Night she joshed on stage with comic over THAT movie moment
ANGELA RAYNER (AR): ... there is a tint of misogyny in it. I’ve gotta say it, you know I get quizzed on... Every time I do a PMQs [Prime Minister’s Questions] somebody has an opinion on what I wear. Did you see the meme about Sharon Stone like I was doing it at PMQs? I was mortified [laughs] MATT FORDE (MF): You what? AR: Like they did this whole like meme about me apparently doing the whole, you know whole, the old... [she and audience laugh] I was like when did I do that? [laughs] MF: I’ve not seen that at all. AR: Did you not see like the Fatal Attraction thing? When she did the whole g ***** r thing? MF: I’ve seen the film but I wasn’t aware... AR: I wasn’t aware I did it but apparently like there was this whole meme about how my dress was like a bit revealing but I didn’t think it was think it was. It was a perfectly suitable Karen Millen – in the sale by the way [laughs] MF: But what was the theory? That you were doing that to distract Boris? AR: I don’t... [she and audience laugh]. It don’t take much does it? I don’t need to do that. [laughs]
MF: It’s quite interesting watching you go up against him because there seems to be, and I know you’re ideologically opposed, I’m sure you have some very strong opinions on what he’s been getting up to. Oddly though, in Parliament these rivalries get thrown together where there’s clearly a bit of mutual respect. Like I think he has a level of respect for you like he seems to enjoy it when you are at the dispatch box.
AR: Yeah, I think he has got a bit of a romance going on there somehow hasn’ he, cus he... Do you know what I think it is, it’s like ‘cus Michael Gove kinda did this as well. I think they try and, err, ‘if you can’t beat them, smooch them’. Do you know what I mean? I think there’s a little bit of that going on. It’s a bit like ohh, you know it’s like, you can’t beat a puppy. Do you know what I mean? You can’t beat a seal. So like working class girl from council estate - ‘if I start attacking her I’ll look really crap as a posh guy from a posh school so I’ll just try and compliment them in a sort of backhand way’. I think that’s how they try and sort of deal with me. Because they don’t really know how to deal with me. That’s the thing.