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Gary Webster
We have chatted with Gary live online several times via VegfestUK Live – and every time he has me in stitches. Married to long time inspirational vegan and friend – TV presenter Wendy Turner Webster - Gary is an author and Soap Award Winner. Gary Webster is the much loved actor famed for Eastenders, Family Affairs, Ray Daley in Minder, Thunder Girls, The Cat & The Canary on tour and much more. We find out more in this quick festive interview…
Karin: Hi Gary! Straight away - tell us your ideal Xmas dinner in a nutshell.
Gary: Vegan sausages, mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, peas, broccoli, vegan bread sauce, mint sauce, redcurrant jelly and roast potatoes again. I used to make it but I get too stressed so Wendy does it now!!
Karin: What do you want from Santa for Xmas this year?
The same as I want every year… Good health and happiness for my family. But apart from that socks and boxer shorts mainly from TK Maxx and razor blades from Boots. ‘Present Heaven’.
Karin: Bet you wouldn’t mind-er few better jokes in the Christmas crackers this year than the editor’s feeble attempt just now?
Gary: I’m more into riddles so here’s a joke and a riddle:
“Who does Santa rely on when he’s ill???...The national ‘Elf service!!”
AND
What dries as it gets wet?? ...A towel!!
Karin: What’s next for Gary? It must have been a tough couple of years…
Gary: Every day we wake up breathing means we can change the world. So first is keeping well and making sure all my family is well also. Secondly I have a new film coming out next year – a sci-fi thriller called ‘Dream Hacker’ which we have great hopes for and so it’s also to make more movies and to hopefully get myself back on the box rather than just watching it!!
Karin: Do you have any advice for someone doing Veganuary in 2022?
Gary: Now is the best time to move to a vegan diet. Great plant-based meat substitutes, a wonderful commitment to the welfare of animals as in allowing them to live and you get to save the planet at the same time. What can be a better incentive than that?
