📢 I'm doing a load of "Work In Progress" shows over next few weeks, inc 2 weeks at
@edfringe
, to work up new material for my 2025 tour. WIP dates on my website, have a look . Also sign up to mailing list to get notified when 2025 tour tix go on sale!
Well. I guess I’m going to be spending my social isolation planning a mother of a wedding then! And yes, that is a concrete ring because I don’t do dainty but I do bloody love concrete... (Something here about cementing a relationship). Bit of happy news amongst the madness eh?
Look
@bbc
I am a big fan of you - but this STAYCATION shit HAS TO STOP. It is a hill I will die on. A holiday in Britain is a HOLIDAY. A STAYCATION is when you stay in your own house but do things that you would usually do on holiday.
Today I got the diagnosis I knew in my heart was coming of ADHD. At the ripe old age of 44, after more than 2 decades of misdiagnoses, suddenly my life makes some sense. Relief doesn't begin to cover it. Here's to embracing some neurodiversity and moving on up.
Thanks for your lovely (mostly) comments re House Of Games this week. The mute button is getting a good workout tonight on the not so kind folk. But I’m in sunny Lanzarote while they are getting all red faced & angry at a girl on a telly show who won’t pretend to be stupid. I win
David Cameron was the kid that whined until you let him have a go on your favourite toy, immediately broke it, then fucked off back to his big house full of expensive toys leaving you playing with a broken toy forever - and he never said sorry. This is all because of him
Hi
@O2
I’m a customer and I’d prefer to donate my outtage refund to charity. I reckon if even just 1 million of the 32 million customers you are having to refund were up for that something really good could come out of what happened. So how do we make that happen please? Ta
Haha, several men (and they’re all men) calling me a liar or cheat about my Wordle in 1 is so funny. There’s no talent to getting a Wordle in 1! 2 yes, but not 1. It’s just luck that it was the word I always start with. Why on Earth would I lie? And why are they so cross?! 😂
My friend Amanda just referred to not waxing a bikini line as having “the full English” as opposed to a Hollywood or Brazilian and if we don’t get this into the lexicon by end of today then we’ve failed her
Had 1st vaccine on Sun - felt bit yuck on Monday, but yesterday, still felt tired and headachey and weird. But oddly, so did the fella. And he had his vaccine the week before. Maybe we'd picked up a bug?
Anyway, turns out we've been accidentally drinking decaf for 3 days...
All the people giving it "if you don't like the union jack, you don't have to live here" - where do they think people can just go? YOU TOOK THE AUTOMATIC RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN 27 OTHER COUNTRIES AWAY
He did it! My ace husband ran coast to coast in 7 days, 192 miles, carrying a pebble from St Bees all the way to Robin Hood’s Bay for
@Sarcoma_UK
in memory of our mate Phil Jerrod. I am so, so proud. You can still donate here ❤️🏃♂️
RIP Meatloaf. Thank you for giving me some of my best memories of my Dad, rocking our hearts out in the car. He loved your music, I pretended not to for years. But I did. I do. Not a guilty pleasure, a pleasure 🎸❤️
If you’re more offended by Miriam Margolyes saying “fuck you” re Jeremy Hunt on R4 than you are about his party’s insidious policies, contempt for poor people and their determination to save their own arses at the cost of everyone that’s isn’t well off, then definitely fuck YOU
Yes. Yes I did take my
@richardosman
#houseofgames
trophy all the way to Belfast so that I could produce it during my speech at my brother’s wedding to rub it in that I have one and he doesn’t. Because that’s how a big sister rolls…
I love my husband dearly but I’ve just discovered that he has a huge chunk of his only Easter egg left. From last weekend. It’s just not right, I think I have to leave him
We are all in an abusive relationship with a narcissistic government. We’ve been repeatedly lied to, isolated from our friends and allies (Brexit), and told we’re just overreacting to something inconsequential. I’ve seen narcissistic abuse close up, this is precisely what it is.
