Dame Maureen Lipman has ruled out a return to ‘Celebrity Gogglebox’. The 75-year-old actress decided to leave the Channel 4 show as she claims bosses cut a number of comical scenes featuring her and co-star, broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth.
She told the Radio Times magazine: "I went in imagining that they wanted me for my wit and my brain. Of course, they just want to show you willies and for you to be shocked. "Honestly, we were really funny together, but none of that was used.
And if they don't want to use what we gave them, f*** them. "It is from my point of view. I'm sure they'll put someone else with Gyles. " Former politician Gyles first appeared on the show in 2019 alongside Dame Sheila Hancock, 89, who was replaced by ‘Coronation Street’ star Maureen.
Gyles has previously backed Maureen's decision to depart the show, agreed the show's producers did not appreciate her sense of humour.
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