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28-03-2025
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Nigella Lawson explains why she isn't a sex symbol: ‘I don't get the whole thing'
Nigella Lawson has admitted that she's baffled by her sex symbol status. The TV cook, 65, who has routinely topped 'sexiest celebrity chef' rankings throughout her career, said she has a 'lazy' beauty regime and is shocked people recognise her in public. Lawson claimed she frequently has unbrushed hair, is covered in burn marks from her oven, and only manages to keep up a glamorous persona thanks to the magic of television. Speaking on the Salon Confidential podcast to celebrity stylist Andreas Wild, Lawson said: 'I don't get the whole sexy thing. Often I am not wearing makeup at all.' 'If I've done my own hair, I don't brush it, I mess it up. Instead of brushing it, I tip my head upside down. I do try to do it sometimes, but I'm incredibly lazy. If people recognise me, I'm astonished.' Lawson admitted she feels 'offended to be recognised' in public and recalled a recent encounter on the London Underground where fans were uncertain if it was her. ''I was on the Tube the other day and someone said, 'Is it you?,'' she said. 'I said, 'God, I am looking such a fright. I'm almost offended to be recognised.'' Lawson's first cookbook, How to Eat, was released when she was 38, but the celebrity chef didn't make her TV debut for a further two years. Back in 2018, the cook revealed she didn't want to appear on screen 'as a young woman' because 'I didn't want that thing where attention is paid to one's physical being.' Echoing her most recent interview, she added: 'TV is glamourising. I always think I must be a bit of a messy disappointment when people meet me in real life.' The same year, the food writer denied intentionally using innuendos in her work and accused audiences of 'projecting' on to her. Quoting Lawson, Australian TV host Hamish MacDonald read: 'My empty vessels are ready to be loaded, I adore the way it comes bulging up over the rim'. Noticeably irritated, the chef, who is estimated to have sold more than three million cookery books worldwide, insisted MacDonald's suggestion that she deliberately uses innuendo was wrong. Appearing lost for words, she replied: 'Yes but why, tell me this – it's an empty vessel… When I say it…' Macdonald interjected and again appeared to imply the use of language was intentional. 'You have this way of saying things,' he insisted. Hitting back, Lawson replied: 'I have this way of people projecting things on me. I'm so not. I don't get it. I need you to explain to me.'
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28-03-2025
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Nigella Lawson doesn't think she is 'sexy': 'I don't get it...'
Nigella Lawson doesn't think she is "sexy" at all. The 65-year-old chef became familiar to millions of television viewers through her Channel 4 culinary series 'Nigella Bites' in the late 1990s and her eponymous chat show but admitted that away from the cameras, she doesn't wear makeup "at all" and can be "incredibly lazy" in her personal life. Speaking on an upcoming episode of the 'Salon Confidential' podcast, she said: "I don't get the whole sexy thing. 'Often I am not wearing makeup at all. 'If I've done my own hair, I don't brush it, I mess it up. Instead of brushing it, I tip my head upside down. I do try to do it sometimes, but I'm incredibly lazy. " The 'My Kitchen Rules' always gets a shock when she is recognised by fans when she is out and about and admitted that she is "almost offended" when she is spotted by a member of the public when she is not dressed as glamorously as she is on television. She added: "If people recognise me, I'm astonished. I was on the Tube the other day and someone said, 'Is it you?' 'I said, 'God, I am looking such a fright. I'm almost offended to be recognised'. I am very clumsy. I mean, look at the amount of burns!" Meanwhile, Nigella was then asked about her pet hates when it comes to table manners and admitted that while she is "not super hygienic", she still cannot stand certain things. She said: "When people use their food plates for stubbing a cigarette out, the thought of that makes me feel ill. "That's the thing I can't bear. I think of it as a cross-contamination thing. "I'm not super hygienic, I can tell you. "'But I cannot bear it if people use the same knife for the butter and then put it into some marmalade. 'Or they spread the toast with the butter, and then they put the knife back into the butter so crumbs get into the butter. 'In restaurants now, they often do those sharing plates. 'But they don't give you a spoon and fork for serving. 'There seems to be a disinclination to give people serving utensils.
