Or at least she used to.

Emma Thompson recently revealed to Newsweek that she was a comedian before she became an actor… and dished about her less than polite material too:

Did you do stand-up?
Yeah. It was awful, I gave it up because I couldn’t earn a living, and it was bloody frightening.

What were your jokes about?
It was all rude. It was to do with sexually transmitted diseases, basically, herpes and things like that, which doesn’t necessarily go down well with everyone.

Are you pulling my leg?
No it’s true, it’s true. I swear to God. I did jokes about herpes all the time.

Can you imagine this?� Emma Thompson, who is now well known for playing roles by Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Evelyn Waugh, used to tell herpes jokes on stage!� In her proper British accent no less!� I would pay so much money to see that!

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