Clare Balding acknowledged to Mel Giedroyc that she frequently refers to her wife Alice Arnold as “physically very attractive,” and she cautioned him.
Clare Balding has revealed that she issued a warning to a fellow broadcaster, as he always calls her wife “physically very attractive”. Clare, a broadcaster best known for her sports coverage, shared the revelation with Mel Giedroyc (of Mel and Sue and Great British Bake Off fame) on a recent episode of the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast.
In this death-themed podcast, Mel, under the assumption that her weekly guest has passed away, probes them about how they want to die, their funeral plans, and other similarly dying-focused topics.
In the episode, Mel played a recording of an amusing mock eulogy by fellow broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, in which he described Clare, who was on Celebrity Traitors, as one of the “most loved and respected figures”.
As he continued his speech, he hinted at her love of all things equestrian and touched upon her career in sports broadcasting. However, the eulogy soon turned to the topic of Clare’s wife, Alice Arnold.
As Clare remarked that he is “physically very attracted” and that he “always says that,” Gyles said, “Of course, as she leaves behind a beautiful widow, the brilliant and beguiling Alice Arnold.”
You will notice that I’m dressed in white and sitting here today. Yes, because “a brighter future beckons,” as Clare chuckled, “because Alice.”
Gyles then instructed his mock audience to remain seated after the funeral, as they would subsequently move on to a wedding, as he and Alice had decided to “tie the knot”.
Clare noted that he’d “always had a thing” for her, and once he concluded, she said: “I think he’s thought about it — definitely thought about the wedding to Alice. He always says to her, ‘You’re physically very attractive’. And we all go, ‘Borderline; borderline, Gyles’, but he can get away with it.”
In other news from August, Clare made an embarrassing error about Princess Anne that occurred during a significant royal event, and it was all due to a phrasing error.
It happened while Alice was writing her commentary on King Charles’ coronation for the BBC, but it was people who “interpreted” what she said “differently” in her direction.
She stated in a statement to Woman and Home magazine that she had commented on the coronation parade and that, coming from an equestrian background, “There’s the Princess Royal, who you may have seen make a hasty exit from Westminster Abbey, and she has been swiftly mounted.”
When I got home, Alice said that many people might have thought differently about it because of how it was interpreted. Hopefully, including the Princess Royal!
