I am meeting the DJ Norman Cook at a beachside café near his home in Hove, East Sussex, so it seems reasonable that I should stump up for the teas.
“On me,” I insist. Cook looks sheepish. So do the staff.
“No really,” he insists. He then takes our beverages and leaves without paying.
“I should have said, I own this place,” he explains as we take our seats outside. “I bought it off Heather Mills about four years ago. It’s a really lovely family café. Me and Zo [his former wife, Zoë Ball] used to bring the kids here a lot. They were brought up running around the play area and so when it came up for sale, I thought, ‘Why not?’ ”
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