Bob Mortimer shared the cringeworthy moment he met the late Sinead O’Connor in his autobiography.
The comedian put pen to paper to detail the embarrassing moment that her beauty left him fumbling all over the place.
In light of her recent death, which was announced on Wednesday (July 26) by her family, a fan took to Twitter to share a passage from Bob’s book.
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A fan wrote: “When Bob Mortimer met Sinead O’Connor. I’m roaring laughing at this story from his autobiography ‘And Away…’”
They page read: “O’Connor sometime in the early 90s. I had been filming a comedy entertainment show in central London in which tonight it appeared all of the boys I was there with were in quite disbelief about how beautiful she was in the flesh.
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“After the show, Jim, Jools Holland and I kind of queued up to chat to her as she stood at the bar. When my turn came, I fell to pieces in the face of her radiants and blurted out, ‘Hi, Sinead. Do you have a local shop near to where you live?’ She politely answered, ‘Yes’. And then she turned away. It still hurts to think of it.”
Fans flocked underneath the post, with one writing: “I’ve listened to him tell the story on his audiobook too. The accent makes it even funnier!”
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A second added: “He’s a legend. simple as that.”
While a third penned: “One of the most beautiful women in the world, but she refused to trade it for fame, almost as if she felt there were more important things. Respect to her.”
“She was my neighbour in Golders Green, and yes, there were shops nearby. Quite a few, in fact. And Brent Cross SC not too far away either,” a fourth posted.
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A fifth put: “What a fantastic autobiography it is – just a gorgeous human x”
“At least he didn’t trip her up! A ‘Vibe For Philo’ gig, sometime in the mid to late 90’s, I was sat at my table, waiting for the next act to come on stage, when someone tripped over my outstretched legs. I went to to help them up, and it was Sinéad O’Connor! (who performed later)” a sixth shared.
One more tweeted: “Such a brilliant, witty read, much like the @RealBobMortimer himself.”
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