The.Assembly.UK.S01E05
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00Just take it easy, stay sat down, I think you'll be all right.
00:04I'm so nervous.
00:08Carolineica's running a bit late.
00:10He is running quite late.
00:12Maybe he'd just woken up in bed.
00:23Hello, hi, hi, hello everyone, hi.
00:26How am I going up here?
00:29Oh, hi Dan.
00:31You were the person that helped to close one of the UK's longest one in cable and sat like Channel's father in 2010.
00:38I made some very shit shows.
00:40Hi, hi, hi.
00:42Where am I going?
00:44Your hair looks stunning.
00:45Oh, thank you so much, that's very sweet.
00:47I'm a little bit nervous actually.
00:49I heard that you can't work.
00:51No, I can't.
00:52I can't either.
00:54I farm a lot.
00:56You were on Pointless Celebrities with your son and you were on Who Wants to Be Millionaire when Chris Tarrant was doing it with Austin Healey.
01:03Yeah, a long time ago, yeah.
01:042008 it was.
01:06Austin Healey I Looked was on Strictly that year as well.
01:09Ah, that's right, yeah.
01:11Did he win?
01:12No, Tom Chambers won that year.
01:14Oh, you know.
01:15I'm good with Strictly.
01:16I feel like you're trying to make me nervous here.
01:18I am nervous.
01:19You're trying to unsettle me.
01:21Put it there then.
01:22We've got your attention.
01:23Come on.
01:24Welcome.
01:25Welcome to the assembly.
01:28Right, we're going to get started now.
01:34Oh, I thought we'd started.
01:35No, not yet.
01:36Ben, would you like to introduce us?
01:39It's Prang English.
01:40I love it.
01:41Honour to be here.
01:46Alright, here goes.
01:48Welcome to the assembly.
01:51Our collective of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled interviewers.
01:56We are very delighted to have you to join us today.
01:59Our rules are no subjects are out of bounds.
02:03No question.
02:04It's not a table.
02:05And all might happen.
02:06And all might happen.
02:07And all might happen.
02:09And all might happen.
02:12Prepare for hard questions today.
02:15Whoa, okay.
02:16Please tell us who you are.
02:18I am Jade Thirlwall.
02:20My name's Danny Dyer.
02:21I'm Gary Lineker.
02:23My name is David.
02:24Oh, hello.
02:25Do you need more information than that?
02:27Or is that enough?
02:28That's a bit obvious.
02:29Is that enough to get going with?
02:31And I think we're going to start off with Jules.
02:36What do you think you've lost, if anything, by giving up your anonymity?
02:41It's a huge question.
02:44It's such a big thing to give up.
02:47And I've got to say, when you first become famous, it's really...
02:50You fucking love it.
02:52It's this amazing feeling.
02:53It's great for the ego.
02:55But it's exhausting.
02:57So, you know, the idea of just being able to sit on my own somewhere
03:00and have a cup of coffee and not feel like people are staring at me
03:04or videoing me.
03:05This is the other thing.
03:07You even think that people are looking at you when they're not.
03:11I was on a plane once and I was...
03:14I'd been to Ibiza.
03:16Okay.
03:17So, I was a little bit...
03:18Oh, okay.
03:19Anyway, and I was sitting at the back and people were just walking past me
03:21to go to the toilet.
03:22I thought they were coming to meet me.
03:23I was getting up and going, hello.
03:26And they were like, sorry?
03:27I was like, oh, sorry.
03:28So, you start to go crazy.
03:30It starts to make you go a little bit like, okay.
03:32So, I would say, once you have fame, you can't turn it off.
03:36You walk outside your house and every fucker knows who you are.
03:38And it's a weird feeling.
03:40So, it's a huge thing to give up.
03:43Yes.
03:44And what do you think of people like Andrew Tate who profit off targeting
03:50young men and profiting off their insecurities?
03:54Talks a lot of shit, doesn't he?
03:56Let's have it right.
03:57It goes back to masculinity, doesn't it?
04:00And the idea of what it means and what it represents
04:02and when does it become toxic, but we have to blame the media
04:06because they've created a space for him.
04:09I also hate social media.
04:11I think it's fuck society up, right?
04:13It's breeding hatred, division.
04:16I just don't think it works.
04:18There's nothing social about it.
04:19Everyone's angry.
04:21And if we didn't have social media, there wouldn't be no Andrew Tate.
