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episode. So the reason I'm I'm laughing
off the top like that is because I really mugged myself off
there. I normally have a wee table
beside me. Go to the video version of this
podcast if you don't already watch it for that moment where I
really mugged myself off. I I usually have a wee table
beside the sofa that I recorded the podcast on and I've moved
the table. By the way, this is such like.
Lockdown banter that I'm actually laughing at that.
If this happened normally it wouldn't be funny to me.
But yeah, I normally have a table there.
I forgot the table wasn't there, went to set my tea down and when
it would have been more embarrassing if I had to just
drop the cup and it had a smashed.
But but what happened is I kept feeling for the table and I just
kept going down and down and had to set my tea on the ground And
and I I'll be honest, I wish that hadn't happened.
I really wish that hadn't happened right at the top of the
episode. But we're just going to move on.
We're going to roll with it because that's what you've got
to do in lockdown. You've got to roll with it, you
know, blur guys, it's a, it's, it's a big episode for the
sippers. This is the, the Wednesday
episode of the podcast. You know by now we'll do a
Wednesday episode of Friday episode.
And if you're, if you're, if you're a big sipper on a Monday,
you get the Patreon episode patreon.com/T with me podcast.
You get that bonus Monday podcast.
Oh, you greedy buggers, Sip, sip today in, in in this episode,
I've got Jamie Lee O'Donnell from Derry Girls on the podcast,
which is great for a number of reasons #1 so many people asked
whenever I put out the call for guests, so many people asked,
can you get Jamie Lee O'Donnell from Derry Girls?
And we, we have done it. We have done it.
So I couldn't believe, you'll see from the chat I have over
there, but I couldn't believe this.
The first thing, the first podcast that that she's done and
you really wouldn't know. Just very, very easy to chat to.
Do you want, we're just, we're having a great run of guests
that are just so signed, so easy to chat to.
And you know, I think I've said before, I don't prepare anything
from this podcast. I mean, a lot of people listen
and go, no, we're we're acutely aware that that's obvious by the
podcast. But I, I don't like the plan
stuff because like just having a, a chat with a cup of tea, you
know, you just, you just chat about anything.
You find yourself going down different avenues.
So yes, I asked Jimmy Lee some questions about about Derry
girls and and how that sort of changed changed her life.
But but we ended up chatting about a lot of different things,
including Andy Peters torso. And that's that's what I want
from this podcast. You know, ultimately I want to
talk about Andy Peters physique, the TV presenter Andy Peters.
But it was. It was, it was really good.
Just really, really. Down to earth person, very easy
to chat to clearly works hard and and I think people will will
really enjoy this episode. I certainly record enjoyed.
I certainly enjoyed recording it.
OK, and that was a sentence that I found very, very difficult to
say. And that's why I'm I'm not a
successful actor because I can't say words and also because I
think tables are there when they're not all right.
Unless that is, that is what someone needs for an actor, you
know, in a role of someone's like, listen, we've got this
film, but this, this guy, this I'm like, tell me more about the
character. Well, this guy always thinks
there's there's tables and places that there's not, you
know, in which case I'm essentially the a young Mr.
Bean. Young Bean.
That's me. It was it was a real fun
episode. Before we get into before we get
into the episode, which I don't really, I didn't really say this
in the episode because as I say, we go off on tangents and we
ended up talking about a million and one different things.
And Derry Girls is very, very important to someone like me, a
writer, comedy performer from, from Northern Ireland, because
for years, years and years, like I've been trying to get stuff
made like TV and all that for, for so long.
And then and it's, it's, it's on.
Like I think it's on a good path now, but for a long time you
feel like you're banging your head against the brick wall.
And a lot of that was because anything that you saw on TV, you
know, especially comedy, it was coming from middle class
England, you know, like London, the and, and there was very
little, obviously you'd have exceptions like Gavin and
Stacey, but there was very little stuff coming out of what
TV people call the nations and regions.
So like Northern Ireland is considered like a region or
whatever. And there there's not much from
here on like network TV, you know, like Channel 4 or like the
main BBC channels. Obviously we, we have our own
stuff on the likes of BBC Northern Ireland, something I'm
part of, but but there's been nothing that's really broken
through from here in a long time or maybe ever, and certainly
nothing like Derry Girls. So whenever Derry Girls went on
the Channel 4 and and just blew up from from the from the day it
was on TV, it kind of just exploded.
And that's mad because you see so many shows that are out for a
while and then people go, you've been sleeping on this, you need
to watch this. You know, it's been out for
ages. You have to check it out.
Like Ozark at the minute, Like Ozark.
I enjoyed the first couple series and I don't watch it
anymore. Still think it's a really good
show, but I just don't really watch it.
But now there's so many people getting into that because of
lockdown. They're like, you got to check
out this show. Derry Girls from the night that
it went out was ahead just in what certainly felt like from
when it was broadcast, an overnight success.
And that was brilliant to see for so many reasons, for the
fact that it's from here, you know, written by Lisa McGee,
who's a local writer. It's cast from here as well.
I've been to Derry. You know what I mean?
No, people from Derry. And all of a sudden that world
is being represented on like a global scale because Derry Girls
isn't just big here in UK and Ireland, it's it's big all over
the place. You know, American people know
about it. People know about it in France.
Name a country, Uganda. I mean, I'm sure there's someone
in Uganda who absolutely loves it.
But it's important because for me, like trying to get stuff
made in TV or write scripts, all of a sudden I can go, well,
look, they've, they've done it. You know, they've Derry girls
almost opened the door, I think for a lot of stuff.
And I I definitely noticed from speaking to some TV people that
they all of a sudden are way more interested in the stuff
that's coming out of here. Like we did a thing for Channel
4. The Kieran Bartlett wrote Kieran
Bartlett, AK Bunter castles. Kieran wrote a thing for Channel
4I acted in it. Dave, you know, Dave, Dave was
in it couple other of her friends and and it did really
well. Now coronavirus kind of
discovered its development of it, but they are still hoping
that that could maybe go on Channel 4.
And I don't think that would have happened for a long time if
it wasn't for Derry. I feel like Derry girls just
accelerated all of that and made people way more interested in
what's coming from here. You know, all of a sudden
commissioners and stuff were like, well, what do you have
going on over there? You know, and all of a sudden
we're like, we have all this good stuff and people are way
more interested in it. So it, it really has opened the
door for so many people and, and so many shows and, and it's,
it's great. It's, it really is a cultural
phenomenon, you know, and, and it has done what everybody kind
of wants to do, which is, yes, it is based here, it's filmed
here, it's about here, it's about a very specific place.
Like Derry is almost like its own world.
Like I'm, I'm from Hollywood, which is close to Belfast.
Belfast and Derry are really different in terms of the
expressions people use all that kind of stuff.
They feel like their own their own places, but that humour is
able to translate everywhere. And that's, that's the goal.
