Nadine re-Coyles from ITV2

ITV had been happily putting together a programme in which the various Girls Aloud would be given the chance to "perform the activity of their dreams" (because, of course, being millionaires, how else would they ever get the chance?).

The terrible news, though, is this latter-day World In Action isn't going to quite work, as Nadine Coyle has pulled out. Apparently, this is a high-minded stand against modern British television:

"I'm not really into reality things or things that aren't to promote Girls Aloud."

Yes, it's hard to see how a series about Girls Aloud featuring the women from Girls Aloud could, in any way, promote Girls Aloud. Still, it's lucky that Coyle has only just decided that ITV programming is unacceptably trite - she'd have been in trouble if she'd felt that way before going on Popstars.

It turns out, though, that this is more a strop because ITV tried to tell her what her dream was:

Nads was supposed to be learning how to be a classical orchestra conductor for the show.

But she complains: "I wanted to do something with a charity in Bolivia that got kids off the street, but it didn't sit with the programme."

Of course, Nadine, if you really wanted to do something with that charity - well, you're well-off, you're young. Why not go and do it rather than complain that ITV haven't sent a hapless researcher to sort it all out for you?