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Comic Peter Kay caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to rock legend’s posh home after he inflated paddling pool

COMEDIAN Peter Kay wrecked the pricey patio at Eric Clapton’s swanky holiday home — with an inflatable paddling pool.

The 52-year-old became friends with the guitarist, now 80, when they met backstage at a gig.

Eric Clapton performing onstage during the Crossroads Guitar Festival.
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Peter Kay ended up staining Eric Clapton’s expensive sandstone patio tiles at his Provence mansion[/caption]
Comedian Peter Kay sitting on a yellow couch.
Funnyman Peter also flooded a flowerbed after inflating a paddling pool
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Eric let Peter and his family stay at his Provence mansion, which had 16 bedrooms and an outdoor pool.

But Peter found the pool too cold — so he popped to a supermarket to buy a paddling pool, which he inflated on a patio and filled with warm water.

The purchase was a success, as Peter said he could bask in the water “sipping Baileys, watching Only Fools and Horses on a giant screen through the French doors”.

But the holiday turned into a nightmare when he deflated the pool to find dye from Eric’s black-and-gold Versace towels — placed underneath to soak up water — had stained the super-expensive sandstone patio tiles.

Peter said: “I grabbed a few scourers from the kitchen, some fairy liquid and we all started scrubbing, but nothing was lifting.

“I pegged it back to the supermarché and bought some steel-wire brushes, industrial floor cleaner and a rake.”

The Phoenix Nights star then managed to flood the housekeeper’s flowerbed with water from the paddling pool.

In his new book, Peter Kay’s Diary, the funnyman claimed he rang Eric, whose best-known songs include a cover of Bob Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, and offered to buy some plants and pay for his patio to be powerwashed.

Peter added: “He was puzzled as to why I’d bought a paddling pool in the first place. I told him his pool was freezing.

“He said, ‘But why didn’t you just turn on the pool heating?’. It has heating. No b*gger told me”.

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Dave Allen reveals unforgettable memory of Ricky Hatton as he shares emotional tribute on day of boxing legend’s funeral

BRITISH boxer Dave Allen shared a touching story in tribute to Ricky Hatton.

The legendary fighter’s funeral took place in his home city of Manchester on Friday.

British boxer Ricky Hatton wearing two championship belts and a gold watch.
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Hatton’s funeral was held on Friday in Manchester[/caption]
Dave Allen at a boxing press conference.
Dave Allen has told a heartfelt story on boxing legend Ricky Hatton
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The service was attended by some of the biggest names in boxing, including Tyson Fury and Tony Bellew.

Doncaster-based boxer Allen, 33, joined in with tributes to the former two-weight world champion.

Allen told iFL TV: “I’ve always told the same story about Ricky.

“When I watched Floyd Mayweather-Hatton as a 15-year-old, I didn’t have a clue about boxing before I watched it, I didn’t really know who either of them were.

“I think about 11 or 12 years later, I’m on the bus ride, reading the Metro.

Ricky Hatton used to write a column in the Metro and it said: ‘my mate Dave Allen is fighting,’ and I was so f*****g proud.

“I couldn’t believe it, Ricky Hatton said I was his mate in the paper.

“I honestly was buzzing, because he was a genuine legend of British boxing, but he was bigger than boxing as well.”

“I’d never been so happy in my life when I saw that. I put [the paper] in my gym bag and took it home.

Allen also opened up on the personal relationship the pair shared.

He continued: “I got to know him pretty well over the years, used to see him all over.

“He used to grab hold of me and hug me. The last [Johnny] Fisher fight I saw him in the hotel lobby, he kissed me on the head after the fight.

“I always got on really well with him.”

Hatton was found dead at his home in September, aged 46.

His son Campbell gave a stirring speech in memory of his father at the service at Manchester Cathedral.

He said: “I looked up to my dad in every aspect of life.

“All of that was fuelled by the love I had and always will have for him.

“I can’t explain how much I’m going to miss you, Dad.”

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Ashley Darby teases ‘decades’ of receipts on ‘RHOP’ co-star Stacey Rusch — while also spilling on what is to come during Season 10

Ashley Darby is in the studio today! The star of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” stopped by “Virtual Reali-Tea” to give our co-host Danny Murphy all of the tea from the season 10 premiere — and also the drama that is seemingly to come. She questions why Stacey seems to always be “lying,” and also...

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