Maureen Lipman has revealed that she consulted a therapist to cope with the pressures of fame.
The actress told Radio Times magazine that she sought help during the 1980s after a member of the audience heckled her during a performance of the play Messiah.
“Someone got up one night and screamed at me. It was as if all the voices of disapproval came at me at once. I was moving house, had two children under five, couldn’t sleep and lost it for a while.
“I saw this very lovely old Jungian [therapist] for 15 months, and having made him laugh throughout each session I’d leave, dress up as a chicken in a sitcom and realise, ‘This is my therapy’.”