04:23You wouldn't be able to search him or look for him.
04:25He might be standing on a soapbox shouting shit,
04:28but no one would be listening.
04:30Now he's got a reach.
04:32So that's why Andrew Tate exists, unfortunately.
04:35It's down to social media.
04:37Fucking deep that was, wasn't it?
04:39Jesus Christ.
04:42Nargis?
04:43Why did you crush Paul Hollywood?
04:49Why did you have a crush on Paul Hollywood?
04:52Oh!
04:55That's a good question.
04:57I think it's the eyes, you know.
04:59He's got such piercing blue eyes, hasn't he?
05:01Yeah.
05:02Yeah.
05:03But actually, in real life, it's giving White Walker...
05:06Have you seen...
05:08Have you seen Game of Thrones?
05:10They've got those, like, super blue icy eyes.
05:12It's your soul sort of thing.
05:14Yeah.
05:15And that's what Paul does when he comes over to judge you
05:17with your baking.
05:18He just looks at you really...
05:20intensely, and you're like, oh, my gosh.
05:23But I don't think I could date someone that's, like,
05:25so judgmental about my cooking.
05:27That would get on my nerves.
05:28Do you know what I mean?
05:29Yeah.
05:30Well, I just don't want to be told all the time
05:32that my cake's got a soggy bottom.
05:35Oh, God!
05:38I don't think I can.
05:40Oh, my God, I just realised how that sounded.
05:43OK, thank you, Nargis.
05:45I love your jumper as well.
05:47Thank you, Angel.
05:48Aw, thank you.
05:49And now we're going to come to Ben.
05:51All right.
05:52Ben.
05:53Do I have the question for you today?
06:00So, um...
06:03Hang on.
06:06You performed on stage with Taylor Swift one time.
06:09Yeah.
06:10That must have been a very magical moment for you.
06:12Yeah.
06:13When we got the call from Taylor herself
06:16that she wanted us to join her on stage,
06:18it was like, oh, my gosh, like...
06:21It's the seal of approval, right?
06:22This is a big deal.
06:23And she picked us up in her private jet.
06:25It's pretty cool.
06:26Oh, that is so cool.
06:27Yeah.
06:28Yeah, that is.
06:29And I'll never forget it because I remember
06:30the hand towels had TS on them
06:32when I went to the toilet.
06:34And I was like, ooh!
06:37And she was very lovely, very supportive.
06:40We sang Black Magic.
06:42And I'm glad you're reminding me of that, actually.
06:44Yeah.
06:45Because, yeah, in any part...
06:46Black Magic was danced on Strictly
06:47by Claudia Fragapani and AJ Pritchard
06:50in Halloween of 2016 on Strictly.
06:52Really?
06:53Oh, yeah, I need to say that again
06:55because I think I've forgotten.
06:57But you'll have to show me.
06:58I think you're a Strictly fan, right?
07:00Yes, it started the year I was born.
07:02It started before I was born.
07:03Yeah.
07:04Essen.
07:05Why didn't you boycott countries like Qatar
07:10when they hosted the World Cup for their human rights abuses?
07:13I think it's very difficult to judge everybody
07:22when you consider the things that we've done in this country
07:27over, you know, in our history.
07:29So, I think we made a statement and all countries act in different ways,
07:36you know, and are responsible for awful things at some point.
07:41You know, we go there to do our job, to do the football.
07:44I get you.
07:45We're not there to promote the country.
07:46That's a fair answer and that's very diplomatic
07:48and I appreciate that.
07:49Yeah, it's also true.
07:51Exactly!
07:55You usually play Leicester?
07:56I'm from Leicester, yeah.
07:58You play football at Leicester?
07:59I did, I started at Leicester.
08:01So, you're retired now?
08:03Well, I think I'm a bit old now.
08:05A bit old for the Premier League, Caroline.
08:09We're coming round to Jack now.
08:11Come on, Jack.
08:12Come on, Jack.
08:13Gotta look you in the eye for this one.
08:14Come on, Jack.
08:15OK.
08:16I heard that you had the little injury on rivals.
08:19I did.
08:20Can you perhaps talk us through how you injured yourself in such a fiery scene?
08:26This, this was a bedroom scene.
08:30Let's call it that.
08:31And we had a very brilliant intimacy coordinator who made sure that every movement,
08:35everything was, everyone was fine with everything.
