Ruby Wax
@Rubywax
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Comedian, interviewer, mental health advocate and @FrazzledCafe founder. 'I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was' out now.
London, UK
Joined February 2009
Rupert Everett and I got engaged last night and this is our first breakfast after a night of love.
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This was Sox - he died Friday - The most beautiful and talented cat on earth.
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Wouldn’t it be fantastic if, at the end of this pandemic, we come out of it kinder. Maybe this is a wake up call - our chance to change the world by turning up our compassion. We were born with it, now is the time to give it out – gift-wrapped.
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This is what I looked like just before filming 'Ruby Wax Meets' which is returning to BBC 2 tonight at 9pm. I haven't seen it in 25 years - this person bears no resemblance to who she is today. I heard rumours it's me but I doubt it.
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We were going to live together when we retire and sit in rocking chairs - she was a genius and I loved her
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This can be a hard time of the year for a lot of folks. Mental Health Hotline 0800116123 -@samaritans. (A simple retweet might save a life.).
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Why do I have to go this far away - I’m on Skye - (next stop is Canada over the water) - to shut up the noise in my head?
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How to build a great human being is by teaching your child how to step into other people’s shoes imagining how that person feels. Forget how much money you made or what a big deal you were; teaching your kid empathy would go down as your greatest contribution to the world.
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Sadly there’s no ‘When Ruby Wax Met…’ on tonight, but I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who watched and has sent kind messages and comments. You can keep those coming, because the ego can always be fed.
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Happy publication day to my newest baby, ‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’. I’ve never gone this deep and I’m scared now that I’ve gone too far (a little late for that now, I know). Available on audible and all places where you buy your physical books 💕
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I have some news to share - I told you I'd be back on your screens. I'm on Countdown this January. They may know numbers and how to spell, but I was amusing.
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There should be an app where people admit what’s really going on in their lives; 140 characters on our low self-esteem. It could be called ‘Shitter’ instead of Twitter. You’d probably become incredibly popular and get millions of followers because everyone would identify.
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My family shovelling manure with me – a family that shovels shit together stays together.
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Doing a silent retreat is like iron man for your brain, each minute a living hell. You reach for a distraction and they’ve been removed - like a junkie, you beg for your iPhone. A few days later, when your mind shuts up, it’s like a summer’s day being inside you. Free at last.
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Giving flowers to the angels who are saving humanity – too dramatic? I don’t think so.
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Ok so today I got fitted for my ceremonial robes as they made me Chancellor of Southhampton - this is a woman who was thrown out of nursery school for disruption #@unisouthampton @Union_Soton
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Every day is a world mental health day. We need to talk about it every. single. day. #1in4 #removethestigma.
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This can be a hard time of the year for a lot of folks. Mental Health Hotline 📞 116123 -@samaritans. (A simple retweet might save a life.).
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Hello! I am back online – I’m still hiding in the Highlands (I have been swimming in ice cold water so I’m either very happy or I’ve lost my mind - don’t mind which), but I missed you so I am back.
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How are you doing? This can be a tough time of year for lots of reasons. Take care of yourself - remember, put your own oxygen mask on first.
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Maddy and I are almost identical. I don’t know where the blonde, blue-eyed person behind me came from, rumour has it I’m the mother. I don’t recall.
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Every day should be #WorldMentalHealthDay. Let's keep talking about mental health - let's remove the stigma. I am the 1 in 4, and I want to keep the conversation going. Thank you all for your support. You make what I do possible. Together we are making a difference. X.
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And that’s it! Thank you so much for all the kind comments and messages I’ve received during this show, it’s been so fun to revisit this period with you all and reflect on these interviews, for better or worse, so thank you!. #WhenRubyWaxMet.
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I’m delighted to share with you the cover for my new book, ‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’ (I don’t think it needs any more of an explanation). It’s out May 11th and you can pre-order it now
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Got an honorary doctorate from @BangorUni . Why me, I do not know, having failed at nursery school.
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We finally get the vote and now there’s no one in their right mind to vote for. #Suffragette100.
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I crashed my sons honeymoon - he's trying to smile - so is his new wife @katyballs. I don't suggest it as a thing to do in general. But it was good I was there to check it was going well.
