Comedian and best-selling author David Walliams has opened up about holidaying with music legend Elton John and recalled how Bono shared "amazing" stories during a dinner party at his house.
Speaking on Friday's Late Late Show on RTÉ One, the 51-year-old former Britain's Got Talent star hailed Elton as a "genius" and admitted how "he's very easy to talk to".
"He's lovely. I was holidaying with him in the South of France," he told host Patrick Kielty. "He happens to be a genius, but he watches TV, he does normal stuff. I know he doesn't seem it, but he's very easy to talk to. Basically, you're with him having breakfast or something and you're having a nice chat and then in your head you go 'bloody hell, it's Elton John' and then you have to dismiss that thought and just carry on trying to be normal."
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Discussing his visit to Bono's house, he explained how the U2 frontman was "very" welcoming to him and Elton.
"He [Elton] took us to Bono's house for dinner. It was very nice and he made us feel very welcome," Walliams said. "He started telling us this amazing story about how he had dinner with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison in this curry house somewhere... and this amazing story about these legends and then he went 'David, tell us about the world of comedy!' And I thought I haven't got any stories that in any way could be comparable to Bono's," he laughed.
Walliams, who was on the show to talk about his new children's book Santa and Son, his 44th publication and first festive story, said his 12-year-old son, Alfred, is "a good sounding board".
"He's twelve, so he now wants to watch Borat and The Hangover and things like that, so I think I've got not too much longer of him enjoying my books. But he's a great sounding board. I tell him about the stories," he said.
He continued: "We walk around Regent's Park and he always wants to tell me his ideas and stuff but then he says 'But Daddy, I want half the money'.
I say: 'You'll get it one day'," he laughed.
Walliams said while he gets writing inspiration from many sources, it's always important to follow his gut.
"It's great, but just meeting kids, doing events and going into schools - all these kind of things - gives you feedback. But at the end of the day, like anything creative, you've got to trust your own instincts."
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