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00:00Listen, I had to walk so Benson could run.

00:01I don't think they care.

00:04I just don't shout out while everyone else is there.

00:06So good to see you.

00:08Me too.

00:08Fresh from an amazing performance last night at Wembley.

00:11Thank you, yes, indeed.

00:12I'm exhausted. How are you feeling?

00:14I feel alright, to be fair. We're good.

00:16Energised after that, you know, ready.

00:18And then you did the backflips.

00:20I mean, were you, was it a Benson Boone competition?

00:24I mean, I didn't say it.

00:26TikTok said it was a bit like, listen, I had to walk so Benson could run.

00:29You know what I mean?

00:29I mean, I think that's the way we're looking at it now.

00:31And I love the fact that you were all doing your individual moves

00:34and you said, let me step this up.

00:35I'm going to flip.

00:37I mean, listen, it's Wembley Stadium.

00:39Like, if you're going to do it, you know what I mean?

00:41You've got to do it.

00:42I mean, you must still be on a high, though, like you say.

00:44Like, performing at Wembley, I mean,

00:46that must take a couple of days to shake off, right?

00:49I mean, listen, to be honest, the whole of yesterday

00:52was just a bit of, and obviously being Father's Day

00:54and the kind of madness from that, having the kids with me.

00:56It's a bit like we had the premiere for this

00:58and then it was like straight into Wembley

00:59and the kids, they just had the most surreal day.

01:03And I think I just kind of sat in the car on the way home

01:05and just thought to myself, this is nuts.

01:07We've just had a day for the history books.

01:10You know what I mean?

01:10I'm like, yeah.

01:11You could say it's out of this world.

01:13And some.

01:14Do you know what I mean?

01:14And some.

01:15Super right.

01:16Come on.

01:16So you had the premiere for this as well.

01:18So did the kids see it then?

01:20They did.

01:20What did they think?

01:21They loved it.

01:22They really, really loved it.

01:24Do you know what I said to them?

01:24I was like, just prepare yourself for the very first few scenes

01:27because it's emotional.

01:28It's emotional.

01:28And my eldest, he's very, very emotional.

01:31So I was like, just be prepared.

01:34You'll be fine.

01:35But then it just takes you on a massive high.

01:37Do you know what I mean?

01:37The ride is incredible.

01:38And yeah, they absolutely endured it.

01:41Loved it.

01:41Were you a bit worried because kids can be the worst critics, right?

01:44Because they're so honest.

01:47They can.

01:48Yeah, definitely.

01:49For me especially, they just didn't like that.

01:52They're that brutal.

01:53And you know, they're like, okay, no kind of comfort around it.

01:56Just straight, you know, cut edge.

01:59But yeah, they loved it.

02:00There was not one criticism.

02:03Well, apart from me, it was a bit like, can we see more of yours?

02:05Well, that doesn't work like that.

02:06I don't make that decision.

02:08But at the same time, thank you for that.

02:09But yeah.

02:10Well, how did they react?

02:12Did they know it was you as soon as they heard the voice?

02:14Were they like, oh?

02:15Well, this is the thing.

02:16My wife was like, ears were perked.

02:18They were very much ready.

02:20We kind of had to prep them beforehand to be like, it's this cinema.

02:24So we can't shout out as loud as possible.

02:28But at the same time, enjoy.

02:30Have fun.

02:30But just don't shout out while everyone else is there.

02:33At home, you can shout as much as possible when it's out.

02:35But then you're already daddy cool because you're in a boy band.

02:39But now you're in a movie.

02:40You're a movie star.

02:41I mean, are you just winning all these brownie points?

02:44I don't think they care.

02:46I genuinely don't think they care.

02:48As long as they get to kind of see fantastic movies like this and come along to shows, they're happy.

02:53They're just like, yeah, daddy, any more stuff you can do?

02:57I'm like, okay, one at a time.

02:58Or they're like, what's the merch?

03:00What's the perks to this?

03:01What are we getting out of this?

03:03So did they then go to Wembley as well?

03:04Yeah, yeah.

03:05It was a long day for them as well then, wasn't it?

03:06It was a long, long day for them.

03:08Yeah, but they loved it.

03:09They love it.

03:10They want more.

03:12I'm like, there's only a certain amount of hours in the day we can do shows and, you know,

03:16premieres.

03:17Exactly.

03:18I can't do Wembley and a premier every day, guys.

03:20It's not going to happen.

03:21Yeah, not quite, no.

03:22But how special is it that you get to, you know, share things like this, particularly

03:26this because it is aimed towards more of a younger audience.

03:29How special is that that you get to take the family along?

03:32It's mental.

03:33Honestly, it's mental.

03:34And I think I'm just a firm believer of, like, you know, right place, right time.

03:38And I think just where I am in life now and where kind of life's taken me is the perfect

03:42timing for this, you know.

03:45I get to share it with these little humans and they, yeah, I would say they're already

03:51obsessed, you know, already obsessed with it.

03:54And, you know, I think the funniest thing now is the shouting out for the credits.

03:59That's the, they just want to see the name.

04:01I'm like, if that's the most exciting bit for you, great.

04:04Yeah, cool.

04:05Is it like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme when it's like, yeah, it is literally that, like,

04:13can we, yeah, got it.

04:14It's honestly incredible.

04:17Well, hopefully there's many more to come and there's more where you're on screen as

04:20well and then they can see you in that.

04:21I hope that's the future.

04:23And I want to see, I want to see their reactions.

04:24I want to get a camera on them.

04:26Yeah.

04:26Anything, anything you kind of get the reaction is, uh, it's quite special.

04:29But I think, listen, if you see my face on there, geez, then that would be a whole different.

04:34Sorry now, whoever.

04:35The sun in my water up.

04:37Exactly that.

04:38I'm kind of going, okay, apologies now.

04:40Yeah.

04:40Oh, I love that.

04:40And I love to see you absolutely thrive.

04:42And it's so lovely.

04:43You too.

04:44Thank you so much.

04:45Always.

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