Kellie Harrington

Kellie Harrington revealed on this week's Late Late Show that she was determined to get Roddy Doyle to work with her on her autobiography, admitting: "I'm a ...

She also noted that boxing gave her "a different type of adrenaline to what I was getting outside." "I was 13, I was heading down the wrong road. "He rang me then, I think the next day, and he said he spoke to his wife and the two of them thought it was a great idea. "When I actually met him in person, and the more I got to know him - as well as him getting to know me - I just think he’s really, really incredible. "And when I met him I said: 'Listen, the opportunity’s come, I can do a book, I don’t mind I don’t do the book - but if I am doing it, it has to be with you. So I got his number - I’m a little bit of a stalker when I need to be - I texted him and asked if I could meet him for a coffee.