If it wasn't for comedian Les Dennis, we probably wouldn't know who the heck Amanda botoxface Holden was (er, thanks Les). The couple married back in the dark ages (OK, 1995), she rose to fame and then, er, went off with actor Neil Morrissey. Lovely. So we were rather pleased to see Les back on brilliant form in new play Eurobeat* last night – and taking an unscripted pop at his ex. When trying to get the audience to cheer loudly during the play (which is all about Eurovision), co-star Mel Giedroyc said, "Imagine Simon Cowell strangling Amanda Holden!" which got massive cheers from the audience, who all waited with baited breath for Les' reaction. But with perfect comic timing, Les simply said, "Amanda who?" bringing the house down. Round one to Les – over to you, Amanda...
*heatworld went to see Eurobeat last night and can report it is ruddy brilliant – click here for more info and to buy tickets for the tour.
If it wasn't for comedian Les Dennis, we probably wouldn't know who the heck Amanda botoxface Holden was (er, thanks Les). The couple married back in the dark ages (OK, 1995), she rose to fame and then, er, went off with actor Neil Morrissey. Lovely. So we were rather pleased to see Les back on brilliant form in new play Eurobeat last night – and taking an unscripted pop at his ex. When trying to get the audience to cheer loudly during the play (which is all about Eurovision), co-star Mel Giedroyc said, "Imagine Simon Cowell strangling Amanda Holden!" which got massive cheers from the audience, who all waited with baited breath for Les' reaction. But with perfect comic timing, Les simply said, "Amanda who?" bringing the house down. Round one to Les – over to you, Amanda...Les takes a pop at Amanda