{"id":464928,"date":"2026-05-24T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/464928\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:21:19","slug":"vogue-williams-confesses-we-considered-it-during-run-in-with-joanna-lumley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/464928\/","title":{"rendered":"Vogue Williams confesses &#8216;we considered it&#8217; during run-in with Joanna Lumley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish podcaster Vogue Williams disclosed to her sister, Amber, she&#8217;d crossed paths with Joanna Lumley, the Absolutely Fabulous star, at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 10: Vogue Williams attends The BAFTA Television Awards with P&amp;O Cruises at The Royal Festival Hall on May 10, 2026 in London, England.  (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2_BAFTA-Television-Awards-With-PO-Cruises-2026-Arrivals.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Vogue opened up about a moment she &quot;stared hard&quot; at Joanna Lumley\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Vogue opened up about a moment she &#8220;stared hard&#8221; at Joanna Lumley(Image: Stuart C. Wilson, Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Vogue Williams has revealed she &#8220;considered it&#8221; as she opened up about a moment she &#8220;stared hard&#8221; at Joanna Lumley. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/showbiz\/irish-showbiz\/vogue-williams-brands-spencer-matthews-37135914\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Her comments came<\/a> during a recent conversation with her sister, Amber Wilson, in which Vogue disclosed that she bumped into the Absolutely Fabulous star at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Situated on the banks of the River Thames, the world-famous flower show strives to &#8220;inspire, educate and excite visitors about horticulture&#8221; and regularly draws celebrity guests and members of the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/royal-family\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Royal Family<\/a> alike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Among the glittering array of famous faces in attendance this year <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/king-charles-graciously-accepts-invitation-37173914\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">were King Charles<\/a> and Queen Camilla, Sir David Beckham, artist Grayson Perry, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/strictly-come-dancing\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Strictly Come Dancing&#8217;s<\/a> Dianne Buswell, TV star Myleene Klass, and presenters Angela Rippon and Ruth Langsford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Vogue was left starstruck upon spotting Great British Bake Off legend Mary Berry. She told the Vogue and Amber podcast: &#8220;Anyway, so the flower show. So, we&#8217;re just walking around the flower show. There&#8217;s Mary Berry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Joanna Lumley attends the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 at The Royal Hospital Chelsea on May 18, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Goff Photos\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_BESTPIX-RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show-2026-Press-Preview.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Vogue ran into the Absolutely Fabulous star at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Vogue ran into the Absolutely Fabulous star at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There&#8217;s bloody Mary Berry in front. No, don&#8217;t say bloody that. You can&#8217;t say that in front of her name. God. God. There&#8217;s Queen Mary Berry. She&#8217;s so slight and lovely and petite and just looked so&#8230; like, she looked gorgeous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Expanding on her run-in with <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/showbiz\/celebrity-news\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Joanna<\/a>, she continued: &#8220;And then took&#8230; took a lot of might not to go up to her. A lot of might. And I mean we stared hard; Joanna Lumley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A clearly impressed Amber noted that she would have &#8220;made an exception&#8221; to snag a photo with Joanna, but Vogue explained that she didn&#8217;t like &#8220;interrupting people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: &#8220;We did. We considered it. We did. And we stared&#8230; we stared her down as hard as we could, but I just&#8230; I feel like&#8230; I feel like there&#8217;s, I don&#8217;t know. I just liked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t like interrupting people when they&#8217;re just trying to have a nice time. You know what I mean?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An adult female, wearing a white jacket and pink top, stands in a garden with a variety of flowering plants and trees in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show-2026-Press-Preview.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Vogue explained that she didn't like &quot;interrupting people&quot;\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Vogue explained that she didn&#8217;t like &#8220;interrupting people&#8221;(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Amber suggested that Joanna would have &#8220;liked that&#8221;, although she admitted that she didn&#8217;t think the actress&#8217; personality was similar to the characters she has played over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The pair shared a giggle while reminiscing about an old episode of <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/tv\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Absolutely Fabulous<\/a>, with Amber describing the series as an &#8220;absolute banger&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In other news, Vogue, who is expecting her fourth child with husband Spencer Matthews, recently dubbed him a &#8220;sicko&#8221; as she made a swipe at the former Made in Chelsea star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking to Amber in a separate instalment of the podcast, the Irish media personality said: &#8220;When I got pregnant, my knickers all got too small for me. I had to borrow Amber&#8217;s knickers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Amber jokingly suggested that her sister would have to lend Spencer&#8217;s underwear before revealing he &#8220;doesn&#8217;t wear boxers&#8221;. Vogue replied: &#8220;Spenny just goes around rubbing his bum on his trousers, what a sicko.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish podcaster Vogue Williams disclosed to her sister, Amber, she&#8217;d crossed paths with Joanna Lumley, the Absolutely Fabulous&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,12460],"class_list":["post-464928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-vogue-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}