Meeting a celebrity you’re quietly in love with is always a bit overwhelming. It’s highly likely you’ll say some incredibly embarrassing shit, usually in the vein of “I’ve watched your movies 20 times in a week” or “I crept in through your window and stole a lock of your hair while you were sleeping”.
For this reason, sweet old Nana Mary is all of us. The elderly lass took a day trip from her nursing home this morning to meet her favouritest, most favourite ever guy – Hugh Jackman.
Hugh’s in town for the premiere of The Greatest Showman, and hit up Sunrise this morning to chat. And meet Mary. Who just quietly, dropped her brain out her ear and said some absolutely golden shit.
Let’s go through this bit by bit, shall we? We can start with Nana Mary asking to touch Hugh’s face.
Ballsy move there, Mary. I’m here for it. Also props for asking to touch a celebs face and not just going for it – RESPECTFUL. I like it.
Mary then just rolls right into a big ramble (been there) that reveals her truly phenomenal level of Hugh thirst.
“Can I tell you, I’m in a nursing home. And I’ve got your picture plastered all over the walls.”
Hooooooo boy, Mary honey. You just went full creep right there right in front of your idol.
“The nurses and everyone else agree with me, that you’re the most perfect man on God’s earth.”
Hugh’s face.
Just. Yep.
Hugh, bless him, responds perfectly.
“I’m going to record that and make it my alarm clock every morning,” he tells Mary, who I think has actually flown off to the heavens and has no idea what is coming out of his mouth anymore.
They then have a little chat about how Mary lives in Collaroy, where Hugh’s driver lives.
“I’ll get him to give you a lift home, how’s that?” he tells Mary who is now grinning to a level where I’m concerned she’ll have a muscle spasm.
“I’d rather YOU did!” she quips back. MARY YOU BLOODY MAGNIFICENT BANT QUEEN.
Sam Armytage then interrupts their love-fest with the real point of having Mary there (I guess), which is that in 1905 (how old is this woman!?) Mary’s father ran off to join the circus – cue Greatest Showman chat, which Mary is 10000% not here for.
“When he was 16 he ran away to join the circus. My mother was a bareback rider, and she met him and they fell in love,” Mary tells Hugh – can someone write THIS movie? Sounds great.
Hugh then gives Mary some tickets to the premiere tonight, which is adorable – but the absolute best part is that Hugh intro’s this gift-giving with “now I’ve got a little surprise for you Mary”, and Mary legit looks like she thinks he may be proposing.
TBH, Hugh’s face is so sincere there, I probs would have thought the same.
Just a delightful morning watch all-round.
