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There’s a celeb on the hen do…

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DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 05/08/2026 20:01

You’re on your work friend’s hen. Turns out her cousin/auntie/pal from uni is a celeb you’ve always liked and thought would be good value on a night out. Who is it?

I’m going with Sharon Horgan. Partly influenced by her characters, admittedly, but she’d hopefully also lend me something cracking to wear.

OP posts:
mishmashmess · 06/08/2026 20:33

Panama2 · 06/08/2026 20:03

Kathy Burke

Can confirm that's she's an absolute gem.

Dersie · 06/08/2026 20:37

DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 06/08/2026 20:29

Sorry to have angered and/or upset you. Nearly 300 other posters have found it an interesting enough question to offer their (hypothetical) answer.

They absolutely did but not one of them came across as angry or bitter to another persons particular post unlike yourself.
Deep breaths luv, that a gal.

Cardisncocktails · 06/08/2026 20:39

Anne from Amandaland (in character obvs😁)
Joanna Lumley
Cate Blanchett
Kemi Badenoch (I know, controversial choice but politics aside I think she'd a bit of a laugh on the fizz)
Vicki McLure

but definitely NOT Miriam Margoyles!!

FunkyFringe · 06/08/2026 20:40

Miriam Margoyles

celebagent · 06/08/2026 20:46

wishingonastar101 · 06/08/2026 20:07

Debbie Harry is a genuinely unpleasant person.

I disagree 😊

Gillyyy · 06/08/2026 20:51

Martha Stewart

CaveMum · 06/08/2026 20:53

Claudia Winkleman
J K Rowling
Emily Blunt
The late great Penelope Keith - she’d be in the Joanna Lumley mould I’m sure.

Skyflier · 06/08/2026 20:55

Joan Collins

JudgeJ · 06/08/2026 21:05

BeenThere2Often · 06/08/2026 19:08

I’d leave instantly. Had the misfortune to meet her on a flight to Dublin once. (Didn’t know who she was as she was small fry back then) She was absolutely vile.

I'd be off too unless I had indusrial quality ear defenders, she is one of two women whose voices make me hit the mute button.

EmptySupermarketSinger · 06/08/2026 21:12

Joanna Lumley.

ShadesOfPemberley · 06/08/2026 21:18

Has anyone asked for Jonathan Bailey? (If we are allowed to pick a man?!) I think he’d be fun and lovely.

Sharon Horgan too please.

And another vote for Claudia W.

Not as famous but I did meet Tracey-Ann Oberman once briefly through a mutual friend and she was brilliant. I think she’d be fab on a hen do.

ShadesOfPemberley · 06/08/2026 21:21

Oh and just seen someone said Mel Giedroyc. I love her and always think I’d get on with her really well. As long as she didn’t give me her hair brownies (or was it flapjack?) she’d be my top choice. AND Jonathan Bailey.

BuildbyNumbere · 06/08/2026 21:22

DidYeAye16 · 05/08/2026 20:17

Kate Lawler

God no … state of her at her brothers wedding!!!

Itsokuntilitisnt · 06/08/2026 21:26

Don’t know if she’s already been mentioned too many pages to look through!…Julia Davis would be my choice! Especially if she came in character as any of her characters!!!

ShadesOfPemberley · 06/08/2026 21:27

One more.., (I may be over-invested)… Saoirse Ronan! I think she’d be nice, would let her hair down but wouldn’t dominate. Much as I love Joanne McNally (as an pp suggested) and find her really hilarious, I think I’d be a bit intimidated by her if I met her on a hen do! I reckon Saoirse Ronan would be fun enough without scaring the bejeezus out of me…

SirRichardRichard · 06/08/2026 21:32

Sue Carpenter.......

ScrimMN · 06/08/2026 21:34

Keeley Hawes and Kate Winslet ❤️

celebagent · 06/08/2026 21:38

ScrimMN · 06/08/2026 21:34

Keeley Hawes and Kate Winslet ❤️

No to both those :)

Rainbowpumpkin · 06/08/2026 21:40

Hannah Waddingham

ThereIsATInWater · 06/08/2026 21:46

After watching her on celeb traitors..
Celia Imrie, she was hysterical.
And I could do with a laugh.

LoudSnoringDog · 06/08/2026 21:47

Olivia Attwood

DeftGoldHedgehog · 06/08/2026 21:48

Sally Lindsey

browneyes77 · 06/08/2026 21:50

AtIusvue · 05/08/2026 20:39

Goldie Hawn

That’s who I was going to say!

GeorgeCrabtreesAuntBegonia · 06/08/2026 21:52

I thought at first Victoria Coren Mitchell and then other names got thrown into the hat and I can’t choose only one. Hannah Fry would be a hoot, I love Lucy Worsley but think Alice Roberts might be more fun after a few bevvies - just can’t choose so I’d have to have them both, Sheryl Cooper (wife of Alice) would have some cracking stories to tell, and Stevie Nicks just because she is my style icon. I might just have to invite them all 🤷‍♀️

GeorgeCrabtreesAuntBegonia · 06/08/2026 21:54

Oooooo, and someone has just mentioned Celia Imrie. How could I have forgotten Celia! Definitely on my list.

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