It all started when I was bullied in school for my speech and hearing, Blue was started. I fell in love with them straight away, my mum would worked so hard to keep me happy by taking me to see Blue for the first time which led me to meeting David and Vic Beckham as they was behind me in the box. Vic picked me up to into the box as I cried when she said to David "look at that deaf girl playing with Brooklyn" haha anyway back to the story,Years went by, I spend my life talking to blue fans and writing stories with them with blue in it, watching blue videos all day which drove my parents crazy! Then I found out they are splitting up so me and my ex boyfriend went to see them. Luckily for me, I managed to get in backstage before the show! I was a sobbing mess when the boys came out but it was a dream come true! I was only 15 years old :p But a week later, the shop lost my photos with me and blue boys. I kind of had a break down, it didn't feel like I met them. Bullying went worse and I almost flunk all my gcses. I started to watch blue all day and night and would scream at my parents if they wouldn't let me have the tv then would cry, speaking to my blue friends. It wasn't normal at all.
My mum and big sister Hollie got tickets for us to go to Clothes Show where Duncan James will be there. I was so happy!!! When we went there, there was so many people! Duncan told everyone to scream! So I jumped up and down, then the light stopped at me. I choked back on my tears and point at myself? Me? Duncan said yes you! Come up here. Now you can imagine how much that meant to me. Dave Berry collected me and asked why am I crying. I sobbed saying he's my idol. Duncan came down the stage an held onto me. After a moment, he said I got to squeeze the models bum! I said to Duncan "can I squeeze yours instead?" He laughed and let me! After I met him, I slowly got my life back to normal, a week later I went to iverpool News Bar and met Lee! I was so made up! We spoke like we are already friends, even smoked and drank. My life was finally back. I stopped being obsessed over them now I have photos with them and believe I have met them. Now I can be the teenager I should be!
2010 Feb I started my deaf group on Facebook and posted it to Lee on his Facebook. Moments later, I was so shocked to see he post on my group asking to help and be part of it, how he thinks its amazing what I'm doing. Then he posted about it on his Facebook and twitter. We private messages each other for a bit and I had email from RNID (action on hearing loss) saying that they want me to come to London and meet them! I was so scared as it was my first time so I email Lee and he said go for it, I will help you in whatever you do. He said he will meet me in London and support me. Plans was made, lee was going to meet me at RNID. The day came by, I was so nervous, it was like a dream come true! RNID was great with me, we waited for Lee for hours...I started to get worried, what if he is fake? And it wasn't the real Lee? I tried my best not to cry with the thought of being let down. The staff was amazing, soothing me as they see tears in my eyes, waiting to fall on my face. I went to my friends house as I was staying in London for a while. I messaged Lee and said what happened to meeting me? You let me down. He responds saying how sorry he was and he will make it up to me.
I spent my next day to visit Duncan James at his musical. As soon he said me, he remember me! I told him about my group and he said he will be so happy to help me and he will follow me on twitter. So he kept his promise. We pose for photos and we promised to keep in touch.
Two days later I had a text from the staff from RNID saying Lee want you to come to his interview in two hours, will you come? I shot out of the bed and got ready as fasted as I can and was out the door in 10 minutes. I met with the staff and we made our way down to his interview, as we sat down and waited for Lee, I was nearly shaking. Lee walked in moment later and smiled as he saw me, I was gobsmaked! We hugged and spoke a lot. I sat near him to watch him being filmed, I laughed at few things like he said he's better dancer than Duncan, I said no you're not! And he looked at me and laughed okay maybe not.
Hour went by, his filming was finished and we took photos, talked more and he told me to keep doing what I'm doing. I email Duncan and asked if we can pose in RNID Tshirt like with Lee. He said yeah sure come on down this week. So I did, and wasn't very greeted by some of his fans. I just ignored it and Duncan came out of backstage, saw me and told me to follow him. So I followed him to into his backstage room and he took his top off to put the shirt on. I was swooning haha! His body is just to die for! We kept taking photos as Duncan wanted to take another and another :p he signed my shirt and we hugged. I went to go to the musical to see Duncan then realised I left my tickets in his room! Me and my friend ran and banged on the backstage door shouting Duncan! People around us thought we were some crazy fans. Duncan ran out with the tickets and gave it to me laughing. After the show, I went to meet him again with my friend. He told me did you hear me properly in the musical? I made sure to be clear for you to hear...Ahh bless him!
Days went by, the day before I went home Lee invited me to his music video shoot "I am who I am" the next day. I was so excited! It took me a long time to get to his music shoot with my heavy suitcase in hot weather. It was worth it as soon I saw Lee running over and taking my suit case with me. I spent hours and hours watching and was so amazed the way he worked, how passionate he is. It was a dream come true. We joked a lot and spoke about what changes we want for deaf. We did our thing if we see each other or say bye by doing gay sign language which cracks us up.
The whole 2010, I was in newspapers, magazines etc Lee got me and my friend in VIP in Manchester so we went for my 21st birthday in October. We had such a blast, spoke most of the night and messing around. The next time I went to meet Lee was after I went to Montreal for whole summer. We spoke a lot before that and became close friends. We met up in London and we went shopping around London before finding a quite place to be filmed with me by a friend of his. Afterward, we hugged and said our goodbyes.
We did have our up and down, falling out and making up since we became friends. A year later after my travelling, august 2012; I went to meet Lee again in London but it was kind of upsetting day. First, he was running late as he wanted to go to the gym. Second, he said his manager didn't like what we both was planning to do. And third, he was heartbroken. I was annoyed because I've spent so much to travel to London, took time out of my busy new job. & because of his work, dates to meet up kept changing. So we kinda had a bit of a fallen out in topman in Oxford street. We was suppose to do film of him being deaf for the day around London. I was so excited before I met him that i went to couple shops, spent a lot of time speaking to managers about m and Lee will be coming in to film and if it was okay. So we spent the day shopping in topman, having little lunch and walked around London together. We stopped at the gorgeous place for our lunch and finally he was off his phone for once, it was frustrating to be left out the whole time. We decided to try the ear plugs and it didn't work. I tried not to cry as tried another ear plugs. Again, it didn't work. So we moved on and had our lunch which he paid for which was lovely of him. Then we spent whole day shopping and joking around, telling him to get this and that which he did. We finished our day by having costa drinks which again hepaid for like all day. It was sweet of him. We finished our drinks and said our goodbyes. I was upset because I had high high hope for that day. And it failed.
That was the last time we met up with each other, he started to get really busy with Blue. Simon, Duncan and Antony also still help me with my group by spreading awareness and posting my projects on their twitter which was so lovely for them and of course a dream come true for the whole Blue to know me and help me.
I remembered I lied to people at school that Blue will be at my 13th party just so they will come as I wanted to be fit in. They said Blue will never know me & like me. Hey, looked like I've proved you guys wrong ;)
The Incredible Photo Gallery of Haley Sadler with Lee Ryan & Duncan James