HICKEY pictured,
AS Meg Ryan prepares to make her romantic comedy comeback – she directs and stars in upcoming filmWhat Happens Later – GB News host Eamonn Holmes delivers an unflattering verdict.
“The woman is absolutely phobic about being interviewed,” he bluntly recalls. “I had the unfortunate experience of trying to interview her once...if you’ve never interviewed her, please don’t put yourself through the experience.”
After also highlighting chat show king Sir Michael Parkinson’s famously strained encounter with theWhen Harry Met Sally actress, pictured, Eamonn remembers being forbidden to mention Meg’s then husband Dennis Quaid – they divorced in 2001.
While Holmes isn’t ready to forgive Ryan for their “harrowing” TV meeting, Parky only last year expressed regret about the way he’d handled his own “car crash” 2003 interview, remarking: “I wish I’d dealt with it in a more courteous manner.”
WITH five amateur bakers competing to create a pudding celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – the result’s announced on BBC One next week – Dame Prue Leith excitedly suggests the winning pud will come to be as popular as another culinary favourite, made to mark the beginning of Her Majesty’s 70-year reign.
The Bake Off judge enthuses on Radio 4: “If it’s good, I’d be surprised if it doesn’t go into history just like coronation chicken.” Asked if she shares Prue’s optimistic view, respected food historian Dr Annie Gray unhelpfully responds: “Erm...no.”
How cynical!
PROMOTING his return as superhero Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch expresses relief he doesn’t appear in the kind of tight-fitting outfits worn by other actors in the Marvel movie universe.
Discussing what he describes as his alter ego’s “loose-fitting, touchy-feely, folksy” attire, Benedict, 45, remarks: “Thank God my costume has no Spandex!”
HAVING enjoyed relatively little of the celebrity limelight in recent years, saucy duo The Cheeky Girls, proved behind the times prior to their appearance on ITV’s This Morning.
With twins Gabriela and Monica Irimia, 39, booked to publicise a new single, 20 years after their debut, host Phillip Schofield mischievously announced: “They’re so retro, they went to the old studio on the South Bank.”
This Morning moved to the BBC’s former Television Centre HQ in 2018 – the show’s previous home is being pulled down. Following a frantic rush across London, the girls made it to their correct destination in time.
DUE to be honoured with the Bafta Fellowship this Sunday, Sir Billy Connolly hosted the prestigious awards ceremony back in 1995.
Particularly taken by a certain Elizabeth Hurley’s appearance when she arrived on-stage to present a gong, Billy’s subsequent comments in front of a live
TV audience would land him in hot water in 2022...