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| The actress passed up the chance to kiss the One Direction member in aid of the British charity Comic Relief because of their difference in age |
The 59-year-old actress was offered the opportunity to lock lips with the One Direction hunk in aid of the British charity Comic Relief, but Dawn โ who famously snogged actor Hugh Grant on the TV show in 1995 โ passed up the chance because of the age gap between herself and Harry, 23.
She explained: โThe first suggestion that comes in to Comic Relief is โWho will you be kissing this year?โ and they make some suggestions, like, somebody said โWhat about if we could get Harry Styles to kiss you?โ
โWhen I kissed Hugh Grant we did make a million quid and the kiss did go on for forty minutes. It went on through the news. What did I catch?
โAnyway, they suggested Harry Styles and I went โNo hang on, hang on everyone, stop. Iโm nearly 60. This is very unseemly that Harry Styles will be forced into the studio with an old woman and have to kiss her hairy lips!โโฆ Thatโs wrong. I just had to say no to that, no. Letโs think of another idea.โ
Meanwhile, Dawn has also admitted to being slightly envious of her former comedy partner Jennifer Saunders.
The duo worked together on their acclaimed sketch show โFrench and Saundersโ.
But Dawn revealed she was jealous of her good friend after she also enjoyed success with the sitcom โAbsolutely Fabulousโ, which stemmed from a sketch theyโd created together.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Dawn quipped: โShe had no discernible talent whatsoever until that moment, and then she came through on the inside lane and apparently she was talented all the time. I didnโt know that, I thought I was the funny oneโฆ
โWhen I saw that happening it was a huge amount of envy. Right in your belly in a place you donโt want it, and its bile-y and it tastes bad and itโs all consuming.
โBut the good thing is I think youโre allowed to own up to it, and thatโs what I did, I called her lots of words and just said โI cannot believe youโre this talented, I cannot believe itโs this successful, I canโt believe Iโm not in itโฆ Iโm furious with you and Iโm so jealous.โ And she loved that that was the case.
โAnd so in a way that made it alright. And whatโs more important than the jealousy is that I love the girl.โ