I accidentally looked at an article about advice for over 40s brides. And I can say with absolute certainty that it can all fuck right off. I do not want to be elegant and timeless. I want to be loud, fun and a little bit trashy
Put a glass over the spider in the hotel bathroom when I got up for a wee this morning. Took a moment to work out what to do with it as window doesn’t open very wide. Then realised it was yesterday’s fake eyelashes…
I feel strongly about this because there are lots of people who cannot afford holidays abroad any year, stop downgrading the holidays they have in the UK. I never went abroad as a kid, but we had the best HOLIDAYS in the UK
We completed Mock The Week. I swallowed a fly on it, fell on my arse on it and learnt more about space than I ever wanted to on it. See ya Mock The Week, you’ve been a joy and thanks for having me
It would be easy to infiltrate Stormy Daniels' bank account to see if she was paid hush money. We already know her mother's maiden name was Daniels and her first pet was called Stormy
#TrumpIndictments
On Saturday we had to say goodbye to one of my best friends, the incomparable Phil Jerrod. One of the most loving, funniest and most creative people I’ve known. All my thoughts are with Beck, your beloved wife. I love you Phil, life won’t be the same again. Utterly heartbroken
Cheers for lovely comments re
#houseofgames
. To the people saying I should let the others have a chance a) how patronising b) as a working class girl with this accent I’ve fought all my life to prove I’m not stupid, fucked if I’m going to pretend to be for your entertainment!
Solidarity with nurses today. They put their lives on the line during the pandemic, they need to be paid fairly. We need our nurses to be motivated and valued, not worn into the ground. MPs that claim expenses for every little thing calling them greedy is just obscene.
#nurses
He keeps bringing up the vaccines. That the gov may have had some success in another area doesn't cancel out breaking the law. Or does it now? Next time I get a speeding ticket, can I get away with it if I remind the officer that I won all 5 days on House of Games?
#pmqs
Mock The Week has been a massive part of my comedy life, thanks for having me along for the ride. I've made many memories and many friends, and will be so sad to wave it off. On the bright side, I had LITERALLY just run out of ideas for unlikely things to hear in an action film
BREAKING: The beloved comedy panel show Mock The Week has been axed after 17 years.
Presenter and comedian Dara O’Briain confirmed the news, sarcastically saying the ‘UK has finally run out of news’.
My wonderful and absurdly talented friend Jenny made our wedding cake. We know she is brilliant and told her to just go for it and make the cake she wanted to make. Well...I think it might be the best wedding cake you have ever seen
Sent pal a box of chocs for Xmas. She just called to thank me. Apparently when they arrived she thought they were contact lenses so they’ve been shoved in a bathroom cabinet for weeks. Only found out when she took them to optician appt! Reckon she needs a stronger prescription
I’ve had a busy birthday filming
#mocktheweek
but I’m in my hotel room now reading my lovely birthday messages and I’m full of cake and beer. 45 is feeling alright so far
Utterly heartbroken to have to say goodbye to Jeremy Hardy. He was so very kind and supportive of me, I’ve had so many laughs sat next to him on the News Quiz and even more in the pub afterwards. So much love and strength to his family. Night Jeremy, cheers for the laughs xxx
I think the point we are all missing in our analysis of Johnson’s Hulk comments is that THE INCREDIBLE HULK IS A FUCKING FICTIONAL COMIC BOOK CHARACTER AND SHOULD NOT BE A GO TO ANALOGY FOR A PRIME MINISTER’S STRATEGY FOR ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS IN LIVING MEMORY
We’re seeing the results of having a government soaked in privilege. If you live a charmed life, jeopardy doesn’t really exist in anything you do. You throw money at your mistakes & make them right. They simply weren’t equipped for a situation they couldn’t posh their way out of
The
#DontLookYourAgeChallenge
can absolutely do one. Celebrate the age you are however old you look. It means you’re not dead yet. Stop fetishising youth. I was shit at being young, I’m fucking awesome at being 44
I’ve had so many lovely messages & comments about this on News Quiz that to be honest it’s overwhelmed me a bit, so apologies for not responding individually. It’s so vital to acknowledge the truth about how victims do react rather than how non victims think they should react
Lots of people have asked if we can share the bit of
@AngelaBarnes
talking about proposals to ask victims of sexual assault to hand over their phones to police, last week. Here it is.
People really need to learn that when they reply to a tweet, all the people mentioned in the original post are tagged in. Either they don't realise or a lot of people that watch teatime quiz shows are real assholes that think their shitty opinions of us need to be seen by us...
