Sir Billy Connolly’s wife confronts the star on Christmas promise he hasn't kept
Sir Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson has playfully called out the comedian for failing to keep one of his promises to her.
Scottish comedy legend Sir Billy, 81, has been married to 74-year-old psychologist and writer Pamela since 1989 and she has been at his side since he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. While the couple are blissfully married, Pamela appears to have a bone to pick with her husband over a failed promise.
Pamela recently sat down to interview Sir Billy for the Guardian and as they discussed their past, present and future, the psychologist struck upon a failed promise that her husband had made. The comedy icon had once promised to spend Christmas with her in a hot climate - and it seems this has not yet happen.
Sir Billy Connolly's wife, Pamela Stephenson, has taken issue with an unfulfilled promise (UK Press via Getty Images)
The comedy legend is now making art while battling Parkinson's disease (Alasdair Baird <[email protected]>)As a mock argument broke out, the couple even discussed the possibility of moving Down Under to make the promise come to fruition. During their chat, Pamela asked Sir Billy if there was anywhere in the world that he had visited before that he would happily move to.
Sir Billy promptly replied his answer would be Australia - provoking Pamela to exclaim: “You b*****d.” Sir Billy then asked “What?” And she continued: "You even promised me one hot Christmas (Australia) and one cold Christmas (Scotland), but it never happened. So now you're saying you would have lived there?" Sir Billy confirmed this was his intention, Pamela then quipped: "Let's move to Byron Bay.”
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The couple have previously worked lived in New York but now reside in Florida - which has a more consistently warm temperature all year round.
Earlier this year, Sir Billy credited his sense of humour for helping him continue his Parkinson’s battle. He revealed in 2013 that he had been diagnosed with the condition - that is a degenerative disease which affects the brain and causes the body to slowly shut down.
The disease has caused the star to shake involuntarily and he released on others to help him achieve daily tasks. Pamela has been supportive of him and he has revealed he relies on her to help him get dressed every day.
He told Radio 4’s Today programme in October: “My wife puts my clothes on in the morning. It’s not very manly. Your mum puts your clothes on. I’m clumsy. I’m out of balance a lot and I fall. I’m fed up with it. I think I’ve a good attitude to it. I say to the disease, ‘I’ll give you a break if you give me a break.’ We’re nice to each other.
“My memory is short. I forgot the name of one of my dogs, which is really awkward when you’re shouting to it in the street. You have to say, ‘Hey, doggy, doggy,’ which is terrible. I felt embarrassed for the dog. You could tell it knew.”
He continued: “My life has changed radically. I walk with a stick, and at airports I have to get the wheelchair. I hate being dependent to that degree and I feel sorry for other people who are in wheelchairs and who have it worse than me. But it’s a thing I just have to put up with.
“I shake a bit. I don’t shake every day. But for about an hour or two I’ll shake and when I’m drawing it spoils it. Then I conquered it. I draw with shakes in it and it works. I think most things can be conquered, especially the depression. Depression is such a complex affair but you have to conquer it, take it on face-to-face and refuse to be part of it. I’ve always been easily made [to] laugh. I am lucky with my sense of humour. I can laugh myself out of most things.”
The star has also joked in the past that Parkinson's disease has helped inadvertently improve some of the art works he has create in more recent months. He said earlier this years that tremors caused by the illness have helped him create more enticing pieces, regarding the involuntary movements as “little gifts” that have made his work look “nice”. However, he also admitted: “It’s creeping up behind me and stopping me doing things. It’s a cruel disease.”
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