Capital’s Sian Welby goes to wrong manor house to interview Elton John
This morning Sian Welby revealed on Capital Breakfast the moment she accidentally went to the wrong “huge manor house” to interview Elton John.
If that wasn’t bad enough, the people in the house though she was there to be interviewed for a housekeeping job!
Sian explained that she arrived in a cab, and went down a long gravel driveway, leading to huge manor house in front of her.
She jumped out of the cab and text the others who were meeting her. Producer Calum replied saying they were about 10 minutes behind her.
“I was like ‘great, I’ll just hang around.’ It was such a sunny day, wasn’t it? It was really nice, and I was just sort of hanging around the driveway and I could see the front door was open,” she said. “And I thought ‘oh, they are expecting us.’ So, I thought do I wait outside, or do I go in?
“So, I sort of stuck my head around and I couldn’t see anybody there yet, so I thought, maybe I’ll wait outside…Then I see a woman wearing all black. And it was kind of that key sort of moment. I thought, I think she works here, I think she’s like a member of staff of some sort.”
Sian told her that she was there for the interview and the woman invited her in and told Sian she would “bring him down”.
She continued: “So, I go into this sort of waiting area, and it was so grand, you know, like two big leather-bound chairs and Chesterfield sofas and sort of, there was loads of artifacts on the wall, gold, really expensive rugs.
“But I couldn’t really understand why it was themed so sort of like, well, I don’t know, a sort of Arabian kind of feel to it…And I’m thinking this is unbelievable, he’s met everyone Elton has. And it looked like loads of presidents and all sorts, and I thought I never realised he was so in with the Royals and presidents and everyone.”
Then, Sian’s phone starts ringing, and it is producer Calum who asked where she was? She told him “I’m here” and he replied, “you’re not”. It was then she realised she was in a complete stranger’s house.
Amid the laughing from Jordan and Chris, Sian finished the story: “So then luckily, I catch the woman again and I go, ‘excuse me. Sorry, I actually might be in the wrong house.’ She went, ‘but you here for the interview?’ I was like, ‘yeah.’ She went ‘who are you expecting?’ I was like ‘Elton.’ And she shook her head and went, ‘no, that’s not the right, he’s down there.’ And she pointed I was like, well, what interview am I about to do?
“I almost got in an interview to be the new housekeeper of probably some like Middle Eastern Prince,” she explained as the others continued to laugh!
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