Comedian Helen Lederer on rebellion 'It always surprised me that just being myself got me into so much trouble'
about 5 years in The guardian
The Absolutely Fabulous actor and comedian can’t stop laughing at the absurdity of middle age – leaky bladders included
Striving to be funny because your parents tell you not to be might sound rather childish, but that’s how I discovered the joy of laughter from an early age. It started when I was diagnosed with asthma. I was five years old, and my parents were terribly worried. They insisted from then on that I shouldn’t get overexcited in case it made me wheezy and risked me keeling over completely. A more law-abiding child might have been OK with that but for me, being told that I wasn’t allowed to laugh only made me want to do it even more. Continue reading...
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