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Joss Stone has turned into ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in the aftermath of the foiled plot to kidnap her

Joss Stone has turned into ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in the aftermath of the foiled plot to kidnap her

The singer was targeted by two men who were arrested near her home in Devon, South West England, in June and charged with planning to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.

Although she is trying to put the terrifying incident behind her, Joss has been taking inspiration from the famous fictional British detective to find out what the motivation behind the plot was.

She said: ‘That (the kidnap plot) is a little bit crazy. God, I could go on about that for some time.

“I feel like . I’ve turned into Sherlock Holmes like, ‘Oh, OK, well maybe this person? But no, can’t be. Well what about this time I went to this place and I told that guy to shove it? No, it’s not him. No, I don’t know.’ ‘

Joss still finds the whole situation “crazy” and her mother Wendy is still furious and upset about what happened.

Speaking to ‘Access Hollywood’, she said: ‘People are crazy and maybe they need a hug? Or a spliff? I don’t know . they need something. It’s very rude and uncouth . Like, ‘Come on, can’t you do something better with your Tuesday? It’s very, very weird.’

“Yeah, my mum’s pretty p***ed off, let me tell you.”

Two men, Junior Bradshaw, 30, and 33-year-old Kevin Liverpool – both from Manchester, North West England – were at Exeter Crown Court last week for a preliminary hearing.

The 24-year-old pop star is now concentrating on her new super-group Super Heavy, which she has formed with Sir Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley and A.R. Rahman.

Joss Stone took less than week to record her new album

The 24-year-old singer ‘ who was recently the subject of an alleged kidnap plot ‘ recorded ‘Lp1′ in six days with former Eurythmics star Dave Stewart and had a “brilliant” time making the record.

She said: “I had lots of fun making it with Dave. We went to Nashville for like six days and at that end of that jam we found an album in there which is quite cool.

“It’s because the band was so tight and the studio was so brilliant. They had so many people in there making sure everything was sorted, so many brilliant people involved. Dave was like, ‘Look come over here, it will take a week, we’ll have a laugh. If you don’t like it you don’t have to use it. This band is great, I’ve worked with them, they’ve got a week free,’ and I was like, ‘That sounds like fun.’

Though Joss is a huge Eurythmics fan, she insists she wasn’t intimidated working with Dave because she has known him for such a long time.

She told website PopEater: “Was I intimidated? No because I’ve known Dave for ages now but I was at first. I first met Dave when I was 16 and I was pretty much intimidated by everything. I listened to Annie Lennox all the time.

“My mum and dad listened to her all the time, they have good taste luckily. So yeah with Dave it was like, ‘Oh my God you did that record? Wow, that’s amazing.

Ellen DeGeneres claims she’s related to Kate Middleton.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

The talk show host discovered through a genealogical society that she is a distant cousin of the future princess and still has her fingers crossed for a last-minute invitation to her wedding to Prince William.

In an interview with Terri Seymour for ‘Extra’, she said: “We’re 15th cousins, yeah, it’s not like we’re 20th or something … we’re 15th.

“It’s not too late, Terri. I’m not counting anything out. That’s not how I got to where I am, by being a glass-half-empty kind of person. I mean, there could be a phone call.

“I have a beautiful outfit picked out, and a hat.”

Although she may not be invited to the nuptials, Ellen is hopeful she can use her family connections to secure an interview with Kate.

She said: “There will be a time when Oprah’s not gonna be around next year. Who will be around to help her when she needs something? Me.”

Ellen – who is married to actress Portia de Rossi is not the only American celebrity desperate to attend Kate and William’s nuptials at London’s Westminster Abbey.

Reese Witherspoon – who recently wed Hollywood agent Jim Toth – admitted she would have given anything to get an invite.

She said: “I can’t even contain my enthusiasm for the royal wedding! I’m kind of bummed I’m not invited to the royal wedding. My girlfriend asked me if I was invited. Well, no, but I invited them to my wedding!”

Celebrities fortunate enough to be invited include David Beckham and his wife Victoria, Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish, Guy Ritchie and Joss Stone.