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Daily Mirror
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- Daily Mirror
Sue Perkins 'touched inappropriately' by Orville the Duck on Light Lunch
Comedian Sue Perkins was allegedly touched by puppet Orville the Duck during her TV series Light Lunch, which she hosted with best pal Mel Giedroyc during the 1990s Sue Perkins' co-host has claimed she was touched by puppet Orville the Duck as she spoke out against the "Naughty Nineties". The comedian and former Great British Bake Off host, 55, claimed the famous green bird got handsy with her. Her best friend and co-star Mel Giedroyc, 57, spoke of the alleged incident on Channel 4 daytime show Light Lunch. They were hosting the programme together in 1997 when they saw that children's entertainer Keith Harris was invited on. He turned up with the giant green duckling, who wore a nappy. Mel recalled: 'We're back in the Naughty Nineties - woof! Weren't they naughty - they were a very naughty decade. 'The most memorable of all the lunches, we had three puppeteers with their puppets for lunch. We had Keith Harris with Orville, who got a bit naughty with Sue! Well, Orville did," she claimed on the Parenting Hell podcast. She added: 'Yes. Harris via Orville got a bit 'Naughty Nineties.'' Fellow comedian and podcast host Rob Beckett asked: 'He was nipping at the body?' Mel replied: 'Yes. There is a ruddy hand (in there)!' Josh Widdecombe added: 'They'd get away with it by claiming it was a grey area," to which Mel agreed as she said: "Exactly!" Keith, who died in 2015 aged 67, and the two other guests Roger de Courcey with Nookie Bear and Matthew Corbett with Sooty, were all allegedly captivated by Sue. Mel claimed: 'They were trying to get all over Perks's grill, she was the honey trap, I was just the fly buzzing round the edge rather desperately. They bloomin' loved Perks, all of them.' Sue and Mel met while studying at Cambridge University, where they launched their long-standing career together. In the 1990s, the comedy duo wrote for BBC Radio 4 show Weekending and created sketches for French & Saunders. They went on to host daytime shows Light Lunch and Late Lunch for Channel 4 between 1997 and 1998. Their series ended in 1999 and Mel insisted they have fond memories of Light Lunch. Mel even revealed there was plenty going on off screen as she admitted to snogging a runner on the programme. She said it was a then-unknown Dermot O'Leary as he was working one of his very first TV jobs. 'There was a lot going down - it should have been called Heavy Lunch," she teased. Mel and Sue returned to screens years later as the hosts of Great British Bake Off. They held the positions between 2010 and 2016 on the BBC. However, the pair quit in protest of the show's move to Channel 4 and would go on to host their short-lived chat show on ITV called Mel and Sue. The pair confessed they were "shocked and saddened" to discover the news of Bake Off's move and explained they "made no secret" of their desire for the show to remain where it was. The Mirror has contacted Channel 4 for comment.
The Irish Sun
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Sue Perkins claims she was ‘touched up' by Orville the Duck in bizarre assault as puppeteer got ‘handsy'
FORMER Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins was groped by Orville the Duck when he appeared on TV with her. Her best friend Mel Giedroyc, 57, has revealed how ventriloquist Advertisement 5 Sue Perkins was 'touched' by Orville the Duck star Keith Harris Credit: Getty 5 Her best pal and co-star Mel made the claim that it had occurred during their time on Light Lunch in the 90s Credit: Rex 5 Keith Harris with Orville The Duck Credit: PA:Press Association The duo were co-hosting the programme when the incident happened in 1997 after the children's entertainer was invited on with his giant green 'duckling' in a nappy. Talking on the Parenting Hell podcast, Mel said: 'We're back in the Naughty nineties - woof! Weren't they naughty - they were a very naughty decade. 'The most memorable of all the lunches, we had three puppeteers with their puppets for lunch. We had Keith Harris with Orville, who got a bit naughty with Sue! Well, Orville did.' 'Yes. Harris via Orville got a bit 'Naughty Nineties.'' Advertisement Read More on Sue Perkins Podcast co-host Rob Beckett said: 'He was nipping at the body?' Mel replied: 'Yes. There is a ruddy hand (in there)!' Co-host Josh Widdecombe added: 'They'd get away with it by claiming it was a grey area.' Mel replied: 'Exactly!' Advertisement Most read in News TV Exclusive Rob added: 'It's not a grey area, it's a hand in a beak, get off my t*t!' She also revealed how Keith, who died in 2015 aged 67, and the two fellow guests, Roger de Courcey with Nookie Bear and Matthew Corbett with Sooty, all seemed captivated by Sue, who was just 27 at the time. Dragon is revealed to be Sue Perkins in shocking unmasking on The Masked Singer Mel said: 'They were trying to get all over Perks's grill, she was the honey trap, I was just the fly buzzing round the edge rather desperately. 'They bloomin' loved Perks, all of them.' Advertisement After the show ended in 1999, Mel and Sue went on to host the Great British Bake Off for seven years, when it was one of Britain's biggest TV shows. But she insisted they also had happy memories of doing Light Lunch. Mel confirmed she snogged the runner on the programme, a then unknown Dermot O'Leary in one of his first TV jobs . She added: 'There was a lot going down - it should have been called Heavy Lunch.' 5 Mel and Sue have been a TV duo since the 90s Credit: BBC Advertisement 5 Keith and Orville were guests on Light Lunch Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Scottish Sun