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Explaining that mental health is the same as physical health to a captive audience @TimetoChange @MindCharity @WorldMentalHlth . How great is this jacket?
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You may well know someone who is struggling. Here are some really simple tips on how to help - but remember to look after yourself first and foremost. You are no use to anyone if you are burnt out too.
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My sons wedding is Saturday - I was told to wear a hat and I like to blend in with the English.
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Bill Cosby was a car crash of an interview – a man who played with me like a cat does when it’s torturing a mouse. #WhenRubyWaxMet.
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It's Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month which killed my best friend and mentor, Alan Rickman. I think of him every day. It’s the deadliest of all cancers and half of people diagnosed, die within 3 months. 1/
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Another successful dish cooked by me - yup you guessed it -they’re pancakes - look out @Nigella_Lawson
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Going to number 10 to discuss mental illness #MentalHealthAwarenessDay to remind them it’s 1 in 4 even the for the inmates in Downing Street
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With @juliagillard ex Australian prime minister and @GillianA in a pod mentoring brilliant girls smarter than I’ll ever be #DayOfTheGirl @WOWtweetUK
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I’m coming out of it already otherwise I wouldn’t be able to write this because you can hardly speak, let alone type. When I recover, I’m going to write my next book called, “I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was”. Wish me luck x.
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A little look from filming 'When Ruby Wax Met. ' which starts tonight at 9pm on @BBCTwo . Some shows, were like watching the start of a love affair, especially with Carrie Fisher. The entire series was worth this friendship, and to see this one again just breaks my heart.
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I think mindfulness should be on the curriculum for children of all ages - let's give them the tools they need before they need them.
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The genius of @DawnFrenchUK and @ferrifrump is beyond question. I never liked them as people but no one on earth can do comedy like that.
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I’m now walking the talk, and practicing what I preach in #AndNowForTheGoodNews: I’m at an eco-community, and I’m coming offline for three weeks. I’m picking vegetables to send to a food bank (can you believe this from the woman who’s never touched dirt?). But I’ll be back…
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Browsing in the Purple Goddess shop in Glastonbury. These are a bargain at £2,000 a wing each made of amethyst. Probably cheaper to die and go to heaven. Halo is not included.
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This can be a hard time of the year for a lot of folks. Mental Health Hotline 📞 116123 -@samaritans. (A simple retweet might save a life.).
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So happy to find out the mentally ill aren't just my people, they're my family on @whdytya_UK.
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Tell me something good today? I feel that we could all do with thinking, even just for a moment, about a small good thing. This is a small good thing - my son. Sometimes I wish he was this small again.
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Going to #BuckinghamPalace today to meet #PrinceHarry as you do for #headstogether on this #MentalHealthDay what to wear?.
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So proud to become Chancellor of @unisouthampton.
The inimitable @Rubywax: . - Mental health advocate ✔️.- OBE ✔️.- Writer ✔️.- Performer ✔️.- Visiting professor ✔️.- Comedian ✔️.- University of Southampton chancellor ✅. Read more:
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I had to watch this show after 25 years of solitude. It's sometimes embarrassing - (I hid under the sofa watching it) - sometimes I think 'she's funny' but usually I'm thinking, who is this strange, yapping woman? . Then I realize it's me. 'When Ruby Wax Met' - 9pm @BBCTwo.
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It’s Marina, my third child’s birthday today! . The good news is she doesn’t carry the Wax madness gene and ended up beautiful, talented, funny, and most surprisingly of all tall. None of my ancestors were tall. We were all human stubs.
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My friend- a Syrian refugee who I met in a camp in Samos has made it to Berlin and got himself into University - a miraculous escape.
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My daughter and I are the Kardashians of back pain. anyone want to hire us for a reality TV show?
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It was such a pleasure to be part of the Absolutely Fabulous documentary, looking back at the making of the show and talking about my role as script editor. Don't miss it!. Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out, October 17th at 9pm on @goldchannel . #AbFab
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I got my OBE yesterday in the Priory - I'm American could choose location so to help break the stigma did it there.
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This can be a hard time of year. 24/7 support is available 📞116123 @samaritans or email jo@samaritans.org. A RT might save someone's life.