I think that that is a serious achievement.
And that's because of the the writing and the acting in the
show and, and Jamie Lee stealing so many scenes, absolutely
brilliant comedy timing, such a such a great character.
That must have been a real fun character to play and, and it
was great to be able to just sit down, chat a bit about Derry
girls because I have my perceptions of what it would be
like to be in a show like that and how I imagine it it it, it
would change her life. So I wanted to ask her questions
about that. And then we talked, as I say,
about really stupid stuff. So hope you guys enjoy it.
I'll be back on Friday with a solo episode and then we'll have
a guest next Wednesday and we'll just, we'll just keep doing it
like that. The Patreon episode is out on a
Monday. Patreon.com/T with Me podcast
for for a bonus episode. I know where the tea is this
time as we go down to pick it up.
Just took me a long time to get it because it's on the floor.
This is the Jimmy Lee O'Donnell episode of the TV Me podcast.
Cheers guys. So Jimmy Lee, when I start off
interviewing guests, my first question is always do you drink
tea? How often do you drink tea and
makeup tea? Do you drink a day?
Do you take sugar with your tea? You're you haven't started with
tea in your hand. I don't know if you're if
there's a tea off camera or whatever.
There's a glass of water. So you're are you not a It's OK
if you're not like, you know, it's not going.
To No, I am because I don't just don't have a cup of tea.
No, no. No, no, no, no, don't worry.
Don't. Worry I'm a Logan like fake it.
Yeah, yeah. I mean, I just.
Natural. I just, I just like to find out
what people's the tea situation is just because.
You know, it's tea with me. I think tea brings people
together. So like how many cups would you
be on a day? So I used to never drink
caffeine. It just wasn't my thing at all.
So I've started drinking just like a cup of tea in the
morning. It's like a wee routine.
I want to say morning obviously is a term very loosely.
Let's be honest, it's still, it's still daytime.
You know what I mean? Cup of tea and then I might have
a wee coffee on there to see because I'm, I'm doing a lot of
writing at the moment. Again, I want to say a lot.
We're using these these time frames.
I do a page today. So you do a title, you put it in
bold on the line that you're like, bang, it's practically
scrapped. Put your name at one side.
You're like. 810 words. Number the.
You just number the pages. You're like done.
So when I'm doing things like that to have like a coffee,
because I think I feel snazzy. And at one point I thought I'd
love a pair of glasses just do this.
And then I thought, right, it must be really bored from trying
to sort of compromise me eyesight just so I look smarter.
Yeah. So that's that's where I'm at
with the the tea and caffeine situation.
So are you like, are you nudity? Like what?
What was the reason for not drinking caffeine?
Was it like a religious thing or anything?
It's obviously religious, No, but I I think years ago used to
drink a lot of coffee, like was it Yuri and stuff like that?
Because it's sort of things do you're like, I'm going to get a
coffee. So you just feel like a bit of a
GAK a bit. Of a what?
Bit of a gak. Is it a dairy thing?
Yes, what it must be a. Gak.
Have you never heard a GAK? What does it mean?
Well, gak can't be like if you're a gak, you sort of.
Why can't I never explain these things and I always use these
words a gacs like like an Egypt? OK, Yeah, I'm with you.
I'm with you do. You know what I mean?
Yeah, GAC. I like it though.
It's a very specific dairy Egypt, I suppose.
OK. OK.
Yeah, Yeah, I guess. But I get again, like with all
phrases of that, you can use them endearingly as well.
Do you know what I mean? Right, right, right.
So I I just stopped to just drunk too much.
I have a tendency to wrap the OR sort of everything.
Like if I like it, I'm like, right, I'm going to do it every
5 minutes for the rest of my life.
And then a weekend. It's the worst.
I don't know, with green tea I tried to drink 8 cups a day
because I had some really bad advice online. 8 cups a day.
Yeah, don't do that. Yeah, who?
Is the advice from because I feel like it wasn't a doctor?
The Internet. So it's not weird that sometimes
you read something on the Internet and you go, God, that's
like good advice, I should do that.
But sometimes it's just on a forum, you know what I mean?
It could just be, it could, could just be some guy in the
shed, you know? And I'm like, oh, fair enough.
I've got to take vitamin D now. You know what I don't know?
Why oral Day? You're like, I've never, ever.
I've never had it my entire life, but suddenly if I don't
drink 8 cups a day I'm going to collapse.
I mean, I didn't think we'd get this quickly into like you
clearly have a problem passed with tea, but 8 cups a day, what
what was the what were the side effects?
Though so it doesn't actually quite make it to 8 cups a day,
because who could? I'll be honest, I just thought
it was a really easy way to like, lose weight as most people
think they do. You know, this is years ago
without having to get off my arse and off the couch, like
just like 8 cups today. Anyway, it just falls off.
That doesn't happen obviously, but I just know if I drink it I
just instantaneously vomit. It's just it's.
Oh, well then, yeah. I mean, this is what is it's
apparently someone told me there's something in it that it
can do something to your stomach.
I don't know what it is, but but just I'm still, you know, just
if I have it, it's just like I did it on set one day years ago
on the job. I was on cup of green tea and I
was just sat there and it was just me on in the shot.
They lined up and obviously it takes ages and blah blah blah
and they're just sitting there and I was like and I could just
feel it common. I was like ha and had a run
vomit and just smiling. So I had a a problem on set
once. I was doing a thing for CBBC,
right and. OK, terrible place to have a
problem on set. Yeah, yeah, 'cause everyone's so
like, everyone's so happy and loving life and so enthusiastic.
And I was like, no, we need to panic here.
So I had AI had a problem because of something in
catering, but it wasn't, I wasn't going to bring it up, you
know what I mean? Like it was a different, it was
a different situation. It was a different problem,
yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah. Green tea can do that as well.
It's a nightmare. Well, I don't think I I think
I'd had like a soda with like bacon egg and something else.
And like I, I remember being halfway through a scene and mail
it on. No, and it was it was in an old
house. It was in this castle in Killie
Lay. And the weirdly, the toilets
didn't have like walls at the top.
Like you were going to those toilets and it's like a wall up,
but the wall doesn't go to the ceiling.
So there's a gap you get. A castle.
In a, in a, in an old castle. And I was in there and then
there was someone else from the production.
I didn't say what I was going to do was like, oh, can you excuse
me for a minute? Yeah.
And the director came out and said who?
Who's someone in there? And, and I lied and said I was
another actor. Who he was, He was a guy called
Lee from Bolton. And I put on a wee bit of an
accent and I was like, yes, Lee met and to to this day that the
rest was. Passed and he's like.
Lee I I told Lee about this and he was he was kind of OK about
it. He was kind of what's your,
what's your like lockdown situation then?
