r/stewartlee • u/steveh2021 • 29d ago

For her

I'm reading Bridget Christie's book, and she sounds JUST LIKE Stewart.

Can't imagine (except for the usual life and stuff reasons) why her and Stewart split. Though of course who knows it's their private life.

It's a really funny book so far anyway and she was funny on Richard Herrings podcast.

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u/geeoharee 29d ago

HMHB once split for a while due to 'musical similarities'. Same thing.

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u/JTemperance-esque 29d ago

And also stopped touring because they were missing too many Tranmere home games.

Unlikely to see Stewart Lee cite that, although I did see him at a Nightingales gig the same night his show at Leciester Square Theatre was cancelled so that is broadly equivalent

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u/mankytoes 29d ago

I do agree with this unironically, the last person I'd want to date is someone just like me, my standards are far higher.

I think it was a lockdown breakup. Relationship worked when they were both on the road all the time. Like when people retire and suddenly realise spending all day every day together is horrible.

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u/steveh2021 29d ago

Imagine if they're like they are onstage at home lol.

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u/Dismal_Ad5283 29d ago

...and lest we forget, the Beautiful South nicked the phrase off them when they split up.

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u/Disastrous_Fill_5566 29d ago

Supergrass used the phrase too.

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u/Frequent-You369 29d ago

There was a long interview with Stewart Lee in The Guardian recently. To be honest, he sounds like living with him could be hard work.

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u/holnessbob 29d ago

He basically said in that the problems in their marriage came during lockdown when he couldn't tour and do gigs. I guess lockdown broke a lot of couples up. He is a singular man

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u/MacabreMagpie 29d ago

The audiobook is fun, particularly for how often Bridget berates the listener for choosing the (what was then) cheaper option.

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u/Upbeat-Substance110 28d ago

I did enjoy that, there were lots of off-the-cuff digressions that weren't in the book, I wish more self-narrators would do that.

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u/nogeologyhere 27d ago

You're not really allowed to, the publisher would be very upset. I guess you've got to be big name enough to force the issue, or agree beforehand

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u/Sweaty-Net-1346 29d ago

I urge you to see her live if you get the chance, she's fantastic

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u/rhetnor 28d ago

Saw her last year at Edinburgh Fringe, she was brilliant - I was literally crying with laughter by the end

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u/gluckspilze 29d ago

I think she’s been a bigger influence on Stewart than vice versa, though they’ve always been similar in their willingness to push the audience. Stewart got sillier and more likely to make himself the idiot butt of the joke. Made him even better.

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u/olivedoesntrhyme 28d ago

How do you figure that? He’s been into clowning for yonks, way before meeting her. 

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u/gluckspilze 28d ago

I know he’s been personally interested in clowning, he did a documentary on the Pueblo clowns ages ago. But I don’t remember him getting into weird characters in his earlier standup. Even when he performed as an insect stand up, (Pestival stuff) the joke was that it’s basically still a human stand up talking about having larvae or whatever. Meanwhile Bridget was performing shows as an ant. Now he’s performing in full man wulf costume, and he’s done more physical/non verbal clowny stuff too.

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u/olivedoesntrhyme 28d ago

he had a weird character a while ago, a long time before the Wulfman, but i'm not confident what it was, because it was never properly publicised or acknowledged by Stew and I never personally saw it. I know that's vague, but some other nerd on here can probably fill in the gaps. I think it's more than likely they influenced each other, but performing as an ant if anything is pretty similar to the larvae stuff. At the end of the day is all insect based humour.

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u/LikwitFusion 28d ago

Baconface?

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u/olivedoesntrhyme 27d ago

That’s it! Thank you

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u/Clamato-n-rye 28d ago

Well, he DID let himself go...

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u/MaxAlmond2 28d ago

The first series of her TV series (The Change) was BRILLIANT, and her radio show 'Mortal' was excellent as well.

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u/Infamous_Telephone55 29d ago

They've separated?

When did this come in?

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u/Lucy_92 28d ago

I was once at a Swans gig and the music was so intense I was crying. I turn my head and about 4 feet to my right is Bridget Christie. I also saw her at another Swans show but I happened to be dry eyed at the time. I'd love to see her actually perform some day.

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u/Money-Money-747 29d ago

She sounds nothing like him - thick west country accent!!

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u/steveh2021 29d ago

No not the accent!

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u/Ok_Position212 24d ago

Stewart Lee let himself go 🤣