Sara Cox has recalled the moment Liam Gallagher told her to 'f*** off' after she insulted his then-girlfriend Patsy Kensit on her Channel 4 series The Girlie Show.
The Controversial Segment
Cox and Sarah Cawood hosted a segment called 'W***** of the Week' on the show, which was the TV equivalent of PopBitch!, reporting on misbehaving celebrities. One week, Cox decided to target Kensit, who was dating Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher at the time.
Speaking to The Sun, Cox admitted: 'W**ker of the Week was so mean. It was like anyone was fair game if you're in the public eye. I used to present them in the production meeting quite proudly — 'Here's this week's w**ker'. And the producers would be, like, 'Great!' I was absolutely buzzing that they liked my writing. It would be a minute-and-a-half takedown of someone in the public eye, be it Chris Evans or Liam Gallagher. And then I did Patsy Kensit.'
The Confrontation
Soon after, Cox ran into the Manc musician while they were both on Top of the Pops. Despite knowing she had just insulted his partner, she went over to say hello. 'I don't know why I went over — I'd called his wife a w***** on the telly. I was, like, 'Oh, I'll go and say hello. I really like his music'.'
Liam was, in her words, 'quite rightly miffed with her.' He responded: 'Yeah, you can f*** off, you slag!' Cox said: 'I don't know what else I was expecting.'
Aftermath
Cox admitted that the encounter ruined Oasis music for her for a while. 'They were huge, but I was, like, 'Well, that's ruined Definitely, Maybe for the foreseeable.'
However, time heals all wounds. Cox says she has met Gallagher since and 'doesn't think there's any ill feeling there now.'