Are you? I mean, I just presume you live
in Derry, but you may what you could live literally anywhere in
the world. I have no idea.
I just. Well, let's just say I love
somewhere fancy in in our minds. But no, I'm in.
I'm in Derry at the moment, back home I because my sister has had
a baby as well. Oh nice, what you have.
Should it be geared? I know I'm well, can't say under
instruction. Instructions did not talk about
my family and friends. And then as soon as I'm on, I'm
like, by the way, here's all those two sentences.
Yeah. But yeah, so I mean, I haven't
actually physically seen her properly.
She came past in the car with the window up.
Yeah. Yeah, so it was about, it's a
bit strange, but but it's nice to be home.
And again, I suppose it's just nice to be somewhere familiar
with all the madness that's going on because actually I was
filming in South Africa about four days before the lockdown,
actually, well, about a week before the lockdown happened.
So I was doing a film there and I came back.
It was all sort of talked about. It was, I think it was in China
and I think it just was coming towards Italy.
But there wasn't any big measures in place and everybody
was, it was so sort of like, is this going to spread?
Is it that big of a deal, blah, blah, blah.
They were still concerned. We'll come into like SARS and
stuff and saying we didn't go that bad.
And then I got home and about 5 days later the lockdown
happened. I was like, jeez, thank.
God, at that point you're talking about everyone was just
on the Internet taking advice from forums, being like, I know.
They. Say if you if you cut a potato
in half and rub it on your elbows, you're not going to get
it. And then that's it.
After the potato, what was the What was said Africa?
What was said Africa like? Was that cool?
Going out and doing a film. It was amazing.
It was absolutely amazing. I stayed in like a wee town
outside Cape Town. It was called Stellenbosch and
it's one of the best wineries in the world.
So so. So I've just got into wine in
the last maybe six months again, somebody told me for health
benefits and I know this guy who's like APT and I met him to
like get like a bit of a consultation and he goes.
And there's like, wine. The two things, he said, he
goes, I would really consider getting into wine.
And there was, it was something else like like that, you know,
and, and he's like, honestly, red wines really good for you.
Just start wine and coffee. That's how I got in the coffee.
Right. So I just started drinking red
wine for health reasons and I love it.
I love, love, love red wine. Like I really want to try and
drink white because it just like you don't get that, you know,
that sort of red wine go, you get that and that's usually
about 3/4 down the bottle when everything's getting a bit and
then you're like, hey, and it's just like, sit over there, but
you're too sort of sloshed to care.
But I, I got into it myself because I was a big beer drinker
for years, beer and Guinness and still would be a wee bit.
And then a few years ago, then I switched, I switched to wine
because I thought it was all the same.
But it's it's really, really lovely.
So I'm still at the point where I can't tell the difference
between wine. Everybody's at that point.
I'm sorry. Most people, I would say, are at
that point. I pretend that I know what I'm
talking about. Like if I I pick a wine, I'll
go. I'll have a little amalbic, very
fancy. But then if I'm at the house and
somebody was to pour me something else, I wouldn't know
the difference. I wouldn't go.
That's the one I chose. Yeah, I think, I mean, I feel
like I should have eat a bit like you with the green tea
should ease myself into it. Like I think I should have gone
Lamborini. Like I didn't really, you know,
like I didn't do like Prosecco and stuff.
Like, I could definitely see myself getting into that scene.
But you know I didn't either I I just went straight for a red
wine. I had one glass and then the
next time I tried it I had like 3/4 of a bottle.
But to be fair about she says it was years and years ago.
I don't have one attempted wine and put me off.
My cousin brought up with me, my sister, my cousin and it was 3
bottles for a Tanner because you know what?
I'm saying you know it's going to be from, you know it's going
to be a vintage, a vintage bottle.
Yes, you know, in Tuscany somewhere.
I think she got it, but it was. Or Twin Brook.
It was she was had one bottle of white, a bottle of rosy and a
bottle of red because my sister didn't really drink wine either
at the time. So like, oh, that's, I mean,
we're going to like one of them. Let's give it a go.
I had the rosy, but obviously because I was so used to
drinking beer, I was just drinking it like a pint.
So I was just. And I with 45 minutes, the
bottle was gone. And I remember, I'll never
forget that she was talking on the couch and I was chatting.
I remember just going like the room just, and then I was like,
Oh my God, it was just like an instantaneous, just hammered.
And I never threw up as much in my life.
I threw up so much that I went into work the next day and the
girl rubbed a glass over my face because it's so many blotches
she thought I had. She thought I had meningitis.
I was just there. I was just there and I rubbed
the glass like you don't want to say I got hammered in a bottle
of wine. Yeah, it's not a good level of
drunk when someone's like I'm hungover.
No, I think you're full blown meningitis.
I mean, that's not a good I'm. Gonna call someone I know but.
I like your sister's attitude of just showing up with one of
each, you know? Definitely like, don't mix your
drinks. Your sister's just got the full
range. I mean, you just have to try
your best and that's what we thought.
We thought we'll try one of them.
How do we step with the red too much?
Doesn't like the white, but funny, grey, rosy, sweet.
We'll try now. That was years ago, before
actually drunk. Drunk actual wine.
I had about a five year break. After that.
I was physically traumatised badly.
I mean, yeah, the the, the like, the the red mouth is definitely
bad, but I've noticed with with red wine I get, I get so bitchy.
Like I get really I am not a bitchy person but whenever
whenever like expect the bigger the glass the bitchier I get.
And the more your arms are folded, you're going.
Yeah, all I, all I do is look out the window and just any
neighbours that go past and you know, pass comment on their
fashion on, on, on everything. She's.
Yeah. And like you just used to make
noises and library raises. Just must have come back into
fashion. Yeah I mean, I I definitely
enjoy wine. Like I was thinking for a while
of changing this podcast to just like wine with me podcast, but.
I think you should. But if I record 3.
Episodes a week, you know what I mean?
We're going to, we're going to develop.
We're. Going to develop a problem.
Usually pick a few people that just stick with you so then
everyone's the same and it's like the norm.
Yeah, yeah. So the the film that you were
doing, were you were you able to fit like was that scheduled to
finish when it finished or did you have to just like wrap it up
and get out of there? No, that's scheduled to finish.
There was a few more days I think after I I finished with
the other actors, but they got it done and everything so
luckily enough. What is the can you tell me like
a bit about the film or is? It Yeah, they just have to.
Kill you if I tell you. They just released it or
released not released the film released the the promo for it.
It's called Redeeming love. It's an adaptation of a book and
it's set in late 8 hundreds in America during the gold rush.
And I play a prostitute. Oh nice.
Do you know, actually when they got the part, I was telling the
friends and stuff, I was like, I'm playing a prostitute.
And they were like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, this sort of crack.
And I was like, thanks. Shows up with every scene with
three bottles of wine. Red Rosie.
