Peter Andre has admitted he made a major name-based mix-up when he decided to ask if one of his co-stars wanted to grab a coffee so he could get to know her better
Singer and actor Peter Andre has been mocked by his wife Emily MacDonagh over a major, but harmless, faux pas he made when he was acting in a West End musical. Peter, 53, played Vince Fontaine in the stage production of the 1978 film in two separate runs in 2022 and 2023.
An actress who appeared alongside him in the same version of Grease, playing Ms Lynch, is one Corinna Powlesland. She was mentioned in the latest episode of the podcast Peter co-hosts with his wife Emily, while the couple were discussing Peter’s habit of getting people’s names wrong and struggling with cases of mistaken identity.
One example of this, explained Peter, occurred when he went to ask out Corinna for a coffee when he was in the aforementioned production of Grease.
Peter said: “Honestly, I don’t know what is wrong with me. This happens all the time. I used to do Grease in the West End, which I absolutely loved.
“There was a lady in there playing Ms Lynch, she’s the headmistress. So Corinna was playing Miss Lynch. Lovely lady Corinna. We became really good friends.
“And one day I thought, you know, I’m going to get to London early and I’m going to text her and say, ‘Corinna, meet me for a coffee, we’ll go for a coffee’.
“Very sweet, so I sent a message to Corinna saying, ‘Hi Corinna. Just wondering if you want to meet up for a coffee today. It would be lovely to see you’.”
Although Peter’s decision was one of desire to build a friendship, things would soon go a bit wrong, as he accidentally texted his and ex-wife Katie Price’s son Junior’s old drama teacher, who happens to share the same name as his co-star.
He explained: “I got a message back [saying], ‘Hi Pete. I’d love to meet for a coffee, but just to let you know I’m Junior’s drama teacher, Karina. Are you sure you meant to send this to me?’.
“Mind you, at this point, Junior’s an adult. So I’ve contacted her out of the blue for a coffee. She was lovely enough to say, ‘I’m Junior’s drama teacher, but yeah, I’ll meet for a coffee, no worries’.”
Afterwards Emily replied mockingly: “Let’s do it!” However, that wasn’t the end of the story, because Peter would end up making the same mistake, not once, but twice.
He added: “So that was the first time. It happened more than once, I messaged her two or three times, she goes, ‘Wrong Karina again?’. I went, ‘Oh damn. I’m so sorry’. But that then goes onto the names I get wrong.”
Peter’s comments come ahead of Junior joining his sister Princess in Celebrity Race Across The World tonight (November 11) on BBC One at 8pm.
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