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Stephen Fry recalls hilarious moment his booze advice left Nigella Lawson red-faced after she mistakenly ordered a VERY x-rated drink


The English actor, 67, shared the anecdote during an appearance on the latest episode of the Dish from Waitrose podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett.

Stephen Fry has recalled the moment Nigella Lawson ordered a very x-rated drink after his booze advice was hilariously misunderstood as he appeared on Wednesday's Dish from Waitrose podcast (Pictured on Tuesday) Speaking to Angela and Nick, Stephen said: 'I was sitting, waiting for takeoff, on a Qantas flight, and the steward came and sort of squatted in front of me, as if to let me into a very good secret that he was going to open the bar for me rather than just serve the usual coffee, orange juice and warm champagne or whatever that you might get. 'And then there were those writers, like EM Forster or Somerset Maugham, who held their heads up high and made me feel that it wasn't all slime and grim mackintosh people in a terrible world of darkness.'

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