Hey boys, did you have to do? Did you have to do that when you
did an American accent in it? No, they wanted a dairy accent,
my normal accent. They because I done the audition
with two, with the American one and then a dairy audition and
because of the sort of range of people there, I think they
wanted to keep me Irish because it's somebody from just no
different parts of the world and stuff like that.
So just to round it off, and obviously it's such a naturally
beautiful accent and so easy to understand.
Sure, you know, I, I don't, I don't know if I told you this.
We, we, we met about two years ago doing ABBC show very
briefly, but I don't know if I told you this at the time.
Maybe I was too embarrassed to tell you this, but Speaking of
like accents and and working working on productions, I I
auditioned for for the first series of Dairy Girls.
I think you did tell me this. And I had to do a dairy accent
and up until I got to the place to do the addition, I was
killing it. You know, if I'd, if I'd a walk
around, if I'd a walk around the Richmond Centre, people would
and just said hello to people that have been like that man is
from Derry. Why have we never seen him
before? Got to the place, started
talking far more South African than it was.
I absolutely butchered it. I eventually got it being
somewhere OK, but I think when it cut like I, I feel like I can
do any accent, but when it comes to like somebody going, you
know, one-on-one, like we're recording with the cameras.
I just, I just, it's nerves as well, isn't it?
It's just, it's proper nerves. It's it's I, I done an audition
years and years ago as well in London and I was so nervous.
I was, I just have a big problem with nerves anyway.
But I offered to do a different accent.
Like I offered it because I was like, nailed it.
Got this my part and they went, go ahead.
More people came under the room and I was like, oh, shit.
And then I was trying to do like a like a cockney accent and it
went really, really Australian South Africa night.
And you could see, you know what, you can like rate, you can
send someone going, yeah. And you're like, ah, I've
wrecked it. And then I walked out and I was
like, no, I have double wrecked it because I offered to do the
shit accent. Like I offered shit.
Was. Like.
But you should have just added to the character's back story,
even though it didn't need it and just been like, no, she had
spent time in Australia for. Australia, South Africa and New
Zealand. Yeah, yeah, yeah, she.
For a while it's really complicated.
You can't really talk about the moment.
It's like. Is that is that the worst?
Is that the worst additional experience you've ever had?
No, my worst additional experience.
But The thing is I didn't go to drama school or anything, so I
was winging a lot of this at the very start.
You know, I do come from a very working class background, which
I'm very proud of, but there is sort of avenues you just sort of
figure out yourself. And I had, I had like a few
different types of different agents.
Some were struck off or terrible, like just, it was just
a nightmare at the start. There was 2.
So I know nightmare. Thankfully I've got amazing
agents now. I am, I'm delighted.
But I, so I was sort of, I felt like I didn't have the right
people to give me advice and saying this is definitely worth
going or try this or knew you had that support system, which
is really important doing this job.
You'll know yourself and just having someone to call and say
is this worth doing or blah, blah, blah.
So I was living in Manchester at the time and I had to get the
bus down to London, which is 5 1/2 hours because I was a bit
scent. So I was like.
Megabus. Megabus.
I think it was a Megabus. Whatever.
No, I was a coach. Got fancy, I know.
And I thought I'll treat myself to the coach Got down there.
I was really nervous, obviously just, and they had, they had me
prepare an English accent, like a posh London accent.
That was fine. They lived on.
The boss got in there and they handed me the size like, no,
I've got, everything's fine. They're like, actually there's
been a bit of a change. We need you to do your own
accent. And I was like, all right, OK.
And I was like, that's fine. She's actually, can you do a
West Country accent? I was like, sort of, and she's
like, OK, and this is can you do a mix of the two?
And I was like, Irish West Country, that doesn't exist.
It's not a thing. But of course, a young actress
was like, yes, of course I can do it.
It was born to do it. And then when they're like, I'll
try to. So you get into the audition.
I was doing it. There was the cat, this
assistant was there with the camera and the girl who was
cast, it was there. And I'm sure they were very
lovely people, but I obviously was doing a terrible job because
the only thing I was focusing on was this weird alien accent.
And I was doing the audition. And then she, her phone rings in
the middle and she could stop and walks out.
She answers it. She's like, hi, babe.
Yeah. He just walks out.
And I was like, my heart and the guy behind the camera goes, keep
going. You might as well just went,
you're shit. Can we just stop, just get out,
you know? And then it was a 5 1/2 hour
truck back. Yeah, I I think you're right
about whenever you first like. And I'm, I'm probably still at
the stage where it's like, you know, figuring a lot of a lot of
things out for myself. But I remember whenever I was
18, me and my mate and I'd done like no acting At this point.
I still haven't done that much, but I hadn't done any.
And me and my mate got the bus to London from Belfast, you
know, like the ferry and then the bus to audition for Skins.
Remember Skins was I love. That I That's right.
So you go over, they put you in the like groups of eight.
Basically everybody is from England and most people are like
acting school trained, which I'm also like, if you can tell if
you've seen me in anything, I'm not.
So shut up. They go, they go, they go right?
We're going to put you in the groups of like 8.
So I feel like everyone knows each other.
Nobody can understand my accent as well.
It's one of those things where I feel a bit left out.
I'm also like a wee bit older than everyone.
I'm 18. Everyone's maybe like 1617
anyway during this scene. They go, OK guys, it's a house.
Party and remember the Klaxons, the band, the Klaxons.
There are some golden scans to turn that up.
And everybody, there's about 200 people in the room and they're,
you're watching everyone else audition.
They turn it up and go, all right, guys really get involved
in the music. I, I don't, I don't, I don't
dance right. Well, like I, I do.
If they'd have told me to prepare a choreographed routine,
I would have blown them all away.
But I ended up doing like very like dad dancing, which as an 18
year old. And the worst thing is being
halfway, halfway through a bad edition and knowing that you've
got to get a bus 21 hours back to Belfast.
It's just such a but we had it like we had a good time on the
trip because we, me and my mate enjoyed how shit our auditions
were. But like, yeah, I've done some
really, I've done some really, really bad ones.
I mean, but yeah, I would have gone in for anything.
And I think you're right. You need, you need people to go
look what is it you actually want to do and then push you
towards that. Or can you even do this accent
or they might throw something else at you or blah, blah, blah.
Like I had no one really to ring and go.
They've met like they've changed the accent or there was probably
there was an issue with the, the sending out the the casting
notes or whatever it was. There's nobody to ring.
They would just like just do it and obviously spend 5 1/2 hours
in Boston going to go in for the world's worst audition, mostly
on my part, and then back. I mean, everybody lies like on
their on their acting CVS that I mean every actor in the world
can horse ride. Everyone can horse ride.
I've definitely put myself forward as like a fencer like
she. Was fighting, Yeah, that's
another one. Anything.
I mean, I don't know what I would be casting for fighting,
but I've done some real bad ones.