08:37Everyone was, it was very positive.
08:39It was a very well structured moment.
08:42Anything that could have been problematic was covered.
08:45Everyone felt safe.
08:47But what we didn't have was a stunt coordinator.
08:49And unfortunately, my leap onto the bed probably required one.
08:55And I hadn't really thought that through.
08:57And I managed to smash into my shin.
09:00Ooh.
09:01Yeah.
09:02So this wonderful, romantic, sexy scene was completely ruined by me writhing around on the floor for a second.
09:10Ah!
09:12Padding the blood from my...
09:14Was you all right?
09:15I mean, eventually I was all right.
09:16Oh, OK.
09:17But really, we should have been concentrating on the scene, not my stupid shin injury.
09:23OK, next up with a question is Luca.
09:25Greetings, Jade.
09:26Greetings.
09:27The name is Luca.
09:28Luca.
09:29Now, I have an important question for you.
09:31Yes.
09:32Why do you love Greg so much?
09:33Yeah!
09:34You look great!
09:36You look great!
09:37Not complaining.
09:38I go there every time I need to have a nice triple chocolate muffin with that sauce inside of it.
09:42Oh, good!
09:43My autistic mind tells me, Luca, you need a muffin, eat it.
09:45I had a Greg's themed birthday party.
09:47Really?
09:48Greg's themed birthday party.
09:49Yeah, I really peaked with that one.
09:51My favourite pasty is the sausage, bean and cheese melt.
09:54Oh, yes!
09:55Great choice!
09:56Yeah.
09:57Stunning.
09:58Honestly, if it's cold, it's not great.
10:00OK.
10:01You've got to wait for a fresh one out of the oven.
10:02That's the trick.
10:03Yeah, those are the best ones.
10:04Yeah.
10:05And the...
10:06Are they called yum-yums?
10:07Yum-yums!
10:08Oh!
10:09That's my mum's go-to as well.
10:10Yeah, is it?
10:11Amazing.
10:12Yeah, there you go.
10:13I really appreciate that.
10:14Thank you, Luca.
10:15OK, now we're going to take a quick break from some of the questions.
10:19Our cast would like to know how you do your vocal warm-ups
10:24and if you could show us how you do them.
10:26Oh, my gosh.
10:27OK.
10:28So...
10:29Are you ready?
10:30Yeah.
10:31I'm ready.
10:32I do a lot of these, like, siren noises, like...
10:34Ooh!
10:36Ooh!
10:37Holy metal.
10:38Ooh!
10:39Ooh!
10:40That was so loud.
10:45You've got great projection.
10:47Well, we do a lot of this as well, like...
10:57Yeah, you get quite a lot of spit going there,
10:59so don't be too near someone when you're doing that one.
11:01Yeah.
11:02And what else do we do?
11:03We go, like...
11:04La, la, la, la, la...
11:06La, la, la, la, la...
11:07And we climb...
11:08La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la...
11:11How much wood would a woodchuck...
11:13Woodchuck...
11:14Woodchuck wood.
11:15Woodchuck wood.
11:16Woo!
11:17Banger.
11:18Why are you keeping swearing?
11:28I don't know.
11:29I was brought up by very strong women that swore.
11:32So, not...
11:33But not aggressive.
11:34OK.
11:35So you don't swear then?
11:36No, I don't swear.
11:37If I swear...
11:38Yeah, no, I make you right.
11:39Yeah, but...
11:40When you're on TV, yeah?
11:42Sorry.
11:43When you're on TV, you're like a lot of swearing on TV.
11:45Yeah, but people do swear and it's OK.
11:46Yeah, I know, OK, but...
11:47It doesn't make you thick.
11:49Yeah.
11:50I think it's about intent.
11:51All right.
11:52If you're going to be violent and you'll be horrible about it,
11:53then yeah, but...
11:54Yeah, OK.
11:55Sometimes you can go, come, fucking come and give me a cuddle.
11:56You say it like that.
11:57Oh, OK, give me a cuddle.
11:58Come, come, fucking come here.
11:59I fucking love you.
12:00I fucking love you.
12:01Yeah.
12:02You know what I mean?
12:03Yeah, it takes.
12:04Yeah, yeah.
12:05But also, look, because I'm 47.
12:06I am who I am.
12:07Oh, you're 47?
12:08I'm 47, yeah.
12:09You look very young for your age.
