Have you been tuning into TOWIE? Do you miss it?
Yeah, I have actually. There’s a lot of drama. I love the show, but there’s a lot of drama is going on
I don’t miss the show at all. I love watching the drama instead of being involved in it. I’d rather be sitting back, chilling. The drama at the moment, it’s going mad.
Would you ever return to the show at all?
I’d never say never. I’ve been away for so long now, it would be strange going back in but I’d never say never to that one.
Would you ever want your own Joey Essex special reality show?
Maybe. That would be cool in the future, I wouldn’t mind that. Being myself that’s what I like to do so, anything on TV, letting me be myself. It would be a laugh and I would have a good time.
Are you still in touch with Reem ( a girl Joey is rumoured to be dating)?
So her name is Reem, I’ve seen her again. I’ve met up with her again, she’s a nice girl. I’m single at the moment; I’m not really concentrating on girls at the moment. Just having a laugh.
Are you looking for love?
Yeah, I’m just enjoying single life, really. Maybe in the future, I wouldn’t mind being loved up and stuff but for now… I’ve been loved up with girls before and stuff and I’d rather do something different.
**Are you still in touch with Sam Faiers at all? **
Yeah, we’re friends. We haven’t spoken in a long time. We split up on good terms, you know, we were with each other for a long time. We’ve still got that mutual respect for each other.
As a bit of a style-guru, what to you think of Kim Kardashian's new bleached hair? **Is it reem or not so reem? **
Yeah, I quite like it, I used to dye my hair blonde all the time when I was a kid.
I think blonde hair is coming back into fashion. I used to do it as a kid and it used to be in fashion when I was a boy at school. We all used to do it. Me and my mates and that would all dye our hair blonde. I think it’s coming back a bit.
I would wanna dye my hair lilac, purple or something different.
**Working with Comic Relief, have you always made people laugh? **
Yeah, I mean I don’t really know how I do it really. I’m just myself, I don’t know if people laugh at me, or with me or whatever, but I know they sometimes do but as long as people are laughing that’s all I care about, anyway.
**Do you think that being funny and making people laugh is something that girls see as attractive? **
Yeah, if you make people laugh, then you can get with any girl really.
If the girls laughing, they know it’s something they like in you as a person. I don’t really try to make people laugh. I don’t try, things come out naturally.
What was your favourite or funniest memory as a kid?
It sounds really weird, but I loved cooking macaroni cheese when I was a baby. Well not a baby, when I was about 7. Yeah, I couldn’t make it myself, but I always loved macaroni cheese, using Babybel, obviously!
Joey Essex has teamed up with Mini Babybel to help raise money for Comic relief. To get laughing and to help generate donations visit: www.babybelyourself.co.uk