Kate Ritchie answers 21 random questions

WOULD she rather have lunch with Tony Abbott or Bill Shorten? Will she return to Home and Away? What’s her signature dish? We ask Kate Ritchie the tough questions.

Kate Ritchie answers 21 random questions

SHE’S been in the public eye since 1986 but Kate Ritchie has never been put through the ringer like this.

Step aside 60 Minutes because this is the most hard-hitting interview that’s ever been done with the former Home and Away star who is now one third of Nova’s national drive show, Kate, Tim and Marty.

Yep, with no topic off limits, behold the shocking revelations from 21 random questions with Kate Ritchie:

Q. What’s your go to coffee order?

A. Skim cappuccino ... but I do tend to change a lot.

Q. Which movie character would you have loved to have played?

A. Annie.

Q. What’s your signature dish?

A. Meatballs.

Q. What do you miss most about the 1990s?

A. Palm beach.

Q. Which TV show are you obsessed with at the moment?

A. Would I Lie To You on UKTV.

Q. How often do you still get called Sally?

A. Very often but I’m no longer offended by it.

Q. What’s the likelihood of you returning to Home and Away one day?

A. 50/50.

Q. How many episodes of Neighbours would you say you’ve watched in your life?

A. Not many but that’s got nothing to do with rivalry or competitiveness, because really, for many years they were the only show in the country who knew how hard we worked.

Q. Favourite song at the moment?

A. Jealous by Nick Jonas.

Q. What do you drink when you go out for a night on the town?

A. French champagne, otherwise it’s not worth going.

Q. What’s the most expensive item you’ve lost?

A. I lost a friend’s wedding ring once upon a time. Post marriage for her. She gave me the wedding ring because it was too beautiful a ring to give to anyone and she couldn’t wear it anymore and she gave it to me and I lost it swimming at the beach. Awful. I did go down there with a metal detector with my dad and I still couldn’t find it.

Q. Which celebrity made you starstruck?

A. I did get starstruck in front of Prince Charles because I didn’t know what the protocol was, whether I should be curtsying and what the rules were.

Q. If your plane crashed and you were stranded on a deserted island and you had to eat one of your co-hosts to survive, would you eat Tim and Marty?

A. I’d have to eat Marty because Tim would just be bones, there wouldn’t be enough meat on Tim.

Q. Would you rather have lunch with Tony Abbott or Bill Shorten?

A. Tony Abbott.

Q. What’s surprised you most about being a mum?

A. The love. It sounds cliche but it’s true.

Q. What’s your worst habit?

A. You’d have to ask my husband but I do leave tea bags in the sink. That’s pretty bad apparently. I’m sure I have a worse one but I don’t want to tell you.

Q. Cats or dogs?

A. Dogs.

Q. If you went to McDonalds, what would you be most likely to order?

A. A cheeseburger and a small fries.

Q. Which female inspires you the most?

A. Judy Nunn (who played Ailsa on Home and Away) because she does everything. She wrote best selling novels while working in the diner. She’s amazing.

Q. Who is the sexiest male actor in world right now?

A. Chris Hemsworth.

Q. Would you rather have one extra finger (11) or one less (9)?

A. In a practical sense I’d like an extra finger and in a vain kind of sense I’d choose one less. I think you’d notice one more more than one less. Does that make sense?

Kate, Tim and Marty are on Nova FM each weekday from 4-6 pm.