These past few days have been an emotional rollercoaster. Marrying my best friend on the day I lost a best friend. Thanks for all your kind words, the one thing I have felt so strongly since Saturday is pure love…
Can't wait for all the tweets I'll be tagged in later asking why Frankie Boyle isn't on the final episode of Mock The Week, not one of them considering that he might not want to do it because he LITERALLY HAS HIS OWN BBC SATIRICAL COMEDY SHOW. Each one of those tweets turns me on
Oh my, the much adored and missed Linda and Jeremy on the first episode of Mock The Week - I am such a massive Linda Smith fan, watching her on the first episode, I would never have believed that I would follow in her footsteps and be on the last.
To the lady in the queue for chips at Newport Comedy festival of whom I enquired where she bought her lovely top. I am now also proud owner of said top and it will be my top of the summer. Thank you
To the woman in the Burgess Hill big Tesco car park who just did the thing where you were driving off a bit every time your boyfriend tried to get in the car, you proper made my day. I can still see his face all “don’t be a knobhead” “Babe!” While you grinned. It was joyous
Keep composing angry tweets about Matt Hancock and deleting them because what’s the fucking point? Utterly self serving piece of shit that shouldn’t be anywhere near public office
Thanks for all your lovely messages about me missing Mock the week - I am fine, results just back and negative for Covid, just regular old winter bug, but it was better to be safe than sorry
Fun fact for fun fact fans. I am filming
@MockTheWeek
tonight - this episode means I will have chalked up more appearances than any other female comedian since the show began.
#funfact
The entitlement and arrogance of someone hanging on in a public service job that they have proved themselves not to be worthy of holding. Damn, I feel bad if i stay in a cafe too long after I've finished my cup of tea
Goodnight Barry. As I’m a R4 comedy nerd, you were an integral part of my comedy education. And you were so encouraging and kind when I got to work with you. Barry Cryer telling you he likes your jokes is quite a feeling. A proper British comic legend
Wow. Overwhelmed by the absolute love and support I've been getting here today. Blown away. Thank you for restoring my faith in social media. This place isn't always a human bin fire, it has the best people too.
My first 3 celebrity crushes in my young life were, in order:
Kenny Everett
George Michael
Philip Schofield
I had good taste, but a snowball’s chance in hell...
Guy serving me in the bakers just told me he thinks I’m the youngest person ever to order an Eccles cake. Made me sad for young people, go have a bloody Eccles cake, you’re missing out! NB: this was on South Coast, I’m sure it’s not the case in the North West
#eccles
If someone told me they were having an illegal and potentially career ending party, I’d expect it to look considerably more fun than this. Real coffee morning at the community centre energy here
Thanks for all your lovely tweets! I’m genuinely overwhelmed by how lovely you all are. I would let you touch my trophy but you have to get past my Tina first...
#HouseOfGames
I won’t hesitate or deviate but I will repeat that Nicholas Parsons is a bona fide legend. I’m so honoured to have met and worked with him and it‘s a sad, sad (repetition of sad) day for radio comedy. Goodnight Sir, you will be missed
Please don’t try to mansplain grammar to me. “Practice” is the noun and “practise” is the verb. So I practise my skating (practise is the verb in this sentence). I do my skating practice (practice is the noun in this sentence). By all means come for my typos, but not my grammar
My fella just said he was going to make us an “adult coffee”. I’m 90% sure he means he’s going to put whisky in it, but I’m 10% worried he means he’s going to stir it with his willy...
Remember your hairdressers and pub staff have a lot of pressure on them today. Give them a chance to get back in the swing of it. Stick to rules whether you like them or not, it’s people’s livelihoods at stake and DON’T BE A DICK, yeah? Good. Then we’ll get to have nice things
Got so much I should get done today. But I just can’t. Here’s to all of us today who just can’t. We’re living through a pandemic, so sometimes we just can’t. So I’m telling myself it’s OK if you just can’t today. That’s what tomorrows are for.
Not only is her hat handily blocking her view of her husband, it is also an artful representation of the red wine sloshed up the walls of number 10 during one of their parties…
In my experience the "we didn't make this fuss about the summer of 1976" brigade have literally banged on about how hard the summer of 1976 was every summer since. That's quite a fuss. Heatwaves kill, be sensible, and don't be a dick about people being trying to be sensible
I’m not sure how useful historical precedents are here. Yes May and Thatcher went after a better result in their confidence votes. But they weren’t narcissistic sociopaths who wanted to win at ANY cost. I might fundamentally disagree with their morals, but arguably they had some