Joan’s snoring is so tuneful it could be a Tchaikovsky symphony, says husband
JOAN Collins would no doubt like to be remembered for her Hollywood career, her starring role in hit TV series Dynasty and being made a Dame by the Queen.
Unfortunately, thanks to husband Percy Gibson, 52, her epitaph may now include something rather less edifying – her musical snoring.
In a light-hearted TV interview about Dame Joan, 84, Mr Gibson said her snoring was so tuneful, it could be a ‘Tchaikovsky symphony’.
As if that wasn’t enough, he added that she occasionally sings in her sleep.
The Channel 4 interview of the couple gave a rare glimpse into their 15-year marriage. Dame Joan said her fifth husband’s most annoying habit was also his snoring, although she added that he snorted and guffawed in his sleep, too. Mr Gibson, a theatre manager, said: ‘Tchaikovsky could write a symphony with your snoring. They go from contralto to basso soprano – the whole way.
‘I should record it sometime and we’ll make a hit single. And as a matter of fact, the other night you actually started singing in your snoring. It was fantastic.’
Meanwhile, Dame Joan told the programme about celebrity marriages: ‘I hope this won’t cause a divorce! The thing that annoys me about Percy is the fact that you snore. Sometimes it’s snorting and guffawing and then it’ll go very quiet... and I will have just been on the point of falling asleep and then I wake up.
‘I rarely do this, but I did it last night. I said, “Darling, I’ve been trying to sleep for an hour and you’re still snoring!” And you got up and went to the other room, which I thought was wonderful. However, you left the door open. The door of the bedroom has to be locked!’
In the programme, Married To A celebrity: The Survival Guide, on tonight at 10.20pm, she also reveals that her pet name for him is ‘Big Dog’, explaining: ‘ We saw The Fugitive and Tommy Lee Jones says, “Big Dog is right – big dogs are always right”. So I call him Big Dog.’