My male nurse who has been looking after me all day - is going home where he takes care of his grandmother who is 99 and has dementia, some people are just better people.
Ok, whats the betting that once all this is over and the day comes when we can all leave the house and roam free, it will be utterly pissing it down? And some of us will say, ' fuck this, I'm not going out in this weather'
I saw my mother today - she has dementia, first thing she said when she saw me , โ thatโs my handbagโ she was right - Iโd โborrowedโ it ages ago
Utterly sick of the constant spotlight on foot ball in the news - whenโs it coming back blah blah? And yet theatre/ music/ comedy venues and the entire hospitality industry donโt get a fucking look in
new nana on the block, as of 21st July 2022, born incredibly quickly, at Kings College hospital, a brand new South londoner, Arlo Jude, King of babies.
My 90 yr old ma says โ Iโd like to make a shepherds pie, but I havenโt any onionsโ. Me โIโve got onions, Iโm going to throw you an onion and with any luck it will land in your front gardenโ(she lives 200 miles away). I pretend to throw an onion. My mother says, โA dog got itโ
I have covid again - caused a great deal of cancelled work, stress and hassle - Iโm gutted - the rules now are v vague but having recently had a non covid virus for 6 wks - I firmly believe that if you are unwell with something contagious- you keep the fuck away from people
Healthy young people please fucking stop sitting in priority seats on tubes and buses also donโt sit in the seats where the mums with buggies need to sit - and if I ask you to move so a v old man can sit down - donโt tell me to fuck off - you can fuck off - ok
my extraordinarily brave 88 year old mum spent 90 minutes trapped in a small lift yesterday and the first person she phoned was her hairdressers to apologize for being late.
Struggling today, underestimated how id feel post op and everything is awful and everyone is having such a tough time and I didnโt think Iโd have this much pain - ps Iโll be fine in a bit, but Iโve never been through anything like this before and Iโm a bit shocked
Idea - there is a weatherspoons pub with a big ( now empty)car park more or less opp Kings College hospital- surely this could be handed over to NHS critical care staff?
Yes that was me on regent street yelling โWankersโ many times at the car full of anti vax fuckwits with a megaphone on top of the car spouting anti vaccine bullshit
Apparently Iโve been mentioned on goggle box for advertising Vagisan ( either me or Su Pollard?) May I just say at this point in history I am fucking grateful for that campaign because with luck the money will keep me going when just about everything else has gone
I donโt get the crap being dumped on this young female tennis player - seriously- sheโs anxious/ doesnโt like playing with the media - leave her alone to do her tennis - thatโs her job , not the other rubbish
Sudden huge rage at the utter shitness of everything- almost uncontrollable anger, would like to smash stuff up- many things ( but not my things) agh fuck and shit, goodnight, it might be better in the morning, but right now I want to see my mother.
How unbelievably shit things are and we thought the pandemic was the v worst that could happen and it was awful, but this is cruelty on purpose and itโs unbelievable and unbearable
Sometimes when that ghastly man was on telly - I used to tweet, โthere he is again, that ghastly manโ - I never mentioned him by name, and wonโt now, but he is utterly ghastlyโ
I caught a virus/ bug/something three weeks ago ( not covid, poss RSV), stayed in bed for 11 days, coughed to the point of incontinance, had an adverse reaction to some antibiotics, thought I was going mad, watched lots of Love Island and finally, today I feel properly human
Trouble is so many unmasked people in this bus with v suspicious coughs -v hard to let go of two years of tension over this- im still masked btw which might seem daft when Iโve just had it - I donโt know?
