Dawn French admits she didn’t actually like Jennifer Saunders when they first met: ‘I have a prejudice against posh people’

‘I didn’t actually like Jen that a lot on the very starting as a result of she’s fairly posh’ confessed Daybreak (Image: Dave Bennett/Getty)

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Earlier than turning into one essentially the most profitable comedy acts of all time with French and Saunders, Jennifer and Daybreak went to drama faculty collectively within the 70s.

Ultimately they turned finest mates and have been ‘type of in love,’ regardless of Daybreak considering Jen was ‘manner out of [her] league’ at first.

Talking on the Discovering the Humorous podcast, the 64-year-old comedian instructed sisters
Ange and Ruth Corden: ‘I didn’t actually like Jen that a lot on the very
starting as a result of she’s fairly posh, or I believed she was however she’s not
actually.

‘She had an entire friendship group of manner out of my league type of
individuals, after which I needed to share a flat along with her.

‘However as quickly as I removed my prejudice about her, which I nonetheless have
to this present day – prejudice in opposition to posh individuals, they should show their
price to me – I believed, “She’s really nice.”

‘I didn’t actually like Jen that a lot on the very starting as a result of she’s fairly posh,’ Daybreak admitted (Image: BBC)

‘We have been simply youngsters collectively, loved displaying off for one another, and
have been type of in love, actually.

Daybreak added that their relationship bloomed from being ‘mates first’, and their iconic profession that adopted got here because of that particular bond.

Whereas the celebrities have vowed a French and Saunders reboot is not going to occur, they are going to be reuniting for an upcoming Comedian Aid episode that may undoubtedly depart the nation in stitches of laughter.

Whereas a French and Saunders reboot is probably not on the playing cards, the pair did return to screens for A Bucket o’ French and Saunders (Image: BBC)

The comedy duo are set to reprise their French and Saunders roles of ‘The Extras’, with outdated sketches depicting them arriving on units to work as extras, however annoying administrators with their overacting and bugging the actors by being too conversant in them.

Within the skit, the extras will attempt to weasel their manner into bagging a free repair from The Restore Store staff, all of the whereas expressing their pleasure over assembly host Jay Blades.

Nevertheless, he’ll ship them packing, regardless of their determined makes an attempt to stay within the work room.

The pair shall be leaving the nation in splits of laughter in an upcoming particular episode for Comedian Aid (Image: PA)

Talking in regards to the particular episode, Daybreak – who was beforehand married to Comedian Aid co-founder Lenny Henry, the daddy of their daughter Billie, mentioned: ‘I do know that the cash is spent accurately and I do know that there are tasks which might be ongoing that want us to be ongoing and I wouldn’t ever wish to let anybody down.’

Completely Fabulous star Jennifer added: ‘As I watched The Restore Store, I believed all I may ever see was these characters going into The Restore Store, or me and Daybreak, pretending to fix one thing or imitating the characters. , I simply thought, that is the present for us.

The pair reuniting for this present is ‘so excellent’ mentioned Jen (Image: Getty)

‘Then Comedian Aid mentioned we’ve bought The Restore Store and it was just like the
excellent factor. It was so excellent!’

French and Saunders broadcast from 1987 to 1993, and the pair returned through the years for numerous Christmas specials, with the most recent French and Saunders Christmas Superstar Particular airing in 2005.