I auditioned for this sci-fi thing in Belfast 12 times.
Like they kept, I was saying that as a compliment.
That was like, they keep getting me back, they must want me.
And then my name Dave was like, no, they've had you in 12 times
and you haven't got it. Like, there's no, there's
nothing good about this. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, love yourself more. And I was like, I'm never going
back. And they were like, look, we
need like space Guard 4I went, I'm your man.
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Back to the pod with Jamie Leo Dong.
So what what, what else are you, what else are you like working
on? Did you, did you do much stuff
before lockdown that's maybe like in production or?
Well, the movie and before that I had to take away the time off.
It wasn't well for a while. It wasn't about sick.
So because I was doing a play in Dublin and then I took sick down
there. So it was off for ages last
year. So I had to turn some stuff down
and and just sort of take about time for myself to get better.
It's a very long, depressing story, so we'll not get into it
now. It's very present, but as.
Long as as long as you're feeling better now, but.
I am thankfully. See what you're saying about
like, you know, like you need to take a bit of time off and
stuff. Did you?
From. This is just outside and kind of
thing, but once Derry girls kind of started, have you just been
like on the go since then? Was it kind of like?
It was a bit of both. I think after it came out
initially, I think all of us found it.
We assumed it would be right away.
And I think it was sort of different times for the for all
of us. And I think there was actually
another actress was telling us, you know, was saying you don't
be disheartened if it's not straight away because these are
such big characters and it's going to take people a bit of
time just to see slightly separately and to see in
different roles and things like that, which is which sort of is
fair enough. But I'm thankfully everybody's
been busy and everyone's doing bits and pieces.
And we were due to film the third season today, No, next
week, next week. But that's obviously been put
off. But we're all really busy
enough, thankfully, doing all different all sorts of things
and different bits and pieces, so.
What, what, what kind of thing is it you you do is, is there
something like you do want to do?
Is there something like you're working towards or, or a certain
type of role where you're like, yeah, this is, this is what,
this is what I really want to do?
I think I really want to eat. I really love to do some sort of
kitchen sink drama, some real sort of gritty drama stuff.
I do think because for years when I'd done like theatre and
things like that, it was always drama.
I never really did a lot of comedy.
I just was naturally sarcastic in the house and just being told
to shut up. So I was like, that's not going
to go anywhere. So you just kind of you put that
in the back burner. And now obviously after Derek
gets, I'm getting a lot of comedy auditions, which I
appreciate as well. But I think I would love just to
really get stuck into some proper, proper drama as well.
Just just especially on the level of Jerry Girls.
That would be a dream, so and thankfully I've got just signed
with an agency in LA and a management company in LA.
So when this is all over, I'm probably going to head out there
for a while and see what the crack is.
I couldn't. I I mean yeah, like I.
I first knew about you from from Derry girls.
And the I couldn't believe you said you, you, you have like
with auditions and stuff, you have a confidence problem.
Because I guess if I think of you as that character, you know,
it's just like supreme confidence.
But then you have to realise that, yeah, I guess that that
that is a that is a character. Yeah.
When when you've is it weird doing Derry girls But and and
also being from Derry? Like are you the only main cast
member actually from Derry? So you're just from Derry, who
plays Aaron? She's from Derry as well.
It's at the start, it was very surreal because it's like
growing up and, and having this accent and being from here and
wanting to be an actor. You're like, we're constantly
told to get rid of our accent or soften it or, you know, just
always like, you know, even if you're good, you know, that
accent might hold you back or blah, blah.
So I, I was always told things like that.
So then for the show to be so successful and to be from here
and have this accent that it was really overwhelming at the
start. It was brilliant and it was
brilliant, but it was very like, it was just mad, was a mad sort
of a mad feeling. I'm like me and Suitable said.
When people try and do your accents to us now, it's like
it's just so weird. Usually it's, you know, the way
around or whatever, but it's, it's brilliant.
Was it a wee bit suffocating in a way the the quick success of
Derry Girls and the fact that you were still living in Derry?
Like I can tell you, you like, you love being from Derry, love
the city. But I imagine for the other cast
members, you know, going away and then and then coming back
must be great. But but you're kind of always in
it. So like, I'm sure you get like
so many people sort of coming up to you.
And I will, I think it is, it is overwhelming.
It can be overwhelming. It can be, especially at the
start, it was really intimidating because everybody
thinks they're meeting Michelle. So they think they're meeting
this mad 16 year old that's going to start a conversation
about fingering and shots and all sorts.
So whenever they meet me, I think there's a few people have
been about like they're sort of waiting for Michelle to come out
and I'm like, hello? And they're like, oh, this is
what's disappointing, but you know what I mean?
It's just, it's one of those things.
And I can understand why people think that people love the
character. And I'm, I'm really delighted
with that, but it can be overwhelming sometimes,
especially if I'm with the family and friends or maybe
boyfriend and right, people sometimes can just put
themselves besides, you know, in a restaurant or something.
And they're not forgetting up. They're just want to have a,
they're really excited and they want to have a chat and they're
sitting for the chat and you're about like, do you know what I
mean? So things like that, I think
people get, obviously there's a lot of people who are really
nice, but there's people who get really excited as well and, and,
and do things like that. What's about?
Like having a having a mural in your own city dedicated to you
must be a bit mad. Has the the novelty of that worn
off at all? Like do you ever sometimes go
past that and not look at it? I try not to go past it because.
In case people think you're hanging about at it.
I'm just like, oh wow, how weird.
I'm just standing here. But I don't actually.
Whenever I say whatever. The first one, the first I saw,
I saw it, my sister was driving and it was at night and I come
out and I just came back from Dublin, go to the car and I got
a couple of pictures and we went to get back and these people
were coming down to get pictures beside it.
And as they were driving, I felt bad.
I should have stopped and, and got out, but I was driving away
and they were like, as I was driving, I was like, Oh, they
just, they just saw. I should have got out.
But they were we were way on the car, but but it was mad.
I walked past it. There was one time a few months
back and my friend's son, Jax with a hand and he's four.
And we were like just run past quickly because you know, we
don't want to cause any, any bother.
And he went Jamery. Jamery is really loud.
I was like on the way past, so go take children back.
Yeah. And was the first thing you'd
done on TV was 6°? 6° yeah.
So I, I remember loads of people talking about 6° whenever I was
younger because I was probably well around the same age as the
characters in it. But I think at that age I
probably wasn't watching a lot of television the way the way I
would know. And obviously it was kind of
before social media. So 6° was this like everybody my
age and like a bit younger knows 6°.
But it totally like like only now that I see bits of it and
recognise so many people, you know, I'm not kind of that
person and I didn't know that person was in it.
That must have been really fun. Like what age would you have
been with that? I was, I think I was 2323, so it
was quite a while ago, but that that was brilliant.
