David Walliams HUMILIATED after singing to Prince and Bryan Ferry
DAVID WALLIAMS once sang You’ve Got the Love in front of Prince and Bryan Ferry and was completely humiliated. The comedian revealed: "They looked at me like, 'Who is this idiot?!.'"
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David Walliams once humiliated himself by singing in front of Prince and Bryan Ferry
The 45-year-old comedian revealed the embarrassing story on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston & Emma Bunton.
Walliams was asked by the radio show hosts about the time he met the late Prince and Ferry, only to completely blow it while hanging out with the famous singers.
He said: “We were on a nice posh holiday abroad somewhere, a place called Turks and Caicos and Bryan Ferry was there.
“Prince was there as well and Bryan Ferry said, ‘Would you like to come and have dinner with Prince?’ So I thought, ‘Yeah, I might as well.’”
Walliams revealed his Prince singing story on Heart Breakfast with Jamie and Emma
Walliams continued: “We started talking about Florence and the Machine, and I said ‘Oh, she’s just done this wonderful cover of this great dance track I’ve Got the Love.’
At this point Jamie butted in to correct the comedian that the song is actually called You’ve Got the Love.
Walliams snapped back: “ALRIGHT, YOU’VE GOT THE LOVE! IT’S NOT IMPORTANT!
“And Prince said, ‘I don’t know the song.’ And Bryan Ferry said, ‘I don’t know it either.’ I went ‘You know…[singing] You’ve got the love I need to see me through.’”
He continued: “They just looked at me blankly and I go, [singing] ‘Sometimes I feel…’ and I’m just singing to Bryan Ferry and Prince, and they’re looking at me like, ‘Who is this idiot?!’
“But I was sort of trapped into doing it. It was so awkward!”
What made matters worse was Prince had not heard of Walliams and Ferry is quite introverted, leading to quite a difficult meal all round.
Bryan Ferry was at the dinner with Prince and Walliams and was equally unimpressed by the singing
Bunton asked: “But were you not with a friend who could just dig you and say, ‘Stop!’ or something?”
He replied: “No, I was just really out of my depth. Prince wasn’t very chatty and didn’t seem to know any of my television work.
“Bryan Ferry is quite shy and quiet so it was quite an awkward conversation that involved me singing to them, so there we are!”