Christian Wilkins - Actor, Fashion Icon, Author

This week Di and Nicola chat to the multi-talented and effervescent, Christian Wilkins. Many of our listeners would already know Christian - he’s an entertainer, actor, model, singer, dancer, fashion icon and now he’s the author of a new book - Princess Mitchell. All of that and he’s only 28! And of course, he’s also a special member of the OTBF family, being the son of Nicola’s partner, Richard Wilkins.  This conversation is so much fun! We hear all about the dream wedding Christian is planning, the career aspirations he has for himself in LA and he also dishes up all the secrets on his family, including why he thinks his dad is a bit queer.  We talk about Christian’s love of fashion, his best and worst fashion moments, the backlash he’s received online, and how Christian deals with some of the awful internet comments - you’ll want to listen in for Christian’s compassionate and wise words here.  Christian also opens up about what it was like being bullied as a child, how it took him a long time to really own his queerness, and why he feels privileged and grateful for the upbringing he had, which allowed him to fully be himself.  We also chat about Christian’s fabulous new children’s book - Princess Mitchell. We hear all about the inspiration, why he wrote it and he even reads us a little excerpt. This book is the perfect Christmas gift, so we’ve included the link below to get yourself a copy.  It really was a joy to have Christian in the studio. He has so many great stories and he had us in stitches. We hope you laugh as much as we did. Enjoy. Follow Christian Wilkins on IG here Buy a copy of Christian's book, Princess Mitchell here Follow Nicola and Di on IG hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.