That was my first ever experience of of TV.
And I remember one of my very first days on set and the way it
was all set up and the camera was here and was my turn.
It was my line. So they were get my shot.
So I was walking, but I was walking kind of facing the
camera. It's up behind me.
Like I was on stage and they were like, sorry, what are you
doing? I was like, well, just because
the cameras and they were like, we'll just move the camera and
it's like. What?
You what? Yeah.
It's like the only thing I'd done before that was theatre, so
it was a great experience, great experience.
Yeah, that. I mean, that must be so much
fun, like being your first thing because you're also working with
people your own age as well. There was, do you ever remember
a thing called Shakt, which was like an Irish?
Yes, so Killian was on that, wasn't he?
Killian, who played Connor in 6°?
I think the TG Kaher, yeah. Yeah, it was on TG Kaher and
filmed in Belfast and they put out a call for extras.
Me and my mate went down in our college, they put it out.
So we went down and I was in the background of it and someone
said, guys, we need someone do a couple of lines, Does anyone
speak Irish? And I was so tempted to be like,
yes, yeah. Again with fencing and horse
riding, do not know the language was.
Fully prepared to try and be fluent in the six minutes it
took to set up the shot. But I'm, I'm really glad I
didn't. You said that you're earlier on.
You said that you're like you're, you're writing some
stuff, but just like at a slow pace, which is I think what
everybody is doing. Like I have so many great ideas
in my head that are very slowly going down, going down on paper.
Have you been writing for like for a long time or is this
something that? I've always written, I've always
done bits and pieces and I really enjoy it.
But recently I've sort of, I don't know, you just want to
doubt yourself, don't you? Especially I'm so lucky to have
the platform of Dairy Gears and, and the agents and stuff I have,
they're really supportive people and they're, they're really keen
to be like, as soon as you get something, we'll try and work on
this and blah, blah, blah and get other people involved.
And I remember hearing that it was a few months back and I just
panicked and was like, and then you relate.
You're like, Oh my God, everything I've done is shit.
Oh my God. And then you just sort of have
that. It's like, that's sort of
learning Irish in 6 minutes saying you're like, I can't do
it, I can't do it. Why did I say I would do it?
So finally getting rid of all that self doubt and everything,
I've started to focus ideas. And it's not because I've I be a
bike sort of I write that down like BP dialogue, piece of
character. So when I've got these notepads
after notepads full of just, it's just so it looks like
somebody's just had a meltdown. And they're just getting.
You know what I mean? That's, that's probably the same
process as stand up writing. You know, it's, it's just, it's
just like bits and pieces notes on a phone when they come into
your head. Like some, like I always write
down notes on my phone and then by the time I go to write them
down, I like 2 days later, I'm like, what on earth does this
mean? What's Alien?
Baby, that's not what's. Alien baby bowling ball.
You know what is that? I am but, but I think that's
nearly the best way to write stuff because you're you're not
fortunate. You know, you're just writing
down at your own pace. And I think if I sat down at a
laptop and was like, I'm going to start this script and I would
just be forcing it too much. I mean, I probably should like
because there's. There's probably no structure.
Yeah, definitely do right at some point.
But but it's, I don't know, like at the start of lockdown, I was
all like, I'm going to churn out five pages of script today.
That's that's the minimum. But but like, like I reward
myself too easily, you know? Totally.
Just for having the idea break off enjoy yourself.
Like a glass of wine? Yeah, when?
The good weather, when the good weather comes out, I'm getting
nothing done like I'm getting nothing done.
Borrow, borrow sweet pan. Like that's the only thing, only
thing that's happening when you when you write, do you write
with yourself in mind? Like do you write things that
you see yourself being in? I do sometimes, but I wouldn't
write. I wouldn't let that limit what
I'm writing. If I was writing and the
character was developing, which has actually happened at the
moment, obviously I give myself the main part.
But as I'm writing, it turns out that that person actually isn't
that interesting. And I'm like, oh, OK, just food
for thought there for me. But that's not the most
interesting of the characters, I think.
And as you're, as I say, like you're doing a character
development and you're sort of bringing these new people and
new aspects and you're really following them out.
Just people, you realise that it, it doesn't matter if I'm on
it or not because it's not for me.
And we can't go on it with an ego thinking.
I mean, you go and do it with an ego, but it doesn't work out
that way usually. And if you go on thinking, I'm
just going to put like a dance number on here and get somebody
to teach me hip hop, I'm going to just clarinet solo.
Do what I mean. If you start that, you're just
going to end up with the biggest piece of shit that no one's
going to want to watch or something.
Oscar winning. You know what?
I mean, I, I struggled to, I love the idea of just look,
don't write it for yours. Even if you're like an actor,
don't write for yourself. Like, I really struggled to go
what if, what if I wasn't in this, you know, like, ever pitch
an idea to someone and they're like, what if they went with
someone else? Would that be a problem?
Like, you know, I'm like, yeah, yeah, no, it would be a problem,
yeah. You're like, we're not doing it.
You just took like taking your ball back.
Yeah, they're like. I'm like, why am I not getting
this role? They're like, well, it's it's a
film about LeBron James. You know what I mean?
Like you can't. And I don't know guys, I'm
perfect for the role. I can play basketball and also
be 6 foot 7, you know, and chat to me then about about the off
the back of Derry girls and I I noticed so much like so much fun
stuff around it. So many people feeling like they
they know the character. You talk about people thinking
they know the character. Just the amount of like fan
account. I was just having we look
through Twitter before we started recording fan accounts,
all that sort of thing. Like I noticed that when I did
the episode a couple of weeks. So with Jimmy Dornan, Jimmy
Dornan Brazil fans paid these people met.
You know, when he's on the podcast, people are messaging me
being like, can you get me access to him?
I'm like, he's not a five side pitch.
But and I'm also like, yeah, if really quit for sure.
And yes, but but that must be scary in a way when when people
feel they know you and with social media and stuff, I
imagine it's great because you see how many people just love
the show, love your character. But does has there been any like
without any way of getting personal, but has there been any
like weird experiences? Like have you ever just been
like, I need to delete Twitter or anything like that?
There has been a couple of odd ones.
I mean, to be fair, it's mostly people, you know, saying we're
big fans and we've a lot of people draw us.
There's a lot of fan art, a lot of people who followed their
followed. I don't know what happens in
other shows, but the Derry Gear fans are very artistic and very
creative, which is lovely to see.
I don't think I like. That I have the ego for.
It I wouldn't know, I don't want.
To be but do you know what though?
But even ones like that, I just think like you've got off your
arse and went and drew that because you feel really
passionate about our show, passionate about us as people.
I think that's amazing, even if some of it makes you look a bit
strange, like that's amazing. I I would never draw anybody.
