Peter Andre has been mocked by his wife Emily MacDonagh after he accidentally texted his son Junior's former drama teacher to ask her for coffee, mistaking her for his Grease co-star who shares the same name.
The singer and actor, 53, played Vince Fontaine in the stage production of Grease in two separate runs in 2022 and 2023. An actress who appeared alongside him in the same version, playing Ms Lynch, is Corinna Powlesland. She was mentioned in the latest episode of the podcast Peter co-hosts with Emily, while the couple discussed Peter's habit of getting people's names wrong and struggling with cases of mistaken identity.
The mix-up explained
Peter explained that one example of this occurred when he went to ask Corinna for a coffee while in the production of Grease. He said: "Honestly, I don't know what is wrong with me. This happens all the time. I used to do Grease in the West End, which I absolutely loved."
"There was a lady in there playing Ms Lynch, she's the headmistress. So Corinna was playing Miss Lynch. Lovely lady Corinna. We became really good friends," he added. "And one day I thought, you know, I'm going to get to London early and I'm going to text her and say, 'Corinna, meet me for a coffee, we'll go for a coffee'."
Wrong Karina again
Peter accidentally texted his and ex-wife Katie Price's son Junior's old drama teacher, who happens to share the same name as his co-star. He explained: "I got a message back [saying], 'Hi Pete. I'd love to meet for a coffee, but just to let you know I'm Junior's drama teacher, Karina. Are you sure you meant to send this to me?'."
"Mind you, at this point, Junior's an adult. So I've contacted her out of the blue for a coffee. She was lovely enough to say, 'I'm Junior's drama teacher, but yeah, I'll meet for a coffee, no worries'," he said. Afterwards Emily replied mockingly: "Let's do it!" However, Peter would end up making the same mistake not once, but twice.
Repeated mistake
He added: "So that was the first time. It happened more than once, I messaged her two or three times, she goes, 'Wrong Karina again?'. I went, 'Oh damn. I'm so sorry'. But that then goes onto the names I get wrong."
Peter's comments come ahead of Junior joining his sister Princess in Celebrity Race Across The World tonight (November 11) on BBC One at 8pm.
