'Must be a mistake' Joanna Lumley 'burst into tears' when she was awarded Damehood

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“I burst into tears. It was such a shock because my whole life I was so thrilled I had an OBE and I thought it was fabulous."The actress continued: “I thought that was just as much as a person could ever want. “So, I thought, A, there must be a mistake.

B, it was just overwhelming.”“Now I’m completely unbearable, I must just warn you,” Joanna quipped.Elsewhere, last month, the Falling for Figaro star made headlines when she said that people were jumping on the mental illness bandwagon as she encouraged them to have a “stiff upper lip”.

The No Room for Secrets author declared that there was a distinct difference between those who struggle with emotions such as grief compared to those who are “properly clinically depressed”.The discussion arose during Joanna’s appearance on GB News last month when TV presenter Isabel Oakeshott asked about the many mental health charities the 75-year-old is currently working with. "I have to say – this is a horrible thing to say – but I think the mental health thing is being overplayed at the moment because anybody who is even remotely sad says they have got mental problems,” Joanna expressed.“You go, ‘This is what is called being human.’ “When someone dies and you grieve, that’s human.That’s what being a human is.

You’re not mentally ill."Joanna argued that people “jumping on the mental illness bandwagon” were ultimately belittling those who were seriously struggling with the health condition.