Nicola Sturgeon aims for Gadd Globes glory alongside writer and pal Val McDermid
Nicola Sturgeon wants to follow in the footsteps of Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd with an award appearance at the Golden Globes in two years’ time.
The ex-first minister revealed her ambition as she announced her appearance at March’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
Sturgeon, 54, who will be co-hosting a show with Scots crime writer Val McDermid, explained that she was chuffed to be “doing a gig”.
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As she attended the launch party at Glasgow’s Social Hub, she said: “We are appearing at this year’s comedy festival which is as much as a joke to us as it is to anybody else.
“We don’t have a double act name but watch this space – it might happen.
“We did a gig together, haha, ‘a gig’ together, before Christmas about books and it went well and we thought why not?”
Asked if she was inspired by fellow Scot Gadd who won a double award for his production of Baby Reindeer at the Golden Globes, she added: “Absolutely – do you think we’ll be at the Golden Globes next year? Maybe the year after.”
Sturgeon, who drove to the launch party after passing her driving test just over a year ago, stuck to soft drinks while Val went for something stronger.
She said: “I’m going to have a drink. It makes it easier to be driven by Nicola.”
Sturgeon, who will join former SNP MP Mhairi Black at the festival, added: “We think we’re funny but probably our nearest and dearest don’t think we’re funny.
“It’s books and banter.”
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