. Matt and Jenn tell Jennie of how they 
got downtown (that I picked them up), and Jennie 
turns to me and goes "oh, so you're the chauffeur". Jenn then later 
tells Jennie that I "pick up Mel C fans at random". 
   - I ask Jennie if she recognizes fans who camp outside Melanie's house 
(hee hee, thinking of somebody from Holland). 
And Jennie says no, but that she does recognize some fans who go to all 
the TV studios all the time. (Jennie probably 
doesn't recognize such camping fans because Jennie doesn't live with 
Melanie, like how Ying does). 
  - Jennie tells us that she hasn't been really able to see the city 
(Calgary) unfortunately, in reply to my question 
about whether or not she has been enjoying it in Calgary. 
  - Matt and Jenn tell her about how they advertise for the SG in their 
school by putting up posters all over the wall.  [:-)] They also tell Jennie about going early to the autograph signing in 
December at 5 IN THE MORNING. Angie then 
brings up the issue of Matt and Jenn seeing a drug deal as they are 
waiting for the autograph signing, and Jennie 
goes "Drug deal" (as in "there was one and you saw it?"), and then 
laughs at how such a situation can bring fans to see 
such things. 
   - Jennie says that Melanie's cat, Jessie, is a girl (I don't remember 
what made her say this though). I think it's 
because Jenn said something about her own cats...

Oh yeah: it's because Jenn was saying her cat is also named Jessie,
but that it's spelled "Jessy" because it's a boy cat.

  - We tell Jennie that at first, Melanie didn't have Calgary on her tour 
agenda, but that it was later added on, and Jennie 
said that as long as a city has demand for her, she will come. Jennie 
repeats this about 3 times throughout our 
conversation (hint hint to all fans if you want Melanie to come to your 
city - make public demand for it!!) 
   - We ask Jennie what type of music she likes. She takes a long time to 
think, and finally says that she likes 
Dido and Coldplay. She kinda asks us if we know who Coldplay are. She 
says that she doesn't listen to the Spice 
Girls music right now, because she has heard it often already. She says 
the same thing about Melanie C's music, I think. 
She also says that she hasn't heard Melanie B's album yet. 
     - Jennie notices that Ophelia is very quiet and is not talking, and 
goes to her "you're very quiet" trying to induce 
Ophelia to say something. (This I found to be very nice/awesome of 
Jennie as she was trying to include 
all 4 of us in the conversation). I tell Jennie that Ophelia is from 
Hong Kong. Jennie asks Ophelia a few questions 
about where she is from. Jennie then later verifies that me, Matt, and 
Jenn are from Calgary. "oh, you're all from 
Calgary" is how she asks this to me, Matt, and Jenn. Matt says that he 
does not like Calgary, and Jennie softly 
asks "why don't you like Calgary?" 
  

 - Jennie asks us  how we all met.  We tell her that we met back in
December when Melanie was here.  I think this is what caused us to
tell her about the drug deal, and about Matt and Jenn being at the
autograph signing at 5 am.  I think Jennie thought it was cool
that we all met because we like Melanie C.


 - Jenn says something about not liking Paris. Jennie agrees, and says 
that she doesn't like it much either. 
She says that some of the Parisiens ar mean, but that if you look at it, 
it's true of some Londoners as well. 
   - I ask a stupid question (because I'm confused as I don't know why 
Melanie's interview isn't on the radio yet): "Jennie, 
is Melanie here yet?" Matt and Jenn instantly make fun of me, saying 
"Oh Angie, no, Melanie isn't here, Jennie is just up 
here sitting because she wants to be here (at the radio station)." 
Jennie and me laugh at this comment from my friends. 
  - Throughout the whole conversation, Jennie honestly thinks that Melanie 
is still holding the interview and that 
when she comes out to the lobby, we can all take pictures with her 
(Melanie). In fact, she is so polite and keeps 
on saying: "you can have your picture taken with her when she comes out, 
I'm sure she'll be coming out this exit" 
Unfortunately, a security guy comes into the lobby, and tells Jennie 
that Melanie is done her interview 
and that Jennie should go back with Melanie. We say our good-byes, but 
then the security guy just suddenly 
kicks us all out, so we don't get our picture with Melanie. I think 
Jennie honestly thought we were very nice 
and could have our picture taken with Melanie, but I guess the damned 
security had different ideas, and Jennie 
honestly wasn't aware of this. 
  Anyway, that's all I remember. I wanted to post this to inform 
everybody that Jennie is/can be very nice 
to Mel C's fans.