5 hours ago
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- Scottish Sun
Sue Perkins claims she was ‘touched up' by Orville the Duck in bizarre assault as puppeteer got ‘handsy'
The revelations was made by her TV co-star in a new podcast interview revelation Sue Perkins claims she was 'touched up' by Orville the Duck in bizarre assault as puppeteer got 'handsy' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) FORMER Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins was groped by Orville the Duck when he appeared on TV with her. Her best friend Mel Giedroyc, 57, has revealed how ventriloquist Keith Harris used the famous green bird to get handsy with Sue, now 55, on Channel 4 daytime show Light Lunch. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 Sue Perkins was 'touched' by Orville the Duck star Keith Harris Credit: Getty 5 Her best pal and co-star Mel made the claim that it had occurred during their time on Light Lunch in the 90s Credit: Rex 5 Keith Harris with Orville The Duck Credit: PA:Press Association The duo were co-hosting the programme when the incident happened in 1997 after the children's entertainer was invited on with his giant green 'duckling' in a nappy. Talking on the Parenting Hell podcast, Mel said: 'We're back in the Naughty nineties - woof! Weren't they naughty - they were a very naughty decade. 'The most memorable of all the lunches, we had three puppeteers with their puppets for lunch. We had Keith Harris with Orville, who got a bit naughty with Sue! Well, Orville did.' 'Yes. Harris via Orville got a bit 'Naughty Nineties.'' Podcast co-host Rob Beckett said: 'He was nipping at the body?' Mel replied: 'Yes. There is a ruddy hand (in there)!' Co-host Josh Widdecombe added: 'They'd get away with it by claiming it was a grey area.' Mel replied: 'Exactly!' Rob added: 'It's not a grey area, it's a hand in a beak, get off my t*t!' She also revealed how Keith, who died in 2015 aged 67, and the two fellow guests, Roger de Courcey with Nookie Bear and Matthew Corbett with Sooty, all seemed captivated by Sue, who was just 27 at the time. Dragon is revealed to be Sue Perkins in shocking unmasking on The Masked Singer Mel said: 'They were trying to get all over Perks's grill, she was the honey trap, I was just the fly buzzing round the edge rather desperately. 'They bloomin' loved Perks, all of them.' After the show ended in 1999, Mel and Sue went on to host the Great British Bake Off for seven years, when it was one of Britain's biggest TV shows. But she insisted they also had happy memories of doing Light Lunch. Mel confirmed she snogged the runner on the programme, a then unknown Dermot O'Leary in one of his first TV jobs. She added: 'There was a lot going down - it should have been called Heavy Lunch.' 5 Mel and Sue have been a TV duo since the 90s Credit: BBC
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Jimmy Carr broke 25-year feud with his father to ask him a favour... but NEVER said thank you afterwards, says dad's pal
He is the controversial comedian known for his deadpan delivery and dark humour who has famously been estranged from his father for nearly 25 years. But Jimmy Carr broke that long-running feud to ask his father Jim for a favour, only for him to continue the silent treatment once it was granted, a friend of the star's father has revealed. Jim Carr, 80, was left feeling 'confused and distraught', the friend said, and has been left bewildered as to why his famous son carried on his grudge and not seek a reunion. The pair fell out shortly after Jimmy's mum Nora died in 2001 from pancreatitis at the age of 57. Up until that point, the 8 Out Of 10 Cats host had a close bond with his parents with his accountant father helping to pay for his rent and food during the early days of his career as well as giving him lifts around the country to gigs. But Jimmy cooled towards Jim and cut him out of his life without ever seemingly giving him a proper explanation why. The bad-blood simmered until rising to the surface again in 2021 when Jimmy, 52, told fellow comics Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their Parenting Hell podcast: 'I haven't seen my father in 21-years and your know the line, 'My mother's dead and my father's dead to me' – which sounds very cold until you meet the guy. I can't have that guy in my life.' Yet a close friend of Irish-born businessman Jim told how Jimmy rang out of the blue nearly eight years ago and asked his father to 'take on a burden' for him. The source revealed: 'It was just before Christmas in 2017 and Jimmy rang his dad to ask him for some help with a problem he had. He had been supporting someone close to him but just couldn't continue doing so. 'Jim has never told me the full details preferring to keep it private but it was a big favour to ask and obviously Jimmy felt he had nowhere else to turn, given that he hadn't spoken to his dad for that last 15 or 16-years prior to that phone call. 