- Culture
- 25 Feb 25
Comedian Meg Reilly answers our Mad Hatter questions...
Who would be the last person you would invite to your birthday party?
Mr Bean – I’m so scared of him.
Who would be the first person you would invite to your birthday party?
Anyone who would lend me tenner.
Favourite saying?
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On yer bike.
Favourite record?
Dinah Washington – ‘September In The Rain’.
Favourite book?
Manifest by Roxie Nafousi. Or any of the Bridgerton books!
Favourite film?
Silver Linings Playbook.
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Favourite author?
Jane Austen.
Favourite actor / actress?
Emma Stone.
Favourite musician?
Aretha Franklin, Fontaines D.C. or SZA.
Most embarrassing moment of your life?
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When I was nine, I was tall and chubby, just like I am now. A few other kids and I were chasing a boy named Paddy down the road. We all fancied him. He fell over and I saw his face drop as he looked down at my chest. The boob tube I was wearing fell down when I was running, revealing my pre-pubesent chubby boobies. I can’t erase it from my mind…
Favourite food/drink/stimulant?
DIET COKE GIRL.
TV programme?
Bridgerton!!!
Favourite TV personality?
Brendan Courtney.
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Favourite item of clothing?
A big pink petticoat I keep in my room.
Most desirable date?
Kyle and Veronika from TikTok.
Favourite method of relaxation?
Going to a hotel alone and sitting on that big fat bed with those big fat pillows.
If you weren’t pursuing your present career, what other career might you have chosen?
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Working with children, they’re cool guys. Or something really classic like a firewoman!
Biggest thrill?
Performing.
Biggest disappointment?
The boys I’ve dated.
Your concept of heaven?
As in my own personal heaven: Sunrise. What I think heaven is: our souls glittering back to the stars.
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Your concept of hell?
Overstimulated in Penneys on Mary Street, my sock is falling off in my shoe, someone just pushed me and it smells like fart. My phone is dying and I’m late for the bus.
What would be your dying words?
That was a good laugh wasn’t it? Just a mess like!
Greatest ambition?
To win an Oscar or another big award for performance
Period of history you’d most like to have lived in and why?
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Deffo would love to have a go of Regency-era England – for the dresses. Also maybe 1916 to kiss Michael Collins before we fought for Ireland together as a power couple.Or 1985 to hang out with my Mam and Dad as a cool young couple, and go see U2 down in the big hall.
If you weren’t a human being, which animal would you have chosen to be?
Deffo elephant, big nose. Big toenails!
If you were told that the world was ending tomorrow morning, how would you react/what would you do?
I’d be disappointed. Call everyone together for a big party, with lots of drinking and dancing. Then down to the sea to watch the sunrise and have it all end together!
Your nominee for the world’s best-dressed person?
Zendaya.
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Favourite term of abuse?
Loser. Or frigid.
Biggest fear?
Losing my loved ones or Mr Bean. Either or.
Humanity’s most useful invention?
Hot water and soap.
Humanity’s most useless invention?
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Weird men having a podcast.
• Meg Reilly plays Racket Space in The Bernard Shaw, Dublin on Friday, February 21. She does weekly posts on YouTube @ Fewcansvlogs.