My favourite story about Cilla
Cilla, The Frequent Flyer
Known – and feared – throughout the cabin crew community, Cilla Black’s in-flight attitude is the stuff of legend.
Not only would she insist upon travelling first class, she’d demand seat 1A. That was only the first of many demands too – all of which were made through her PA, as Cilla didn’t want to speak to any staff herself. The full nine yards too, not so much as a please or thank you.
One flight attendant eventually grew so tired of her behaviour, that he leaned over to speak directly to her and uttered the immortal line: “I knew you couldn’t sing, but I didn’t know you couldn’t **** speak”.
I’ve got worse. So much worse. Directly from someone who worked with her. I’m not going to recount them here as I’m not sure anyone would believe me, plus it’s bad form since she’s dead n’all but holy **** she was a bad egg behind the scenes.
The stuff I’ve heard from former collegues in the TV industry would be more akin to what you might expect from say, Whitney Houston.