Amelia Dimoldenberg: I wouldn't invite Andy Burnham on Chicken Shop Date - but I'd love a chat
She's OK with that though ("I love the pot plants," she says. I'm very happy to be here.")It's been more than a decade since she set up Chicken Shop Date. Since then, she's interviewed everyone from Cher to Ed Sheeran, and has become a celebrity in her own right.The show is based around her trademark dry, awkward flirting style.
- ▪She's OK with that though ("I love the pot plants," she says.
- ▪I'm very happy to be here.")It's been more than a decade since she set up Chicken Shop Date.
- ▪Since then, she's interviewed everyone from Cher to Ed Sheeran, and has become a celebrity in her own right.The show is based around her trademark dry, awkward flirting style.
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Amelia Dimoldenberg: I wouldn't invite Andy Burnham on Chicken Shop Date - but I'd love a chatImage caption, Amelia Dimoldenberg pictured at the BBC interviewByNoor NanjiCulture correspondentPublished8 minutes agoAmelia Dimoldenberg is the queen of the deadpan silence.But when I ask her if she would ever invite the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, on to her wildly popular YouTube series, she doesn't skip a beat."I don't think that maybe he's my type for Chicken Shop Date," she declares.That might disappoint "social first" Burnham, who's made it clear he plans to court content creators to help get his message out.Still, Dimoldenberg - who has become one of the UK's best-known content creators with millions of followers - says she's not against the idea of the prime minister collaborating…
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