Champagne for Lulu! The 60s singing sensation on being absolutely fabulous: ‘I look back and think, that’s some career’

Lulu (Image: Attitude/Olivia Richardson)

“Champagne for …” I declare on arrival at ‘Shout’ singer Lulu’s London home. I’m brandishing a warm bottle of Taittinger, only to discover that neither our absolutely fabulous host, nor her (literally) Absolutely Fabulous friend, the one and only Jennifer Saunders, is drinking alcohol at the moment. Attitude lives for the poetic irony.

“I’m so sorry!” says Jennifer.

Lulu points out with a riotous laugh, “It’s still morning — you start early!” I am, of course, recreating the classic Ab Fab scene where the gaffe-prone PR Edina buys Lulu — playing herself — three courses and a pudding at a swanky restaurant. Snapping her fingers, Edina insists, “Champagne for Lulu!” before schmoozing, “Do you know what you need? A really good publicity machine. Who does your PR?” To this, Lulu replies, “You do.”

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