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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Harrison

‘Get a grip’: Joanna Lumley claims everyone’s on ‘the mental illness bandwagon’

Isabel Oakeshott

Joanna Lumley has told everybody who she perceives to be jumping on the “mental illness bandwagon” to “just get a grip”.

Speaking on right-wing commentator Isabel Oakeshott’s podcast, the actor and presenter said: “When someone dies and you grieve, that’s human. That’s what being human is, you’re not mentally ill.

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