John Bishop Recollects Embarassing Madame Tussauds Incident

John Bishop Recollects Embarassing Madame Tussauds Incident

John Bishop has admitted he had a humbling expertise when he paid a latest go to to Madame Tussaud’s.

Throughout an interview on the New Yr’s Eve particular of The Graham Norton Present, the comedian revealed that “about 15 years in the past Madame Tussauds requested if they may make a mannequin of me for the leisure part in Blackpool”.

So, when he arrived within the metropolis as a part of his most up-to-date comedy tour, John mentioned he “thought it could be enjoyable to go and have an image with it”.

“I requested at reception if they’d a ‘John Bishop’, and the man mentioned. ‘Mate, we’ve not had that right here for 3 or 4 years’,” he recalled.

John added: “I assumed it was humorous – as a result of I’ve been melted down for the subsequent era of well-known folks. That’s showbiz!”

John Bishop and his wax figure in 2015
John Bishop and his wax determine in 2015

However John isn’t the one well-known face with an unlucky story about their wax likeness (or, in his case, lack thereof).

Earlier this yr, Perrie Edwards revealed she’d visited Madame Tussauds together with her two-year-old son Axel, so he may see her wax statue for the primary time.

Nonetheless, as soon as he bought to Little Combine’s likenesses within the museum, he had different issues on his thoughts.

“We walked over and he went, ‘that’s Mamma!’ I went, ‘yeah, what do you suppose?’,” she mentioned. “Earlier than I may end my ‘what do you suppose?,’ he was like, ‘I need to go sit on aunty Leigh-Leigh’s knee’,” Perrie continued, referring to bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s personal wax determine.

“I used to be like, ‘proper, how very dare you! Properly, you’ll be able to’t sit on them as a result of they’re manufactured from wax, so that you’ll have to come back and stand with me on the facet’.”

John Bishop is joined by fellow star friends Robbie Williams, Rami Malek and Motsi Mabuse on the New Yr’s Eve particular of The Graham Norton Present, airing on 31 December at 10.25pm on BBC One.




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Daniel Welsh , 2024-12-20 09:59:00