Sarah Millican: The Biography of the Funniest Woman in Britain by Tina Campanella

Author:Tina Campanella
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781782196846
Publisher: John Blake
Published: 2013-10-01T04:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

A Walk On The Wild Side

‘Meet Chief Brody, who is settling in nicely. Though my slippers appear to be the enemy…’

By summer 2009 Sarah already had a wide and growing fan base. Not all of them could travel to Edinburgh to see her second Fringe run, Typical Woman, so they must have been pleased to hear a familiar voice on the television half way through August.

The busy comedian had somehow found the time to fit yet another TV appearance into her busy schedule. And it’s safe to say this one would be remembered as one of her favourites – as it involved things that were small and furry…

Sarah had always been a pet lover and often talked about her encounters with the animal kingdom on stage. ‘I sometimes get lonely, and I think I could do with an animal – a pet would be nice,’ she mused in one show. ‘If I could have any animal I would probably have a cat, but I can’t have a cat because my boyfriend’s allergic.’ She paused and her face fell in mock sadness…

It was a stage move Sarah had truly perfected, and she often employed it to great effect in her performances. Fresh-faced and innocent looking, you couldn’t help but feel for her in those silent moments. The audience was duly sympathetic…

‘So I can’t have a cat till we split up,’ Sarah continued, instantly brightening. ‘Most people don’t have something to look forward to at the end of a relationship – I can’t wait till he starts f***ing other women: “I’m off to the pet shop, sod off…”’

Once the audience had finally stopped laughing, she went on to tell them about how being one of her childhood pets could at times be a little bit dangerous. ‘I always loved them a little bit too much,’ she said menacingly. ‘There’s a name for people like me – it’s hamster squeezer.’

‘I love them so much,’ she said, wrinkling her face up. ‘Have you ever stroked a dog so much you can see the whites of its eyes? And then when you stroke along its back, its little back legs buckle under the pressure? I do worry about my boyfriend… Because I love him so much…’

Along the same lines, she has also admitted to quite a peculiar fetish – gorilla fancying. In an interview with Brighton magazine L7, she said: ‘I did see a gorilla at Chester Zoo that I quite fancied. I like a hairy man! It just gave me a look and I thought: “It’s been a long time since anybody’s looked at me like that.” I went back recently and it was still there. Not married yet. No ring on its finger!’

It wasn’t the only time she has talked about her passion for gorillas – or hairy men either, for that matter. Her love for the jungle beasts pops up from time to time in her current stand-up routines even now.

I’ve already mentioned that when Sarah was freshly divorced, one of her colleagues regularly sent her funny animal pics to make her laugh.

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