Kelly Brook explains how Idris Elba ‘shut her down’ following ‘embarrassing’ exchange at party
‘I can’t believe I’m telling this story,’ she said
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Your support makes all the difference.Kelly Brook has revealed how Idris Elba “shut her down” following an “embarrassing” exchange at a party.
The model and radio presenter explained how she was “taken aback” by the Wire and Luther actor’s presence at a cocktail party in 2014.
Brook told her Heart Drive co-host JK that she pretended she was working the event so she had a reason to speak to him.
“The last time I saw Idris Elba was in a champagne bar and I was pretty tipsy,” she said. “And I saw him, and like most women, was taken a bit kind of like, taken aback. And I went behind the bar and I started pretending I worked there, and asked him if he wanted a drink.”
Brook ended up making Elba a cocktail and, the following morning, woke up feeling regretful – so decided to send him a message.
“I went to my Twitter, because I didn’t obviously have his number or anything, and I slipped into his DMs,” she continued, adding: “I can’t believe I’m telling this story.”
After JK laughed, Brook shared Elba’s response: “It was awful. Thought that counts though, babe. Nice to meet you.”
The radio host didn’t leave it there, replying: “And I said, ‘Oh gosh, no, really well at least it looked pretty. Nice to meet you, by the way. I have a really bad hangover”.’
Brook then said: “He went, ‘Haha! Just have a lie in,’ and that was it. That was the last I heard from him! How embarrassing.
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“I got the message; he shut me down.”
Elba wasn’t officially in a relationship at the time, but started dating Sabrina Dhowre in 2017. They married in 2019.
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