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Will Young has recalled the moment he got ‘tongue-tied’ and blurted out nonsense when he met Julia Roberts.
The Falling Deep singer, 45, said he was still ‘sweating’ as he recounted the conversation with the Pretty Woman star, 56, backstage at the LA Baftas several years ago.
Will squirmed as he recalled Julia ‘just looked’ at him after he made an ‘odd’ joke about Pop Idol, the reality contest he won in 2002.
Describing the encounter as awful, the Light My Fire popstar said the Notting Hill actress’ assistant ‘moved her away’ and then remarked on how much he was sweating.
Will regaled the excruciating exchange on Wednesday’s The One Show, prompting awkward laughter from hosts Alex Jones, 47, and Jermaine Jenas, 41, and guest Imelda Staunton, 68.
‘I was singing at the LA Baftas. She was in the dressing room and I get a bit tongue-tied and I just was looking at her and thinking “Oh god, that’s Julia Roberts” and all I had in my head was [hums the Pretty Woman theme tune].
Will Young squirmed as he recounted his encounter with Julia Roberts (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Julia was ushered away by her assistant after Will made the ‘odd’ quip(Picture: PA)
‘Then she said, “You’re the guy from American Idol” and I said, “No Pop Idol”. Then I said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if it was called Pup Idol and everyone brought their puppies?”
‘She just looked at me. I know. It’s really odd. Her assistant just moved her away. I’m actually sweating telling this story.
‘I started sweating and the make-up artist was like, “God, you’re sweating quite a lot”. And I said, “Yeah I know, I’m fine. It’s just so hot.”
Will won Pop Idol more than two decades ago – beating runner-up Gareth Gates (Picture: Fremantle Media/REX/Shutterstock)
Will said he had the Pretty Woman theme tune in his head when he met Julia (Picture: SNAP/REX/Shutterstock)
‘It was just awful. But I think people need to hear these stories.’
Will’s honesty about his conversation with Julia comes after he revealed he still speaks to his late twin brother Rupert, who died by suicide in 2020, via a medium.
‘I said I’d see three mediums so I’ve seen two so I’ve got one more to go. Sometimes he tells me – and I’m a bit witchy as well and he was very witchy, so if there was ever anyone that was going to get in touch, it would be him – and quite a few weird things have happened.’
He told Elizabeth Day on the How to Fail podcast, that he ‘won’t share’ specific incidents, but did speak about how his brother told him to get back in contact with old friends.
Will has been speaking to his late twin brother via a medium (Picture: Dave M Benett/Getty Images)
‘Sometimes he tells me to get in touch with other people, which is weird. Friends, old friends, so then I have to ring them up and go “Rupert’s bringing you into my dreams and are you ok?”’
Will said that Rupert often comes to him in his dreams and he said he has ‘visions’ from his late twin.
‘I get visions, often my communication with him comes in dreams and I wake up and I’m like, “Oh he came in and he bought like a very old friend.”
He added that his visions led him to reach out to an old friend who turned out to be in need.
Will explained: ‘[There was one] who he bought to me recently and I was just checking in with them and they weren’t doing great so I was like, “Well done Rupert.”‘
The One Show airs weekdays on BBC One and iPlayer from 7pm.
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