Shaun Ryder reveals Bez TURNED DOWN the advances of Julia Roberts in the 1990s

‘He had no clue who she was!’ Shaun Ryder reveals his Happy Mondays co-star Bez TURNED DOWN the advances of Julia Roberts during her Pretty Woman heyday


Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder has revealed how his co-star Bez turned down the advances of Hollywood star Julia Roberts shortly after she starred in Pretty Woman.

He spun the yarn on This Morning on Wednesday, leaving hosts of the show Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shocked at the revelation.

Shaun, 58, recalled an evening in the US, when he and Bez – real name Mark Berry – went out in the 1990s.

Revelations: Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder [R] has revealed how his co-star Bez [L] turned down the advances of Hollywood star Julia Roberts shortly after she starred in Pretty Woman [they are pictured in 1996]

He explained that they were at famous LA hot spot The Viper Room when Bez disappeared and returned shortly after, telling Shaun: ‘You heard of Julia Roberts? She’s just asked me to go to her place.’

Shaun explained: ‘And he didn’t have a clue who she was, but she sent her bodyguard over, Evil. Her bodyguard’s name was something like Evil.’

Shaun revealed that Bez didn’t take her up on the offer, as ‘he had about four other girls on the go in the club anyway’.

‘So he turned down Julia Roberts?’ Holly asked, with Phil also amazed.

Starlet: Julia was in Pretty Woman in 1990

Starlet: Julia was in Pretty Woman in 1990

Shock: He spun the yarn on This Morning on Wednesday, leaving hosts of the show Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shocked at the revelation

Shock: He spun the yarn on This Morning on Wednesday, leaving hosts of the show Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shocked at the revelation

‘It’s Bez innit, it doesn’t really bother him,’ Shaun responded.