Say Cleese! Monty Python icon star John, 80, joins Instagram ‘due to the boredom of quarantine’ but struggles to remember the name of the social networking site
Monty Python star John Cleese joined Instagram on Thursday and shared his first post.
The 80-year-old star alerted his fans to the new development on Twitter writing: ‘Due to the boredom of this quarantine I have decided to join Instagram.
‘You can follow me there @johncleeseofficial You can follow me there for all sorts of fun things. #johncleese.’
Say Cleese! Monty Python icon star John, 80, joined Instagram on Thursday ‘due to the boredom of quarantine’ but struggles to remember the name of the social networking site
He posted a video introducing himself and said: ‘Have we started? Hello! I am John Cleese and in this period of self-isolation, I’ve decided that I am going to open my own killergram… Instant-gram… sorry, Instagram.
‘So that you can come and visit me and see thousands of the most private and intimate things from my phone.
‘Very sorry this wasn’t better, but you’ve got to start somewhere.’
He also wrote in the comments section; ‘Hello Instagram! I am here. #johncleese #1stpost.’
His latest offering comes a fortnight after he mocked the paltry royalty payments he receives for narrating Winnie The Pooh, revealing that one of his residual cheques totalled just 17 pence.
The comedy legend took to Twitter to blast the low payments he banks for his voice work on the 2011 Disney movie – which had a budget of £26 million ($29 million) and made just £43 million ($49 million) worldwide at the box office.
Screen star John, said: ‘In these difficult times, the arrival of residuals boosts my morale. Today I received royalties from The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: $0.20.’
It wasn’t the only movie the Fawlty Towers star blasted for a low payment, as he took aim at 2003 comedy sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, writing: ‘Even better, from Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle: $3.81.’
Referring to the coronavirus pandemic and official advice for those over the age of 70 to stay home for 12 weeks to help flatten the curve of the potentially-deadly virus, he added: ‘Where shall I celebrate tonight? I know! My room!’
Fans of the star were shocked by his revelation and expressed how much they loved his work for Winnie the Pooh, to which the comedian quipped to one follower: ‘One of my favourite jobs!
‘My wife and I collect Winnie the Pooh prints, along with Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. All part of a carefully planned strategy not to grow up too much.’
Meanwhile, the Monty Python star recently offered fans the chance to meet him for £235 ($275) via US website Fanmio.