Celebs roll back the years

Mel and Sue say Wiki cheats change ages

CELEBRITIES have learned the secret to eternal youth is... to alter your age on Wikipedia.

That is according to comedy duo Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who are, respectively, 52 and 51, but that may change if they ever get access to their Wiki entries.

Mel said: “There are certain people on Wikipedia, who shall remain nameless, but are known to us in the profession who’ve been sort of 41 for the last 15 years.”

Sue, who met Mel when they were students at Cambridge and members of Footlights theatre club, said: “I know and it’s very Google-able that we were all in the same university, in the same year.

“The moment I work out how to change my Wikipedia entry it’s a game changer and I will.”

During their online chat, Mel and Sue spoke of a pact to grow old gracefully and not have any work done as the years roll on.

Comparing their lockdown hair, Sue told Mel: “Your grey shocks me because it means you’ve been dyeing. We had a pact we would not have anything done, mate.”

Mel said her hair was “like a cul de sac in late 70s Leatherhead”. She said: “I’m receding, it’s perimenopausal. I’ve been dyeing it since I’ve ruddy met you, my love.”

Sue joked about having to wear a hat while the hairdressers remained closed. She said: “I’ve developed this look over lockdown. So beanie at all times.”

Sue also spoke of her lockdown diet. She said: “All I really have existed on is Greggs.

“All I care about is Greggs. I get six vegan sausage rolls at any one time and they do not last.

“Obsessed. Delicious.”

PACT Sue and Mel said they vowed not to have work done