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Miriam Margolyes' most famous feuds over the years from Monty Python star John Cleese to British pop star Lily Allen and even Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio


Miriam Margolyes is known for saying exactly what she thinks and isn't afraid to hold back in interviews.

: Stories from an Extraordinary Life, Miriam told The Guardian how she was treated with contempt by John and his Monty Python co-star Graham Chapman while at University. Discussing her dislike of the male world of comedy, she wrote in her memoir This Much is True: 'I admire the creation of Monty Python and The Goodies and I think they were men of genius, but they were not gentlemen. Jeremy had been interviewed by journalist Justin Webb about his plans for the government's new economic strategy on the Today Programme, in the slot before Miriam.

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