Donny Tourette likes to be treated like an intellectual.

But then when was the last time you saw David Starkey flicking a fag at Alain de Botton or gobbing on Simon Schama?

The infamous lead singer, who made more of an impact during his 48 hours on Celebrity Big Brother than most of the other stars did in four weeks, has cancelled on The Guide once already because he was too drunk.

"I got up an hour ago," he says with a voice rougher than sandpaper.

It's 5pm. "Everybody's been going f****** mental on the tour bus until the early morning."

But Tourette has had to tighten up on the after-show parties.

"We used to invite all the kids on the bus but they rob my stuff and I end up with no trainers or pants," he says. "I had a great pair of Vans that disappeared and turned up on eBay."

At the moment, the mouthy backcombed boys are mid-spat with the equally gobby Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, who has refused to play their single I'm a Rat.

"He said he was going to put a band together to keep us out the charts," says Tourette.

"So I sent him 100 pies and a songwriting book for beginners."

He also offered Moyles a support slot on his tour and promised to donate the proceeds to obesity charity Weight Concern.

He hasn't heard back.

Moyles isn't the only one who won't play their music, which is why Tourette agreed to do Celebrity BB, that and the fact it was nearly Christmas and he was skint - he needed the advance, it seemed.

"I had to buy some presents,"

says Tourette, who was so drunk he woke up in bed naked with Leo Sayer.

"The radio stations and TV music channels were bypassing us, so it was one way to go over their heads and get our music to eight million people."

But Tourette, who legged it over the BB garden wall because of an adverse reaction to Jade Goody and her mother Jackie, has a message for his non-believers.

"We are for real, this is how I live. Everyone has different sides, I'm not one-dimensional. I read newspapers and have a quiet pint with my mates, you can't always be 100mph.

"But I'm not what people think I am - a complete lunatic."

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