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Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders revealed Home Secretary Suella Braverman has blocked her on Twitter.
The 64-year-old icon was surprised to find out she was blocked while she was researching the candidates on social media for the Conservative leadership contest.
Jennifer doesn't know why the Home Secretary made the sudden move on social media as the actor had "never done" anything to her.
Speaking to Kathy Burke on the Where There's A Will, There's A Wake podcast, Jennifer said: "The only person I’m blocked with, and this is a really weird one, is when they had the leadership contest for the Tory party, the name Suella Braverman (came up) and I thought, ‘I don’t know who this is’.
"So I wondered if she’s on Twitter, I’ll see what she’s like, what she does, you know? Blocked. I was blocked.
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Jennifer Saunders was shocked to discover she was blocked by the Home Secretary (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Har)
The actor said she had "never done" anything to Braverman (PA)"I’ve never Googled her before, I’ve never done nothing. I don’t even say anything on Twitter."
Kathy also shared her experience with getting blocked and revealed that GB News star Piers Morgan blocked her after she made a jibe at him for believing a fake death announcement on Twitter.
In 2016, a rumour spread across social media that Tony Hart died but he in fact passed away seven years prior.
Piers paid tribute to the late star and later apologised for the hoax.
"I think I just replied and laughed, then he had a go at me and said this is ‘terribly disrespectful’ and this isn’t funny," Kathy said.
"I just said, ‘yes, it is’. Then the next thing – blocked. I got blocked for laughing at his stupid mistake."
Jennifer (left) didn't want to accept an OBE when she was offered one in 2001 (Getty Images)Meanwhile, Jennifer previously shared why she turned down OBE in 2001.
The much-loved star decided against accepting the incredible accolade because she felt she ‘didn’t deserve’ it.
Jennifer told Best Magazine that she compared her father’s incredibly hard work in the Royal Air Force to her own career, and felt she couldn’t accept the OBE because it ‘didn’t feel right’.
“My father, Robert, was a pilot in the Royal Air Force and was awarded a CBE,” she explained.
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“He got it and he deserved it. He worked really hard and he was a brilliant man and he did an awful lot. But we just jumped up on stage, messed about, and made money.”