Les Dennis takes a playful swipe at ex wife Amanda Holden as he jokes about her affair with Neil Morrissey during candid podcast interview
Les Dennis has taken a playful swipe at his ex wife Amanda Holden with a joke about her affair with Neil Morrissey.
The comedian, 67, was married to the presenter, 50, for eight years from 1995 to 2003 but in 2000 Amanda cheated on him with Men Behaving Badly actor Neil, 59.
The pair gave their romance another go in 2001 but a year later ended their marriage.
Awkward: Les Dennis has taken a playful swipe at his ex wife Amanda Holden with a joke about her affair with Neil Morrissey (Amanda and Les on their wedding day in 1995)
Speaking on Christopher Biggins’ podcast, Les talked about when he used to star in pantomimes alongside the late American actor Mickey Rooney shortly after his divorce.
Before each show the theatre would play Christmas songs, including Frank Sinatra’s famous hit Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.
Les said: ‘Mickey would get very angry, because of course, Frank Sinatra ran off with Ava Gardner (Mickey’s wife).
Exes: The comedian, 67, was married to the presenter, 50, for eight years from 1995 to 2003 but in 2000 Amanda cheated on him with Men Behaving Badly actor Neil, 59 (pictured in 2018)
Close: Amanda and Neil are pictured in the romantic comedy Happy Birthday Shakespeare together
‘It would’ve been like me having to listen to Bob The Builder every night.’
The quip was in reference to the fact that Neil was the voice of Bob on the children’s show for 14 years.
In 2013, Amanda opened up about her affair with Neil, telling Good Housekeeping: ‘I don’t believe women have affairs for no reason.
Ill-fated romance: Amanda and Les gave their relationship another go in 2001 but a year later ended their marriage (pictured in 2002)
Funny: Les’ quip was in reference to the fact that Neil was the voice of Bob on the children’s show for 14 years
‘Neil rightly or wrongly got loads of stick. I feel like it was my fault – I was the one who was married.
‘I want to change the general perception of him, as he was very caring and very loving and very worried about me because I lost so much weight. He used to cook for me and look after me and babysit the dogs.’
She also told the Daily Mail of the affair: ‘I brought it on myself, I appreciate that, but nothing will ever be as bad again. It was a very dark time. It got to the point where I felt I could hardly breathe.
‘Les proved to be my saviour. Ironically. So the person I’d hurt the most in the world was the one who was there for me.’
Frank: In 2014 Neil finally said sorry to game show host Les for the affair he had with his then-wife Amanda on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories
In 2014 Neil finally said sorry to game show host Les for the affair he had with his then-wife Amanda.
The star, who has previously said he had not apologised to Les, made the admission on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
He said: ‘I feel sorry for how the situation was dealt with and I feel sorry for how emotional Les seemed to become. It was very difficult for him and for that I’m very sorry.’
His comment came after he was asked by Piers if he had ever apologised to Les, to which he replied: ‘No, I didn’t. I’m not positive over what there is apologise about. I don’t know what the whole situation was, to be perfectly fair to everybody.’
When asked why he has never spoken about it before, the father-of-one shared: ‘I think enough was said about it. This was a very short fling. I didn’t have representation at the time, in terms of PR and this was the first time I’d really come under the cosh.’
The actor and Amanda embarked on an affair while starring in Happy Birthday Shakespeare on BBC.
Amanda went on to marry record producer Chris Hughes, with whom she has two daughters – Lexie and Hollie.
Les also got married again – to Claire Nicholson in 2009. They have two children together – Eleanor and Thomas.
Les was previously married before tying the knot to Amanda in 1995 and has an adult son Philip from the relationship.
Family: Amanda went on to marry record producer Chris Hughes, with whom she has two daughters – Lexie and Hollie
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