The alopecia gag was unnecessary and ugly and so was the reaction- but I kind of understand what made both blokes do both those things- I suspect they both feel like shit today
I think everyone looks so beautiful in this - itโs really well made and the whacking the elf off the roof is brilliant- not everything has to be cute at Xmas and kids need to know the elf on a shelf is a massive twat
Re buying Nars โorgasmโ blusher, thinking of launching own make range with rouges called โthree flights of stairsโ pinkโ and โsmall fart in supermarket blushโ- maybe a really dark pink called โdangerous blood pressure vermillionโ
Thinking about my career - the thing that makes me most content is the fact that itโs only thanks to advertising Vagisan moisture cream that I have any pension whatsoever
Im embarrassed that until this week I didnโt know what the flag of ๐บ๐ฆ looked like or itโs national flower -the ๐ป - how sad that it has taken a war to teach me these things
Without spoilers - can I say
#Taskmaster
was an utter ride - one of the best TV experiences in my life - huge laughs with the best people - I hope the new cast have just as much fun - showbiz can be quite shit and lonely, T M is the opposite of that - I had a ball, thank you x
I am not going out tonight - I couldnโt think of anything worse - Iโm doing a beef casserole and have booze, films and the old man by the fire - take care all
Thank you everyone who has sent kind messages about June - Iโve been overwhelmed and very grateful. Dementia is a very shit illness - so love to everyone who is dealing with the realities and difficulties of it right now.
Genuinely cannot understand why massive art galleries are having to close, timed entrance tickets have made visits feel loads safer than going to my local Sainsburys. All this is so shit isnt it and i know many people couldnt give a fuck about galleries, but ...
I have bought some linen Dungarees- this is a dangerous move - when they arrive I shall give you a fashion show and you will tell me whether I look fun in a meryl streep โ Mama Mia โway - or like a fucking idiot-
Years ago I did that mad โcelebrityโ diving show โSplashโ and Tom Daley actually took the time to do a bit poolside coaching / chatting - he was limitlessly charming / utterly adorable / beyond handsome and totally deserving of all the medals ๐ฅ
I did Iโm a celeb 11 years ago now. Came third - got some cash, a panto and 12 months of loose women out of it, then back to the drawing board! No regrets!
Trying not to cry in hotel room because my fucking Nandoโs order hasnโt turned / completely vanished and then I remember thereโs a fucking war and feel like crying harder - Iโm in my pyjamas and I have an avocado, a baby bel and a teaspoon - which I would happily kill Putin with
I seem to have developed a second stomach - like a lobster - one is high up - under my bosom the other is under my knicker line - both bulge very badly - my mother just prodded the top one with her stick and said - get rid of that one first!
Royal Mail apparently tried to deliver a parcel today to my temp address-but no one was in - itโs a hotel with a 24 hour reception - so thatโs bollocks
Loved The Split ( bbc) but can we quit the โ if you have been affectedโ etc voice over rubbish - can we stop pretending this country has decent mental health facilities, itโs one of the biggest lies that we are constantly fed -that there are adequate safely nets -itโs crap
Oh no, Barry Crier died, oh no, the saddest news- how we will all miss our birthday phone calls, the funniest and best and the only man to dance with in a Chinese restaurant- so loved, so admired
Collating photos for a thing and suddenly the pain of missing my mother is like being hit in the heart with a truncheon- I was fine when it happened in January but now and again it floors me
The high street will not recover if people donโt feel safe shopping - I feel safer if everyone in the shop who can is wearing a mask - I donโt want to be in indoor spaces with unmasked strangers at the moment- this behaviour is driving people online even more
MASSIVE EXCITEMENT in Dulwich park - a woodpecker in a tree loud as you like - flash of red on him and smaller than youโd imagine - everyone stood and pointed and it was GREAT
My grandson is 11 months old and has had feeding difficulties since weaning began at 6 months - he has just been treated for massive tongue tie - a worry that had previously been dismissed by a number of professionals- this has caused massive stress- mums - your instinct counts
Hence I wonโt be on Sunday brunch tomorrow- whatever the rules are - Iโm not going to be responsible for potentially making other people sick - see you on the other side
Just had a melt down on the steps of Oxford Circus tube - listen guys - if you are young and fit and you see a woman about your nums age struggling with a suitcase it is VERY ok to offer help
Of course Iโm jabbed ( both) my conflict is over coming out of restrictions when infection rates are so high, Iโm a huge believer in vaccines ( my mother was crippled by polio) I just worry about the next few weeks going wrong