'He wanted Jim to take on the burden – which he duly did. But while Jim hoped this good deed could rekindle their relationship, Jimmy seemed to cut him off again. He didn't call to thank him or anything, it was radio silence… which continues to this day. It's strange because it was him who instigated that temporary thaw in relations. 'Jim is mystified as to what actually caused Jimmy to fall out with him in the first place. He doesn't know what he's supposed to have done wrong, Jimmy has never told him face to face. 'Jimmy is a comedian who is forever joking about being cancelled because of the nature of his jokes – but that is what he's done effectively to his own father.' Jimmy - who grew up in Farnham Common near Slough in Berkshire – further upset his father in 2022 when he referred to his parents' home town of Limerick in Ireland as a 's*** town'. Writing in his memoir, Jimmy Carr, Before and Laughter, the comedian wrote: 'I might seem urbane, but I'm the son of two immigrants from Limerick who moved to Slough (they moved from a s*** town to another s*** town, I guess they knew what they liked.' Jim took offence at that particular passage and threatened to sue his middle son for defamation as well as calling on Limerick council to revoke the 'Certificate of Irish Heritage 'given to his Jimmy in 2013 unless a public apology was made. But the friend added: 'I think a lot of that is now water under the bridge, Jim felt the joke crossed a line given his heritage but now feels that comedians often make these sorts of controversial falsehoods to get publicity. 'Jim is very close to his other two sons and would like to reunite with Jimmy. He hasn't ever met his grandson through Jimmy and would love to be able to get to know him. 'Life is too sort to keep up these sorts of grievances – Jim loves his son and hopes that they can at least start talking again.' Jim, who lives in Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, declined to comment when approached by MailOnline saying simply: 'I don't wish to fan the flames so I'll pass.' In an interview with the Irish Mail on Sunday after his son had been embroiled in a row over only paying one per cent tax through a K2 tax avoidance scheme, Jim said: 'No father wants to see his offspring brought low in this way, but for me the emotions this brings are doubly painful. 'Believe you me, I would like nothing more than to pick up the phone and offer him fatherly advice and solace as I did on a daily basis for years – through school, Cambridge University and for years afterwards as Jimmy embarked on life as an initially struggling comedian. 'I supported him financially, too, well into his 30s, enabling him to live rent-free in the family home and paying for all his expenses; his bills, his petrol, even his food. 'Despite all of this and the loving bond we once shared, Jimmy cut me out of his life eight years ago. It was sudden and brutal, and to this day I have not been given an explanation.' Jim said that he had been banned from watching his son perform adding: 'The loss forms the backdrop to my daily life and remains a pain I cannot eradicate.' Jimmy lives in Primrose Hill in North London with Canadian partner Karoline Copping, a former commissioning editor for Channel 5. The couple have a six-year-old son.
Time Out Dubai
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out Dubai
Rob Beckett is coming to Dubai: How to get tickets
One of Britain's best-known comics, Rob Beckett is coming back to Dubai with a stand-up gig that you don't want to miss. Known for his razor-sharp humour and commentary, the comedian first made an appearance in the UAE back in 2021. Proving a roaring success, Beckett returned in 2023 alongside Josh Widdicombe, and will now be taking to the stage once again with his solo Giraffe tour. If you like this: The big comedy shows and comedians to catch in Dubai Ready to get crowds in stitches, the show will kick off at 6pm on Thursday January 22 at the Dubai Opera. Filled with his sharp wit and honest takes on everyday life, the show will tell some hilarious tales of family life, fatherhood and even the simple joy of a hotel breakfast. (Credit: Supplied) Alongside his stand-up tours, Beckett is also the well-loved voiceover of Channel 4's Celebs Go Dating and the smash-hit podcast Parenting Hell. Speaking about the upcoming show, the comic said: 'Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour and back at Dubai Opera! Smashing the life out of the M25,M1, E11, E311 and any other road that's in my way.' 'Expectations on me: put on 3 stone from takeaways. Expectations of you: leave the gig happier than when you arrived.' Tickets for the show with GME Events go live on Thursday June 19 at 8am, with prices ranging from Dhs195. If you want to sit in the stalls and face the risk of being singled out in the crowd, the seats will cost anywhere up to Dhs395. From Dhs175. Thu Jan 22, from 6pm. Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai, (04 440 8888). In other Dubai news Four days on, three days off? Dubai's big work shake-up explained A four-day week is coming into effect next month Dubai Metro Blue Line: Here's where the 14 new stations will be located What to expect when the route arrives It's official: UAE announces Islamic New Year public holiday for all employees Calendars at the ready
