The Devil Rides Out: Wickedly funny and painfully honest stories from Paul O’Grady

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The name is believed to have inspired his famous drag alter ego Lily Savage, who helped propel him to mainstream success. Following the success of the latter, which was filmed at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, he became an ambassador for the organisation.

the book was not in the best condition If I was in a second hand store I would not have bought this book its old and looks it Sorry to say Im not happy with itThe comedian and TV personality first rose to prominence as his drag queen persona Lily Savage in the 1980s and 1990s before going on to host a string of television programmes. At the ceremony he was joined by Portasio, as well as his sister Sheila Rudd and daughter Sharyn Mousley. Birkenhead, 1973. The eighteen-year-old Paul O'Grady gets ready for a big Saturday night out on the town. New white T-shirt, freshly ironed jeans, looking good. As he bids farewell to his mum, who's on the phone to his auntie, and wanders off down the street in a cloud of aftershave, he hears her familiar cry: 'Oh, the devil rides out tonight, Annie. The devil rides out!' O’Grady’s love of animals was also apparent through his other work and in September 2016, he was recognised for his work with animals when he won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Animal Welfare at the RSPCA’s Animal Hero Awards.

Speaking following the publication of the third book in 2012, O’Grady recalled the death of his partner of 25 years, Brendan Murphy, in 2005. The series is divided into four titles; At My Mother’s Knee…And Other Low Joints, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing: The Savage Years, and Open The Cage, Murphy. So very sad. Wonderful funny Paul O'Grady - the Wirral's best. Thinking of all his loved ones. What a star. https://t.co/Si4Xr1pH85— Alison McGovern (@Alison_McGovern) March 29, 2023

Grief doesn’t happen immediately, it hits you after a while, because you’ve got all the funeral and the fuss, then when that dies down you find yourself on your own, with time to contemplate what’s happened,” he said.