Paul O’Grady says he was chatted up by Ben Hur movie legend Charlton Heston while dressed as Lily Savage. The Hollywood icon mistook Paul’s loudmouthed, blonde-haired alter-ego Lily for a real woman at an Oscars party, he says.
TV presenter and DJ Paul, 65, says he was at the Oscars in 1996 when confused Heston began flirting with him at a finger buffet.
Paul was clutching a sausage roll when he was buttonholed by the actor, who won an Oscar for his title role in 1959 gladiator epic Ben Hur.
Would you chat up Lily Savage at a finger buffet? Have your say below Paul, then 40, was dressed as Lily for a skit on 1990s Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast, then hosted by Gaby Roslin.
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