natasha hamilton and bruce "les battersby" jones on come dine with me

By Catherine Jones on Nov 2, 09 11:53 AM

Oh dear oh dear! Come Dine With Me is the new car crash telly isn't it? You know it's all going to unfold horribly in front of you but you can't help but watch.
Remember Phil Olivier fighting off Christopher Biggins with a fly swat? I think Natasha Hamilton - looking luminous I thought - could have done with one of those last night to fend off the attentions of a very red-faced Roy Walker.

Then there was Bruce Jones, aka Les Battersby, who said he only liked fish if it was tinned salmon and was faced with three nights of salmon, cod and haddock. Whoops.
I spoke to Bruce last week at the launch of the Contemporary Urban Centre panto Dick Whittington, in which he plays King Rat, and he admitted to me he'd had assistance from a chef to pull off his menu.
I asked him if he'd had a good experience on the show - bearing in mind this is before I'd seen his "embrace" with hilariously mad potty -mouth Yvette Fielding.
"I wouldn't do it again," he said.
No kidding.