Comedian Fern Brady: βI went to get hypnotised out of eating breadβ
The Scottish standup on her hatred of roasts and being starstruck by a Spice Girl on Celebrity Bake Off
Mum was really into getting me and my brothers to try different foods. Which is why I resent any depictions of working-class people just eating Turkey Twizzlers because my mum used to bake us focaccia and stuff. She worked in Tesco on the checkout but sheβd have Greek food nights for us. We were always the children with weird packed lunches.
Iβve never had a bread that I didnβt like. I even went to get hypnotised out of eating bread. [Fellow comedian] Lou Sanders went to the same woman to get hypnotised out of eating sweets. Then I was at Louβs house for dinner and I couldnβt eat because Iβd had a load of toast beforehand. And Lou was eating sweets as the starter. We were both like: βI donβt think the hypnotist has worked β¦ β So yeah, thatβs one of the stupidest things Iβve ever spent money on.
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