THEY SAID WHAT?

“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound”

– Former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on President Donald Trump implying wrongly that there had just been a terrorist attack in Sweden

“All these people who come out and say it’s not safe are absolutely ridiculous. If it’s dangerous then they don’t let you do it, the people who run the show have respect for the individual who is about to perform”

– Former Liverpool footballer Robbie Fowler, above, who has been eliminated from the Channel 4 ski show The Jump

“I have ‘failed to understand a social movement that values equality and diversity of voice’. Apparently, this movement does not extend to tolerating my own diverse voice”

– TV’s Piers Morgan who has withdrawn from hosting the Royal Television Society’s Programme Awards ceremony because of a “silly” campaign to protest about his appointment

“I just laughed when I found out. I thought it was hysterical. I am probably the oldest new artist Sony has ever signed”

– TV quiz show host Bradley Walsh on the success of his first album of traditional songs

“At 80 one is not a very attractive proposition. Putting a tongue in someone’s ear and finding a hearing aid is hardly Romeo and Juliet”

– Veteran novelist Jilly Cooper

“The less people compliment my appearance the better because then I can change the way I look without anyone freaking out. I’m an actress. That’s what we do”

– Allison Williams