I couldn't burst. Like, I don't care that enough
about anybody, I don't think. Which one makes me feel a bit
sad, but you know what I mean? But it's so amazing.
The artwork and people take loads of time and and they send
it to us and stuff like that and it's always great to see and
there's so much of it. But there has been a couple of
odd ones. There was a guy who kept
mentioning me and Dylan specifically.
I'm asking for pictures of her fate and he'd pay us.
Oh, I I so last. Week.
Why is this right? There's a market for this.
And I'm just letting anybody know.
Watching. Yeah, I give me a shout because
I have, I have fate that I'm willing to, I'm willing to take
pictures of. I had last week on the podcast
Liam McCourt, who's an MMA fighter from Belfast and kind of
had the same question. You know, what about like social
media? Like, what about weird fellas on
social media? She said the number one thing
she gets is fellas saying, any pictures of your feet?
What is this? A.
Is this a new thing? Do you know what it's I don't
think it has a Muslim baby thing, but it was it was very
weird to us that it was just specifically me and Dylan like
it was in a cousin thing that they want like family feat.
Well, you know, TV family feat and you know how much like what
are we don't don't start coming up at like what?
Are we talking also fate? They're like fate or.
Stick feet are faking. They are thinking and.
Also, yeah, like what's the price like, don't say.
What was your price be? Honest like what do I need to
do? And by the way, can I just take
one picture and use that for different people or does it have
to be like? They might be like.
They might want them flexed. Specific to flex my feet.
Well, you don't know who these people might want to Won't get
creative. Want to get creative?
And OK, I would be, honestly, I'd be willing to like take a
picture of my feet, send it to like a middle-aged guy in Asia
or wherever. Not a problem £50. £50. £50.
Yeah. Oh, I'd be going well.
But here's the thing, I think if you, if you really had a high
price, yes, you're going to get like some people look in the
pictures, but I'm going to do way more.
I'm going to do I'm quantity over quality, you know?
I think I would give a ridiculously high price and then
see if they go for it because you might as well just shoot for
the stars because people that are under really specific
fetishes I assume have a lot of money because I can't imagine
stuff's cheap like that. My mate.
I would assume. My mate is does stuff on on like
comedy stuff online right? And about 10 years ago, maybe a
wee bit less, this guy messaged my mate.
My mate was putting up a series of wee videos and this guy
messaged my mate guy in Belfast and he said I would love to buy.
He started off with a bit of like chat at the start and then
the guy went listen mate, there's no easy way to say this.
I'd be really interested in buying a pair of your boxers and
my mate sort of laughed and the guy went, no seriously mate,
I'll meet you in Belfast to get them off you.
I'm willing to pay a good price and I swear I think this guy
paid like £200 and my mate he did it, why wouldn't?
He and then stick him in the wash it away.
No, and then he goes about a about a day later, he texts me
and my other friend and he goes the guy's on to me.
He wants me to do like naked videos.
And I was like, oh, shocker. He came back for more.
Like you're not just going to leave it at that.
That's what you get. What's what's like so you're
like, say your inbox at the minute, what's the number one
message? What's what's like the most
common message that you you get? It's probably it's my sister's
birthday or my grannys birthday. Can you send a video?
Is probably the one of the OR I get a lot of the random ones
people go on. Hey, you're hot.
I like your eyes. I like the way they see actually
that I like your eyes like the way they see someone.
That was his accent like oh, thanks.
When do you know how your eyes say you know?
They see great, it's fine, is right.
Yeah, I mean, you know, the idea of art, like, I like it because
if I would like, I would like to be drawn really well, like, like
Kate Winslet and Titanic, Like, really.
Really. Yeah, You're like perfect or
fuck off. Yeah, because I'm scarred.
I remember going Tenerife whenever it was about 8.
And this the character, you know, the guys that draw you on
the street, this this guy drew me and he really fucking, he
really crushed me as a child. Like he, he exaggerated every
feature I have. Oh, fuck that guy.
Still really, really pissed off with that.
So you've just done the film in South Africa.
The trail of that's come out. What I was going to say, do you
know what like the next like year looks like?
Is it a case of like no one knows at the minute?
I think no one knows. I think it's just going to.
It's just the play by ear. There was stuff that was on the
cards that I don't know if it is anymore because I would assume
now I have no way of knowing this, but I would assume
priority would be to things that are have been missed schedule
ways and things that have been cancelled and maybe things that
are ongoing series or ongoing movies and things like that.
Emmerdale straight away, things like that.
I would assume. I don't, I don't know.
You know, I write a bit if you're looking for projects post
lockdown, like would you consider for example, that's
just off the top of my head, would you consider space
detectives? Space detectives?
Yeah. Do you have to get my feet out?
Because it's going to be really expensive for you if I do.
No, because you're you're kind of going to be in a space suit.
Space detectives would be you in space.
I'll be honest, it's the first time I see myself being in it.
But if it was the difference between a Commission or not from
like Netflix, I'll let someone else play the part.
But you're going to have to just like we don't know what's in
space. We don't know if there's crimes
going on up there. There should be.
Get the space detectives on it so.
Right. I mean, it's a.
It's a solid idea. I mainly have, it's mainly the
title of the minute that I like, but I don't really have the
thing yet. But or underwater cricket?
Would you be? I'm a bit more inclined to do
the space detectives just because.
Put you down for space detectives.
Put me down for the lead or nothing lead or you can F off.
It's how it's how I'm going to approach this.
And if you want fate, you're we're going to have to have a
different conversation. It's going to be very expensive.
Yeah. I mean, do you think I should
just, like, start putting pictures on my feet up to just
like, really like just speed the process along?
Because I don't know how long it's going to wait for me to be
like a star on like TV or film or whatever.
Is that I think what you should do is put up a toe or two, don't
give away the farm. Do you know what I mean?
Definitely not my baby toe it really.
If it's gross, don't do that. Oh.
It's so bad. Like every other toe I have is
spot on. Like, spot on.
Yeah, not by the way, some people be loving this chat.
Some. People.
Oh my God. Keep I've been waiting for this
for so long. All my toes are fine, right?
And I don't want this to put people off.
All my toes are fine apart from my baby toe, which is kind of
like leaning in to listen to what the rest of talking about
like it's not good. It's just better on your shoes
for years, like you've wore the wrong size shoes in skill.
But The thing is that's like the Nisha could be your thing.
That's your that's your calling card, that's your trademark.
They're like, well, that's Shane Todd's fate.
I know because of the weirdest toe is.
No, I mean, you're starting to that's you're basically calling
me a freak is what you're doing at the minute.
But I could also be your I could be your manager.
I feel like that's what's happening.
I'm going to get you absolutely loads of doughy.
Are we dodgy fate because my feet, my feet are just are small
and sort of stumpy. My equipped with stumpy toes.
Right. I mean, I don't think we put
that on the ad for your pictures.
