Denise Welch shares Tom Cruise’s verdict on her ‘dirty’ birthday speech to Michael Caine
Loose Women star Denise Welch has described Hollywood star Tom Cruise's reaction to the speech she delivered at Sir Michael Caine's birthday celebration.
Denise Welch, 64, joined a star-studded group of A-listers including the likes of Mission Impossible’s Tom Cruise, 60, in celebrating Sir Michael Caine’s birthday last week. The Loose Women star went on to share the Hollywood star’s verdict on her “dirty jokes” after she delivered a speech to the iconic Alfie actor for his 90th birthday.
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Speaking on her podcast Denise Welch's Juicy Crack, the ITV star recalled her incredible experience at the star-studded event.
“David Walliams did a brilliant speech” she remembered, before adding that more and more people kept getting up to speak.
She went on to reveal that, despite being told that the speeches had “all been taken care of”, inspiration struck when Joan Collins shared a few words with the room.
“Then Joan Collins got up and did a speech she looked on believable. I mean, unbelievable,” she said. “I'm talking close up, Joan Collins is unbelievable, glamourous, together, witty, funny… Amazing.
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“Anyway, so she said a few words and I thought, ‘I can't be having this.’ I was too jealous.
“So I just stood up. And I said, ‘Michael, what can I say? Shakira’s asked me to say a few words. She said I can be rude. I love you. I know you love a bit of gossip and I know you love a dirty joke.’
Sir Michael has been married to former actress and model Shakira Caine since 1973.
“And I proceeded to tell some of my dad's jokes, but I sort of personalised them and pretended that they were about them.
“And little did I know that Tom Cruise and his team love a dirty joke and they were banging the table with laughter!” she revealed.
She went on to admit that she loved that her speech had made headlines, continuing: “One of my favourite headlines was ‘Tom Cruise missing the Oscars to attend Denise Welch’s stand up was not on my 2023 Bingo card’ - Hilarious.
“So there I was, and then I had a photo with Tom and he went, ‘Oh my God, you killed it’. So I was really chuffed.
“But I was more chuffed that Michael was proud of me. So it was really quite something to attend that birthday of one of the greatest actors of our generation and, not only to attend it, but to play a part in it as well. I was very, very honoured."
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Last Tuesday, Denise shared some photos from the exciting event on Instagram, also including a video of her speech
“Such an honour to be asked by Shakira to say a few words at Sir Michael Caines’ 90th birthday!!!” she captioned the clip.
“He loves a dirty joke and so does @tomcruise it appears!!!! Great night and amazing company.”
In the video, the former Waterloo Road star can be heard saying: “Only the other morning, [Michael’s wife] Shakira [Caine] said she heard a scream from downstairs.
“It was Michael shouting, ‘Shakira look, there’s a parcel, my Olympic condoms have come.’
“He said, ‘I’m going to wear the gold ones tonight’, and she said, ‘Why not wear the silver and come f***ing second for a change’.”
At that point, the camera panned around the room to show the guests in fits of laughter, including a highly-amused Tom, who was seated next to Sir Michael.
Denise Welch's Juicy Crack Podcast is available to stream now.