12:10Oh, well, you look very handsome for your age, dear.
12:11You're very young.
12:12You're very good-looking as well.
12:14Thank you very much.
12:15What is your favourite part of playing Mick Carter on EastEnders?
12:20I think one of my first storylines was when my son came out to me as gay.
12:26Oh?
12:27It was done in such a beautiful way because whatever I represented at the time,
12:31being an alpha male or whatever, they were very clever in a sense of...
12:34Usually when someone comes out as being gay in a soap, they go crazy and they kill someone,
12:38like Ben Mitchell did it, and then he killed Heather.
12:41Yeah.
12:42Because he was so frightened of saying I'm gay, right?
12:45When actually, the truth is this.
12:47He said, I'm gay, and I went, come here, I love you.
12:51And that was it.
12:52So I had many, many letters, many messages from men that came out the next day.
12:56Mm.
12:57So that was important to me, that the platform you can reach if you do it right,
13:00is that you can reach people and sort of change their lives.
13:03You know what I mean?
13:04It doesn't happen all the time.
13:05I'll say soap operas are soap operas for a reason.
13:07And, you know, a lot of the storylines you get are quite shit.
13:10But now and again, they can reach an audience that's important.
13:14So, yeah, that was probably my favourite.
13:17Okay.
13:18Jules.
13:19Um, so a question that I have for you is, being in the public eye,
13:25obviously people can get really invested in your life.
13:30How do you deal with it when there are negative comments online?
13:34There's always a bunch of people who are sitting in their bedrooms,
13:39bashing out nonsense on a keyboard.
13:42Just imagine them sitting there in their pants, miserable.
13:46Unhappy people.
13:50Just being mean because they've got nothing better to do.
13:56And disregard them entirely, that would be what I would say.
14:00I mean, I just don't go there, really.
14:03Okay, we're going to have a question from Joseph over here next.
14:07So, you had a really, really lovely moth suit at the LGBTQ Awards around this year.
14:17Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Did you at some point consider that you might have worn the suit to perhaps conquer your fear of moths?
14:26It's interesting, because I used to find moths very scary.
14:31Really?
14:32They used to really freak me out.
14:34Did they?
14:35Something about the way they move.
14:36Something about the way that if you do smack them with a newspaper,
14:38and I'm not encouraging that, they sort of crumble to dust, don't they, moths?
14:42Dust?
14:43Yeah, they...
14:44Moths, they just kind of evaporate into puffs of moth dust.
14:48Hmm.
14:49I hadn't made the connection, but maybe it did, because I'm not scared of moths in the way that I once was.
14:54They used to freak me out, and now I'm okay with them, I think.
14:58Okay.
14:59They're just sort of like slightly spooky butterflies, aren't they?
15:02They're like goth butterflies or something.
15:04Yes, goth butterflies, that's a better way of putting it, yeah.
15:06Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:08Charlotte, whenever you're ready.
15:11Hi, Jade.
15:12Hi.
15:13This is technically a sensitive and hard question to answer,
15:18so if you feel pressured, please don't answer it.
15:22Okay, thank you.
15:23If you don't want to.
15:30Sadly, I read your horrific case of being bullied at school.
15:35I personally understand this because I have been through the same thing.
15:42It was life-changing for me.
15:45I have never gotten over it.
15:48If you had the chance to speak to your bullies, what would you say?
15:55Wow.
15:56Wow.
15:57That is a deep question.
15:58Yes.
15:59Yes.
16:00Well, firstly, I'm sorry you had to experience bullying.
16:03It's awful for anyone that has to experience that.
16:07I do think it shaped me into who I am today a little bit.
16:12Being an anxious person or doubting myself or feeling insecure.
16:17But it also has, I've kind of been able to turn that around
16:20and become stronger from it.
16:22One moment for me that was such a full circle moment
16:25was when I finally made it in the industry
16:28and did my first show.
16:30As I walked out, my school bully was sat in the audience
16:34asking for an autograph.
16:36Aw.
16:37And I'll never forget that moment.
16:39The audacity.
16:41Yeah.
16:43I think I did, actually.
16:45I think because I then realised that, like,
16:49it was never to do with me.
16:51Do you know what I mean?
16:52Yeah.
16:53I don't know about you, but I'm sure you've got friends around you
16:55that have supported you, hopefully.
16:58That's a difficult question because they were all my bullies.
