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Crystal Rasmussen

Tom/Crystal Rasmussen: ‘The funniest thing? Posh people pretending to be poor’

Crystal Rasmussen
Crystal Rasmussen. Photograph: Pål Hansen

The funniest sketch I’ve ever seen …

Anything that goes “gay viral” – like that woman on Celebrity Mastermind who, when asked the name of the Swedish climate activist changing the world, answered “Sharon”.

The funniest book I’ve ever read …

The Bible.

The funniest TV show I’ve ever seen …

The Royle Family. It’s the world I’m from and I find it howl-inducing. It’s one of the only representations of the working classes on TV that is warm, full of love, that uplifts our culture.

The funniest film I’ve ever seen …

Death! Becomes! Her! It’s so absurdly camp. I’ve watched it, honestly, hundreds of times.

The funniest person I know …

My friend Leyah. We survived high school on our humour and pretending to be each others’ bf/gf … until I was outed at 13 and they were moved to a Catholic girls’ school.

The funniest item of clothing I’ve ever owned …

A second-hand nun’s cassock that I slit from floor to thigh. It was both hilarious and deeply flattering.

The funniest hairstyle I’ve ever had …

I wore a 20cm-high plaited hair cone for about a year and it was deeply absurd. A lot of homophobia for that one, and frankly I don’t blame them.

The funniest thing that shouldn’t be funny …

Posh people pretending to be poor. Wedding pics on a council estate! Head-to-toe ironic Burberry check!

Crystal Rasmussen plays Moth Club, E9, 27 March

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