Bear: ‘I want Charlotte to wipe my bum’
Stephen Bear gives us a rather startling insight into his relationship
They’ve been on and off more times than Emily Ratajkowski’s bra in the nine months they’ve been together, but Stephen Bear and Charlotte Crosby are firmly back together. They’re about to appear on our screens in the second series of Just Tattoo Of Us, and when heat caught up with shy and retiring Bear, it’s clear nothing is out of bounds for him…
Who would you like to tattoo?
The Queen – I could say I’d left my mark on her. I could ask, “Can I have your crown jewels?” And she might give me a rare gem.
Oh-kaaay. Anyone more realistic?
Charlotte. The thing is, we have matching tattoos already. We’ve got little fishes. But I wanna give her another one, because for the first series, she wasn’t best pleased.
Is it hard being in a public relationship?
Yes, because whatever we say, it’ll be in the media. It does put a lot of strain on the relationship, but we’re nine months in and we’ve learned not to air stuff on social media. We’ve got the one-year mark coming up, and if you make a year, that’s you for life.
Is it weird with both of you being on TV half the time?
It is mental. You see her kissing someone else. She sees you kissing someone else. It’s in your face. It does send you a little bit mad, but we’ve got past all that… We’ve gone through the storm, you know?
That sounds like a Mariah Carey song…
I think we should release a song and make some money from it.
Would you do a Peter Andre and Katie Price?
If there was money in it, of course.
What type of song would you do?
An R&B rap song with a Christmas spin, because festive songs always do well. And to be able to say I’d got a Christmas No.1 would be remarkable.
Are you planning any piercings or surgery as well as tats?
I wanna get implants in my knuckles with big spikes, claws like Wolverine.
How would you wipe your bum?
I’d get Charlotte to do it.
Claws could be expensive...
I’d get it done free – just do a post on my social media.