Katherine Ryan reveals she was 'mugged off' by Stephen Hawking as she recounts wild party at Jimmy Carr's house

Daily Mail​

24-04-2025

Katherine Ryan has revealed how she was 'mugged off' by Stephen Hawking after meeting the professor at one of Jimmy Carr 's wild parties.
The comedian, 41, shared the rather surprising story as she recounted how Jimmy used to have 'Gatsby-esque' style bashes which all the stars were invited too.
And Katherine confessed she tried to have a little flirt with Stephen, who died in 2018 aged 76, as she admitted: 'I tried it on with him'.
Chatting on the latest episode of the Nip Tuck podcast with hosts Ashley Stobart and Lauren Adamson Katherine explained: 'Well before Jimmy Carr's children were born, he used to have the most amazing parties.
'Like Brandon Flowers would be there. Woody Harrelson would be there, Professor Stephen Hawking, Monica Lewinsky, I met Kourtney Kardashian in Jimmy Carr's living room. He's like the London Gatsby. It was really fun.'
As Ashley asked: 'Stephen Hawking, yes, did he try it on with you?'
Katherine confirmed: 'I tried it on with him' as the hosts laughed.
The star continued: 'Because I saw in the film about him that he's kind of a ladies man.'
'Yeah but then, quite hurtfully he just kind of went quiet, and then his assistant came up and said "Oh I'm sorry the professor's tablet has run out of battery. He can't talk to you anymore."'
She joked: 'And I was mugged off, and I know it.'
'What a great way to f**k someone off,' added Lauren: 'Just saying "my batteries gone".'
'He truly is a genius,' replied Katherine as she explained: 'But then I googled it and there's a back up battery for the tablet in the chairs. So if the chair is moving the battery is working.'
Lauren teased: 'So he f****ed you off,' and Katherine confirmed: 'He did'.
It comes after Katherine revealed earlier this month that she once cheated on an ex-partner and is 'glad that she did it' as she candidly reflected on the decision.
Katherine confirmed: 'I tried it on with him. Yeah but then, quite hurtfully just kind of went quiet, and then his assistant came up and said "Oh I'm sorry the professor's tablet has run out of battery. He can't talk to you anymore"'
The comedian, who has married to Bobby Koostra, also 41, since 2019, lifted the lid on the past situation in an episode of the Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith podcast.
When asked about 'the most bada** thing' she has ever done, Katherine admitted: 'I cheated on one of my partners and that's bad but I feel that he deserved it and I'm always really glad that I did it.'
Paloma questioned: 'Was it your exit strategy?' to which the comedian laughed: 'Yeah. In this relationship we were done. I had asked him to leave.'
Not clarifiying which ex it was, she continued: 'And especially as a single mother people were like "Oh, he left you" and I was like no, no, I begged him to leave for a long time.
'Isn't it funny that a lot of men won't respect that choice like they will respect another man's property. So once another man comes into the picture then they go "Oh".'
Palmona then jokingly chimed in with: 'This tree has been p***** on by somebody else. Just like dogs.'
'Yeah,' agreed Katherine, 'I just needed to get p***** on. It felt awful at the time. I had so much guilt and you never wanna hurt someone else intentionally.
'But looking back at the big picture as you say, nobody knows what's gone on for the ten years or five years or two years or whatever it may be.'
Paloma then added: 'Men do it often and then it's like oh, awful for the woman she's a victim of that and then when a woman does it she is literally the devil. But it's like you've tried a lot of stuff.
Katherine concluded: 'I had no choice I feel. The choice, I suppose, would have been, be more courageous and just go. But in this relationship, we were done. I had asked him to leave.'