Short and stumpy, Short and stumpy.
I think that's that just describes me just in general,
but I think go with the feed thing.
Don't give away the farm right away.
Yeah, yeah. Get the.
No, I'll give the for for £80. They get the, they get the whole
ranch. They get the whole ranch.
Do everything. All right, that's definitely
weird. Yeah.
Weird and important. Weird, weird.
And I mean, if I don't, if I get known for anything, if it's my
fate that gets me in the door. Yes, that's great.
Great story, great origin story. That's all.
That's all that matters. I mean, I feel like we've
covered a lot of that's what This is why it was difficult for
me to let you know what kind of things I'm going to ask you on
the on the podcast. Yeah, I'm going to, this is my
final question. What's your most hated question?
What's the stock question people ask in interviews?
And you're like, I just can't, I can't answer this anymore.
There was A to be fair, after Derek here comes out, there's
like a stock 5 or 6. It's around.
You're asked in every single interview.
And I ended up was almost like you'd be like robotic mode.
I'm just answering and then I don't even know it's coming out
of your mouth. But one of them is always so
something along the lines of like whose career do you really
want to emulate? Or what sort of, you know, who
is really successful now that you want to be, you know, like I
always want to be like, I just want to be the first me.
But you don't sound like an absolute twat all I just want to
be me. But that's true.
Like there's a lot of careers I think are brilliant and I will
be lucky to have them. But you sort of want to pave
your own way and do your own thing.
And and also I think you don't want to set yourself up for
failure in any way. Do you know what I mean?
Because you check the option because they come.
But that's one that I always get asked.
I never know how to answer. I never have somebody in mind
that can go bang. Maybe just think about it more.
What about Julia Roberts? Great career.
I'll take that, no problem there's, but that's the thing,
there's about a million of them. I'll just be like it.
That's great. I'll do that do.
You know who I'd like to be is a bit niche, this one, but Andy
Peters. A man and a.
Peters on Good Morning Britain every morning, just doing the
all he does is the competition. He's he's right, he's round the
way he did. He did Blue Peter.
He did Blue Peter and I think he might have done live and
kicking. Maybe.
Do you know what else he does? I think he does the voice over
stuff for whenever you're flying with Emirates, do the We on
flight TV, He does the voice for that.
I was come back South Africa and I was like, I'm sure I know that
voice. I mean the emirate like the
emirate family or like the own the the Emiratis like they are.
I don't know if that's the Emiratis.
Is is is a proper term, right? It is.
It's fine. The royal family of the
Emirates, I don't know if they're royal right, but
essentially the the lads that own it, let's call them that.
They're like they're one of the richest groups of people in the
world. I just I mean, I'm not slagging.
I Peters off like as I said, I want to be him but I just think.
It's weird that they would go. We need a, we need a real voice
that. People are going to know here.
I mean the real guy, the people who can.
We would get Morgan Freeman. No.
Let's get my man Andy Peters. I would I would love to be Andy
Peters. He's he's he's great.
What what about? OK, space detectives, You and
Andy Peters, the Leeds. I'll just, I'll play like fifth
leader, 6th leader, whatever. Are you worried it's going to be
too sexy though? You know what I'm saying?
With you, Andy. Andy Peters.
I'm going to say this, Andy Peters is in phenomenal shape.
You're not going to believe me, so I'll show you.
By the way, I don't have it saved or whatever I'm going to.
Screensaver. But I'm just going to show you.
Like boop boop boop or Googling. You probably get this in
interviews all the time people people showing you Andy Peters
physique but Andy Peters is absolutely ripped like the man
is in serious shape. Would I?
Would I Google Andy Peters body? Yeah.
Why not? OK, I swear you're not going to
believe this, right? Let's go, Let's see it.
What do you think of that? Well, well, well, Mother may.
Speaking of competitions, if the competitions for the for the
sexiest guy on earth, Andy Peters has just won it.
Fair play. I see why you want to be him.
I want to be him now after that. Space detectives.
You, me and the players. How's top off my socks off and.
And just my freak face. Just you in the background.
Do it. Speak in Irish.
Yeah, hello. Just Irish accent, that's what,
That's all. I was going to do if.
I can get there, yeah, just that.
Yeah, man of three words. Thank you very much for doing
the podcast. You really appreciate it.
Thanks very much for having me give.
Give green tea another chance. But slowly but surely, I think
you just went. I think you just sold the farm.
You just. Went there, wrapped the hole
straight on it. You did.
Cheers. Thank you so much for doing the
podcast. Thanks very much for having me.
Dippers there will have it. The Tea with Me podcast episode
with Jamie Lee O'Donnell. That was that was a lot of fun.
We've been, we've been lucky to have such brilliant guests on
the on the podcast and that's another one and I appreciate
every, every guest that comes on and gives up their time and
it's, it's really appreciated. I, I enjoyed that episode, love
talking to Jamie Lee. Hopefully she'll be up for doing
the podcast again at some point because I think the zippers will
will have enjoyed that one. If you did enjoy the podcast,
you want to subscribe on the likes of Apple podcast, that
would be great. That really helps us shoot up
those charts. You know, we're at the Top 40 in
the in the Apple podcast charts, which which is incredible
because still a fairly new podcast.
So all all the love that you give it is, is really, really
appreciated. I am excited to do these
episodes every couple of day. I think every couple of days I
think you can tell that, you know, I get a wee bit giddy when
I do these and, and it's just like chatting to friends, you
know, it really is. Even when I'm doing the solo
episodes, solo episode on Friday, as always, just me
talking nonsense. And then on Monday the Patreon
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That's how you can support the podcast.
You sign up for that, you get some nice benefits and and you
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Dan. This week we are talking about
stand up. So Dan, we're kind of turning
the tables a bit and the hunter is becoming the haunted
producer. Dan's kind of interviewing me a
wee bit about stand up and, and, you know, with, with LD, with
LD, I think it was a it was a good episode.
Thank you very much for listening or watching.
Thanks to Jamie Lee for doing that.
What a what a star. Absolutely brilliant, great
person to talk to. I have no doubt that anything
she does will be, will be brilliant.
And it'd be really cool to see see how, how the writing goes as
well. You know, someone who likes to
write comedy and, you know, things for TV or film.
And that's something I'm getting more into.
And I really have to get the finger out and do more in
lockdown. And it'll be great to see her
writing. So.
So hopefully we can hopefully we can all have stuff that we write
turn into turn into actual things.
That'll be great. But yeah, Jamie Lee, absolutely,
absolutely brilliant sport. And then, and I hope you enjoyed
that episode. See you on Friday for the solo
episode. Wednesday.
We'll be back with another guest.
I actually don't know who it is. I do know who it is.
And, and yeah, it'll be good.
Cheers. Thank you very much, Sippers.
Keep drinking tea. Keep supporting the podcast.
Sip, sip.