Emily Maitlis received ‘surreal’ text from Dominic Cummings on Newsnight row ‘Crazy stuff'

Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis was the star behind her memorable cameo in ITV comedy Benidorm.The singer made the appearance in a 2018 episode, which saw John Challis' character Monty sing the song China In Your Hand hilariously out of tune onstage - much to Carol's feigned horror.She has now revealed exclusively to Daily Star that the late Only Fools star personally approached her for the role - and shared an insight into the sweet video John Challis' wife sent to her afterwards."The late, lovely John Challis, he was in it [Benidorm] and he got in touch with me," said Carol."He said 'my character has to sing China In Your Hand really badly in an episode of Benidorm and I think it would be hilarious if you were in the club."So the director said, 'you're on a hen night, you all come barrelling in to this club, and there onstage is John murdering China In Your Hand. You don't have to sing, you just have to look horrified.""That's what we did and it was just really, really fun."She also revealed the heartwarming dedication that John Challis had put into learning the song especially for the episode and the sweet gift that she received after her appearance, saying: "His wife sent me video footage of him learning the song in his hotel room, which was very touching."Asked if she would ever consider making any further cameos on TV, there was one programme that the star revealed that she would love to appear in - The Masked Singer."I'd love to, but I haven't been asked," said Carol, adding: "I'm surprised I haven't been asked, but I haven't been approached yet.

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Tatler, Emily revealed: "[Dominic Cummings] sent me a text of support.

Dominic Cummings texted her a message of support after she was slammed for her Newsnight monologue.The TV presenter sparked controversy in May with her summing up of his lockdown row.In the monologue, Emily said the Prime Minister’s chief adviser had ‘broken the rules, the country can see that, and it’s shocked the Government cannot’.The BBC later said the episode ‘did not meet our standards of due impartiality’ and claimed it belonged ‘more on the op-ed page in a newspaper’.But Emily said Dominic wasn’t too bothered by the furore and ‘sent me a text of support’.‘It was peak surreal getting a message of support from him in the middle of all the crazy stuff’ she said in Tatler’s September issue.Emily said she had more support from viewers

Emily Maitlis has revealed that she received a "text of support" from Number 10 chief adviser Dominic Cummings after she accused him of breaking lockdown rules in a controversial Newsnight speech.

Prince Andrew's team was initially happy with his disastrous Newsnight interview, presenter Emily Maitlis has revealed.

Radio Times. "At the time, I felt like a father standing outside the labour ward waiting to hear news,” she recalled.Fortunately, this was not the case as Prince Andrew sat down with Emily for an in-depth discussion.The interview - which took a year to plan - was aired to viewers last year.Emily admitted she knew her interview with Prince Andrew would be "explosive" within minutes of their chat.“First, he was tackling the subject matter head on," the Newsnight presenter said as an example.The BBC Two host explained the "level of detail" within the interview was "unlike anything I was expecting".She added: "It was just astonishing to be in that room listening.

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