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The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Gibsone

Maisie Adam: ‘The funniest word? Fiscal, it sounds proper saucy’

Maisie Adam
‘I looked like Brian McFadden…’ Maisie Adam. Photograph: Andy Hollingsworth

The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …

I’m obsessed with This Country. All the relationships are completely dysfunctional yet there’s a real warmth to the whole thing. There’s not one weak episode.

The funniest person I know …

My best friend Liv: she’s the reincarnation of Patsy and Eddie from Ab Fab. She is by far the most valuable thing I took from my time at uni – way more than my drama degree.

The funniest meal I’ve ever eaten …

I recently gigged in Dubai and we were taken to a really posh restaurant. The lamb came in a cellophane bag “to keep in the flavour of the juices”. It just looked like a Salt ‘n’ Shake bag.

The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …

I was really blond as a kid, and I used to have my hair cut in a bowl cut. I looked like Westlife-era Brian McFadden.

The funniest number …

11. We used to go on holiday in Blackpool and the bingo caller was a drag queen called Neville. He’d shout “Legs Eeeeeleven” and give everyone a wink.

The funniest word …

“Fiscal”. They kept using it in the run-up to the election and it sounds proper saucy. Like a safe word from a terribly written erotic novel.

The funniest joke I’ve ever heard …

Victoria Wood: “I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don’t know who got my moped but I’ve been driving that Peugeot for years.”

Maisie Adam plays Nottingham, Sat; Brighton, Tue

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