DESPITE topping the charts in the 90s – life these days for one former boyband star could not be further from the days of chart success.
John Hendy, 53, rose to fame as a hunk in boyband East 17 but now works as a roofer in a much more ‘normal’ way of life.
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The former singer was part of the band who stormed the charts in the 90s alongside Brian Harvey, Tony Mortimer and Terry Coldwell.
But for John, he has confessed in a new interview that he much prefers his current way of life in his “battered” old van than a lifestyle filled with cash and posh supercars.
John had spoken out about the assumption he is likely a millionaire due to finding success in the band but he surprisingly only earned £125 a week during his time in the group.
The band’s ex-manager famously paid the boys that wage with it rising by an additional £25 every four months.
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Speaking to the Mail Online about the ups and downs of money in the music industry and his current financial situation, John said: “I don’t ever regret anything like I say we come out with nothing but there’s no point thinking about that, just get on with life, you know what I mean?
“Life’s too short. I don’t let it get to me sort of thing.
“I haven’t even got a house and people think you’re millionaires and that, and I’m thinking, I don’t even got an house out of it.
“We should have all come out with a house, at least.”
However, John admitted that despite hanging out with “rich friends”, he is content with his work van and regularly discusses the highs and lows of having money with his pals.
He recalled: “When I turn up to a party and my rich friends are coming in their Porsche‘s and Range Rovers and I’m pulling up in my roofing van and I’m like ‘oh mate, it makes me feel sick coming to your parties’.
“And then they put it in perspective to me. They are like ‘John, mate, it’s money, it doesn’t mean nothing, mate’.
“One friend said to me ‘I’d rather give this all up and then just go out for one week and experience what you’ve done’, you know what I mean? Because what an experience that is.
“That’s the only way I could look at it. Yeah it’s people’s dream, innit, we’ve had the dream, that’s the way I look at it.
“But like I say, I’m happy doing what I do because I’m at the top of my game.
“I’m sort of like best of the best on the roof side. I enjoy it because I know everything.”
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