Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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Thank goodness for gloriously silly Daisy May Cooper. Joyful, irreverent and totally uplifting' The Times This audiobook is narrated by Daisy May Cooper and includes an exclusive, bonus interview with Daisy and her Dad, Paul Cooper. There’s just so much about life being hard and general negativity about everything and everyone. It is very much a poor, poor me type of memoir. I’ve read much more positive accounts from holocaust and World War II survivors! How much of a humiliating, ridiculous, screw-up of a sh**-storm life do you need to have led before you finally achieve your dream . . . ?

Even when things really do go their way and This Country finally gets commissioned to be made, it’s almost a cursory mention at the end and that’s it. There’s probably another book in the pipeline because there’s no mention of The Wrong Mans or David Copperfield which she acted in before This Country. Will she be complaining about James Cordon and Dev Patel next?I started writing. Just to make Charlie laugh, I created a character called Kerry. She was like so many girls from around where we lived, and inspired by the school bullies from when I was at Deer Park secondary. She was oafish and selfish, but underneath it all she had a big heart. We started filming two-minute sketches. The videos got zero views on YouTube, but Charlie and I pissed ourselves

Before the book was released, Cooper had been trolling her publisher Penguin by asking whether she could write about an ex-boyfriend’s “wonky” penis. In a secretly recorded meeting posted to TikTok, she can be heard explaining her case, saying it’s a “dealbreaker” and that she doesn’t think she’s “asking for much.” The comedian then posted a clip of the publisher preceding to tell her off over the phone, which resulted in her deactivating her Insta in protest. A statement in Metro then followed, with Cooper announcing that Penguin had “ offered to let me dedicate the book to my ex-boyfriend’s wonky knob.” I’d be interested to read a book by Charlie Cooper. He comes across as a more thoughtful and reflective person. Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet. Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her is the endearingly honest and hilarious memoir from the creator and star of award-winning BBC comedy This Country.I’m so delighted I chose to review this in the audio format because what else could be better than Daisy May Cooper reading her own memoir? She tells every story with equal humor and enthusiasm, in the unique style that we have come to know and love about her. The funniest memoir of 2021, written by the most relatable woman in the world—Daisy May Cooper, creator and star of BBC's award-winning comedy This Country .