WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON
“My dad did a drag act. One time he came to see Loose Women and me and Jane McDonald took him out after to this Thai restaurant run by a transgender Thai girl. So dad dressed as Raquel, our surname being Welch, in a short, lime-green mini-skirt – Raquel’s a bit of a slut, to be honest – and a tiny off-the-shoulder gypsy blouse. We all went in and – I swear down, this is true – someone went, ‘Oh my god, have you seen those two come as Denise Welch and Jane McDonald? They’re fucking shite!’ Jane and I were the rubbish transvestites!”