High School Musical star Joshua Bassett. (Screen capture via YouTube/Clevver News)
High School Musical star Joshua Bassett proved he was only human Monday (10 May) as he gushed over Harry Styles in his “coming out video”.
Bassett, 20, spoke to
Clevver News, a pop culture and entertainment news YouTube account, about his deepest regrets and starring as Ricky Owen in
In one of the many, many fan questions about Harry Styles, Bassett fawned over the singer as he revealed what it is he “admires” most about him.
“He is a very classy man,” Joshua Bassett began. “He’s also very well-rounded and kinda does it all – acting, singing, fashion.
Leading trainer Gary Lockett has experienced more highs and lows than most. One of British boxing’s unsung heroes, he spoke to Oliver Fennell about everything from being lucky to death in the ring
MY social media feeds swell with mentions of Tyson and Jones Jnr; of bareknuckle brawls and boxing basketball players. Celebrity sells. Beef begets box office. Middle-aged men can charge pay-per-view for an exhibition. Pugilistic novices can create cults of online personality, and seemingly every big fight comes packaged with some potty-mouthed push-and-shove.
There seems little mainstream appetite for the story of a humble, hard-working and honest man, and certainly not for a self-proclaimed “realist”. Realism is irrelevant in an age when Jake Paul is calling out Canelo Alvarez and Mike Tyson does bigger numbers than Tyson Fury. But for me, a meeting with Gary Lockett offers a timely antidote to the madness.