Helen Lederer’s fortunes dive

 
Helen Lederer
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3 January 2013

Comedian Helen Lederer flies again, this time literally. She is taking part in reality show Splash!, starting this Saturday, in which Olympian Tom Daley teaches celebrities how to dive.

Lederer, who starred in Absolutely Fabulous, tells the Londoner this reality show is a particular form of hell. After struggling with the steps getting out of the pool, some progress has been made. “I can now get out of the pool without tugging my cossie [out of modesty], I can now dive off the one-metre board in a downwards direction without bruising mostly, but that’s not good enough. I have to dive off the three-metre and I can’t,” she says. “Would being in the Big Brother House have been easier? I wouldn’t have needed quite so many blow-drys.”

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