{"id":648799,"date":"2026-06-20T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648799\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:59:12","slug":"dawn-french-opens-up-on-letter-to-lenny-henry-after-weird-ordeal-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648799\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawn French opens up on letter to Lenny Henry after \u2018weird\u2019 ordeal &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNR1FvcUJ3blpwUDRJaUk1ZDJVOTlxcERBaU1fT29LMUFocVhqV1A3eVVBR2Fhd29MNVdCZGlKTXhXVmFtUGg4OUhBN3ZNUkFlU2pZY0o0aHFTcnFWZk84R0ozbk1mUmlDVmMzY1NHcmdVTmFOeGlnaEJCa3h3V212bzQ1UWlKX2FQeDB4UHl4RC00Q2NFTUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawn French opens up on letter to Lenny Henry after \u2018weird\u2019 ordeal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQNWVCa1BwQlhDSVptN24zQkFBZFJyYjJPYl9ldVlHcUptaGRqZC1tNVMzQU9jWE9GY3VqWllyWkotLTVUMzZHM0tHd3lCY2VLanRtMG51cUZNeFdtRlZRWXFIM0tENXdZbGN5d2lNU09UUmZpR2d3U0RPMXNpOHNmdnRrSTliTkhhejl5TDBR0gGTAUFVX3lxTE9Sbi1iaVR3QXBzSnc4SHdMMDNPR05SWDhYVnpFVm53b1ppRW1BMi11WmFtVklTTFFVWUpOT2lPekVBeTlfT0NSZkR4bGxuckRZRmdReWkzcFdqMmdkenJfM1N1U2hUcE5SdkhUSTRVZjRSa0JlckFSaGJoTWtETnIxXzZVQXY4U2xWTHJOLTdvNW53dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawn French shares how \u2018weird\u2019 ordeal made her write &#8216;heartfelt&#8217; letter to Lenny Henry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wales Online<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQRnRRYXN1WHBiN0luMGM5bmVSS2xKa240TW5lYVJmUXl2aWNvdTBFS2hfNXlDNU1HV0xsaGt1eVFuYUtrTVZOV0pxb1h6OG9XVWx1RHFYUjFxVkxwQlpXbUs5M0pWalowQllkN1BBcmo4djY4R25xdUEza1BSQUdnMU9TXzF5UUtxeW1J0gGQAUFVX3lxTE5OS2lHck5JbHdoOC1GdERkTWl6ZGliZUl2eGxEaEVCVHpHVWZSTnpPNXZSX1VwYXJiYVN1ZGRQaWQtamg2MUpfaEU1aFdRNmV0UHBHcE9aNkh2R2szS3B1T3NYMkkwSkNlOXdJRWRlWDh2MUp4NzNzOUxWck5FU2hIN0hzZmN1WWwwZEFTNUhWag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawn French explains how &#8216;weird&#8217; situation led to her writing &#8216;heartfelt&#8217; letter to Lenny Henry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPNm1qdDdqZlhyMlpFX0ZMbmVmSldZSUo1ZXM5TXl1TGZPZjNWRm5uV3pEdkM2am9JZ1I2eGN1UE9EQVctbWZJbzJXTDhYZEpCZ3dHY0xvYmx2c3pyTXJ2dEF0OElVNTZOczV0bjY2NnRiTmFoWlBtOThMVVZpSmZ1MV9lOUE0ZWl1NHhRUdIBkgFBVV95cUxOaVpYdFdRM1ZpZWJ2Y0wwcDlZTmo4bTdtTWVmdDRRZXU3STc3UTE1a0hUYjdzQ3pSUVR5cXpHTk5kRm1ha0VDejNGN2hFMlIyVllDRUhTSXhWdUxvXzMzbDgzRmRWNTR0aTdaRS1MVjI0NERNUVFDZTdzUFMxcE9ITDFJQnQ3TGRLUHdsS0NyYmxmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dawn French admits &#8216;weird&#8217; ordeal made her write &#8216;heartfelt&#8217; letter to ex Lenny Henry<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cornwall Live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dawn French opens up on letter to Lenny Henry after \u2018weird\u2019 ordeal&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentDawn French shares how \u2018weird\u2019 ordeal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-648799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}