Greg Davies reveals 'humiliating' chip shop encounter with Sophie Ellis Bextor’s mum
ok.co.ukNever Mind the Buzzcocks host Greg Davies has opened up about his most embarrassing celebrity encounters - including the time he met his famous crush, Blue Peter star Janet Ellis.
The comedian told OK! that he ran into Janet - who is the mum of singer Sophie Ellis Bextor - in a chip shop, but ended up "humiliating" himself. "I met Janet Ellis once in a fish and chip shop.
I used to have a terrible crush on her, all throughout my childhood," he said. "Then I finally met her and said something humiliating, I think chips based, that guaranteed I would never end up in the relationship I craved." Janet Ellis, 67, rose to fame as a face of children's TV in the 70s and 80s, hosting Blue Peter for four years before appearing on The Wright Stuff, Just the Two of Us, The Great Garden Challenge, The Weakest Link and Antiques Road Trip.
He added that he went on to meet her daughter Sophie and told her of his unrequited love for her mum. "I met her daughter Sophie on a show once and told her I fancied her mum and she rolled her eyes and said ‘everyone does,'" he said.
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