Reece Shearsmith, who grew up in Hull, recently appeared on the hit Dish Waitrose podcast, which is one of our favourites. On the show, he discussed his ‘Gossip Club’ with fellow Yorkshireman Bob Mortimer and actor and comedian Matt Berry. He discussed how they meet up for a meal and have a gossip (like we all do).
“We meet. Me him, and Matt Berry meet for meals. And, it’s the few times that I think Bob goes out in a year. And we talk, we have our ‘gossip club’, which is where we just chat about people, we find, find themselves at the lucky table. And don’t really deserve it.”
The tease just made me want to be at the table, and I don’t think I’m the only one, as Angela said: “I’d love to hear that one”. Shearsmith said people have asked if he wants to make a programme about it, to which he exclaimed: “Are you kidding?!”
Shearsmith was on the podcast to talk about his book, Things I Took From the Dark: The Museum Of Me, inspired by his collection of artefacts and due to be published next Thursday (8th October).
Whilst on the podcast, he also talked about how he got to know his wife in an unconventional way – in a coffin. They were both on an educational project, touring a play called Neighbours With Long Teeth at schools in Germany to teach people English.
“The story was about acceptance and there were vampire neighbours, and the people next door didn’t like them. So, it was me meeting the vampire Filthia – that was her name – and that was Jane, she was playing the vampire. And we had a bit where we’re in a coffin, so we— and we just got very close in that coffin. And then the next thing is I married it.”
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