Rishi Sunak Admits To Loving Racy Jilly Cooper Novels, Claiming That They Provide “Escapism”
Rishi Sunak has spoken out about his reputed love of Jilly Cooper books, even revealing which sub-genre of the racy author’s body of work he uses for “escapism” during a grilling on the This Morning couch.
The prime minister named Riders, Rivals, Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, and Appassionata as some of his favourites when Alison Hammond quizzed him on the ITV programme.
“She’s done lots of different books,” he said. “That’s the set of books that I like. They are good. You need to have escapism in your life. And that’s a good thing. So whether it’s whatever TV you watch, whatever you’re reading, it’s good to be able to get away from your day-to-day and then just go into a totally different place.”
When asked how his kids, ages 12 and 10, handled the unfavourable media portrayal of their father, Sunak responded that they were still young enough to be mostly unaware.
“I’m lucky in the sense of they’re probably at the age that they’re not really watching the evening news every day,” he said.
“They’re not massively reading the news. They’re still little, which is good. They’re broadly fine with it, and they’ve seen me do these jobs over the last few years. So they’re a little bit used to that.
“But fundamentally, you know, I’m Dad, and we’re focused on whether I’m helping them with whatever they want me to do, whether it’s playing Top Trumps or doing Lego.”
Sunak said he was out with his daughters when Liz Truss resigned in October, propelling him into No 10. He added: “I wasn’t expecting it, obviously, given what happened last summer” – a reference to the leadership campaign in which he lost to Truss.
He told the show: “I remember actually, when Liz Truss resigned I was with my girls. We were at TGI Fridays, having lunch up in Teesside, and I was taking them bowling.
“Ultimately, I thought I can make a difference, and the country was not in an easy place. So that’s why I came forward for it. And the reality is, it’s hard. I mean, it’s incredibly hard.”
When asked how his kids, ages 12 and 10, handled the unfavourable media portrayal of their father, Sunak responded that they were still young enough to be mostly unaware.
“Something … just one of our kids a little while ago,” was all he would say. “A difficult thing.”
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