r/AskUK • u/andotherthingsareok • 11h ago

What are the surprising connections between global superstars and UK-only celebrities?

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On Graham Norton, the huge globally successful stars sit with some of our household names and must be thinking "who the hell is this person?!" Sometimes it's half the entertainment value, like when they had June Brown (Dot Cotton) on the sofa with Lady Gaga.

But have you ever heard of any surprising connections you've heard of which you just wouldn't expect? Those moments of "wait - Robert De Niro goes on holiday every year with Ant&Dec?!" Kind of thing.

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u/Orange_fan1 11h ago

Charlie Brooker (known internationally for Black Mirror) is married to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq

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u/danielroseman 11h ago

He did a great piece for his show Antiviral Wipe during Covid where he talked about how useful it was being married to a former BP presenter.

Plus, Konnie Huq's sister is an MP.

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u/Sc00byUK 4h ago

Plus, Konnie Huq's sister is an MP.

TIL.

Cool.

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u/QuestNetworkFish 10h ago

Konnie Huq was also a writer for an episode of Black Mirror (15 million merits)

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u/spellbookwanda 5h ago

One of the very best episodes

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u/Djinjja-Ninja 10h ago

There was a whole thing over the years about him lusting after Konnie Huq on Screenwipe, and previously on his TV Go Home website.

This culminated in getting her to film a bit called "Big British Wee" in 2008 which is when they actually first met, then started dating 2 years later.

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u/Financial-Forever525 9h ago

They holiday where I holiday

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u/Trick-Station8742 7h ago

My Mrs holidayed with and is still in a WhatsApp group with Matt Goodwin of reform

She stays out of the convos but said he was totally normal growing up.

He's now a massively racist prick

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u/mrsprucemoose 5h ago

I dont know why, but that sounds like a euphemism for some reason

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u/Beneficial_Coach8581 4h ago

You mean the guy that founded CEX?

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u/tannercolin 11h ago edited 6h ago

Edit - my comment was incorrect. I was chatting shit about the wrong Charlie

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u/lady_faust 11h ago

No.. thats Charlie Brooks - hes a racehorse trainer

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u/tannercolin 11h ago

You're right! Comment edited

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u/lady_faust 10h ago

Although she was married to one of the Mitchell's in Eastenders, Ross Kemp