17:05Aw.
17:06I didn't have a single friend at that school.
17:10Oh, bless you.
17:11I think sometimes the people that are bullied are the ones
17:13that are shining quite bright and people don't like that
17:16and they want to sort of bring them down or dull it.
17:19Yeah.
17:22I also experienced quite a lot of bullying.
17:25I grew up in a mainstream environment.
17:27Mm-hm.
17:28I hadn't bullied there.
17:29I'm not going to say his name, though.
17:31Mm-hm.
17:32But let's just say he gave me a very, very hard time.
17:36Oh.
17:37He said to me that I will not make my next birthday
17:40and if I did, he'd get someone to deal with me
17:44or something like that.
17:45Oh, my gosh.
17:46That's awful.
17:47Yeah.
17:48Like, I just wanted to get out of there.
17:49I wanted to get away from this guy.
17:50Mm-hm.
17:51And he got expelled on my birthday as well.
17:55Oh!
17:56Yes, look what we have it.
17:57I mean, like, look at where I am today.
17:59This is it.
18:00Yes.
18:01You did make it.
18:02Look, we're all here and we're all thriving.
18:04Yes.
18:05And I'm more than happy after this to chat more.
18:07Yeah.
18:08We can talk more about our experiences.
18:09Definitely.
18:10Definitely.
18:11I'd be up for that.
18:12It's a good thing to speak about, especially in front of a lot of people.
18:14It is.
18:15It is.
18:16Nardis?
18:20You like spicy food?
18:22I do like spicy food.
18:23I love it.
18:24What about Nando's?
18:25I'm kind of bored with Nando's.
18:27I've got you a present.
18:29Oh, blimey.
18:30What have we got?
18:31It's a...
18:32It's a hat.
18:33With Gary on it.
18:34Yeah.
18:35You leave.
18:36Oh!
18:37Oh!
18:38Oh!
18:41It fits perfectly.
18:42Yep.
18:43And you've left extra room for my ears.
18:48And now we have some music that we think you're really going to enjoy.
18:53Wow.
18:54My heart was broken.
19:07My heart was broken.
19:11Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow.
19:19Oh, my heart was broken.
19:24My heart was broken.
19:27He saw it.
19:29He claimed it.
19:31He touched it.
19:33He saved it.
19:36Stay strong.
19:37You're such an amazing person, okay?
19:39I'm sorry.
19:40And you have to believe that, right?
19:42It took me a long time.
19:43Yeah.
19:44You're such a wonderful, wonderful person.
19:46You deserve to be happy and have good friends around you.
19:49Okay?
19:50Yes.
19:51Thank you so much.
19:52While the chief put sunshine on me
19:59I thank him for his work
20:03And your birth and my birth
20:09Yeah, yeah, yeah
20:12Thank you for making my day so much.
20:14Aw, you're so welcome.
20:16Can I give you a hug?
20:17Aw, thank you.
20:18We all just need to keep being kind.
20:21Take care.
20:23Thanks for everything.
20:26My heart was broken
20:30My heart was broken
20:35Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow.
20:39You were great.
20:40All right, thank you.
20:44Keep it slow. Do your fucking thing. You're going to be amazing, all right?
20:49Are you happy?
20:50Am I happy?
20:51Yeah.
20:52I'm really happy today.
20:53Yeah, I'm in a good place in my life.
20:55Yeah.
20:56I'm up and down, but today I feel very, very happy.
21:10I'll be with you.
21:15Wow, the chief, the sunshine on me.
21:22I thank you for his work and your birth and my birth.
21:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:36What a mob we are.
21:46Oh my God!
21:47What the hell was that?
22:06What a mob.
22:07Don't get anything that you could be produced by my life.
22:08Who's there?
22:09There's a lot of people by that world, if you go, you read the sub-Iran, you read the sub-Iran.
22:10You just want to tell them about the peace of your life.
22:11I'm good.
22:12Who's there?
22:13I want, I want you to sag out the sub-Iran.
22:14You're right.
22:15I want to talk a bit.
22:16You're right.
22:17I want to talk a bit.
22:18That's a big part of the devil.
22:19What a lot of people, you're right.
22:20I want to talk a bit.
22:21Let's talk a bit.
22:23Well, thank you.
22:24I want to talk a bit.
22:25You want to want to talk a bit.
22:26I want to talk a bit.
22:27I want to talk a bit.