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It's Mental Health Awareness week. Let's #removethestigma. We are the #1in4. It's ok to not be ok. You are my tribe - thank you all.
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And Now For The Good News is out today!.The book is to show you how people are improving the world and using their ideas in your life - finding these people made me happy, and I hope it will make you, and everyone around you, happy too xxx
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I know the incredible difference that #mentalhealth nurses make to people’s lives and love this new campaign from @NHSEngland to highlight what a stimulating and rewarding career choice it can be. #WeAreTheNHS
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I am so thrilled to announce that I am the new president of Relate! . With 24% of Relate’s clients saying that.
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I like it when people say, ‘I screwed up. I don’t know what I’m doing. I am scared. I’m lost.’ To be human is to stand up and claim your weakness. People who admit failure should get an OBE.
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How are you? I’m not just making small talk. Tell me, if you had any moments of joy this week, however tiny? I had mine watching my cat chase a ball (sad?).
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NHS nurses hold a personal place in my heart, and I am so grateful for the brilliant work they do for patients every day. The #WeAreTheNHS campaign is brilliant - you can search ‘nursing careers’ for more info.
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Even though I complain about how much stuff I have to do, if I suddenly ran out of stuff to do I’m scared there would be no point to me. How are you dealing with doing nothing and wanting to do something, or doing something and wanting to do nothing?.
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Thank you all for all your kind messages and thoughts - you are helping me recover faster x.
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You - yes, YOU - you are amazing. Remember to be nice to yourself as well as others this #NationalComplimentDay.
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Here's my full interview with Trump from 2000. I hope this helps bring him down. Pls share far and wide.
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Mindfulness can be a great tool for kids who are overloaded .@matthaig1 says: "Kids are so overloaded, they’ve got so much stress. I definitely think it’s a good time to be putting positive, empowering messages out there to counterbalance that. ".
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Tonight's episode of 'When Ruby Wax Met. ' looks back at some of my favorite female interviews. What a gift to be able to try on Pamala Anderson's swimsuit on one of my thighs which is the only part of me that it fit. 1/.
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Compassion also works like a virus, spreading from person to person, like neural wifi. We could all cure each other within days.
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On this day (my birthday) many many decades ago the story goes, my mother lay down in a taxi and pushed me out. Who knew that what lay on that humble taxi floor would one day become me? It just goes to show. it doesn't matter where you start from it's where you end up.
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This is Max, my son who left my loins 33 years ago today - this is on his wedding day with his newly wed wife @katyballs. He got married at St Paul's Crypt - the crypt is filled with dead famous people - Nelson and Wellington - I'm thinking as I pass them, I'm not worthy.
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Being on @WDYTYA_UK was an incredible experience. Thank you for all your feedback. Watch it here if you missed it xx.
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I got sick of listening to people discuss the refugee crisis at dinner tables - all safe and sound. My new theory; do something or shut up. Opinions don't change the world. I'm going to Greece next month to work for refugees. Join me? @indigovolunteer arrange it.
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My message: Learn to love everyone who doesn’t look like you. That’s the only way we’re going to stop wars. If someone looks different from you give them a little smile or maybe even a little hug and that is my answer to world peace.
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I'm helping at a refugee camp in Athens, and you know how western folks have wrist bands to tell them they've walked 10k steps to feel good about themselves? These folks have walked 1million steps, then wild ocean rafted & lived in dirt to stay alive - they must think we're nuts.
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Happy new year you lovely lot. Thank you for all your support & conversations. Can’t wait for more in 2018. Exciting things are coming.
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Tonight is the final episode of ‘When Ruby Wax Met…’ and features a special appearance from my talented girls, @siblings_comedy. I hope you’ve enjoyed revisiting these interviews and if you want to persuade the BBC to add the full versions to iPlayer, don’t tell them I sent you.
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For years I fantasised @louistheroux stole my job and I never forgave him til I went on his podcast Grounded with Louis Theroux. I can't believe I'm bigging him up. How evolved am I (btw, I like him now)?Listen online from today or 8pm 30 Dec on @bbcRadio4.
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I’m watching me on a video of “Girls on Top” written with @Dawn_French and @ferrifrump . Do I look older? Just lie if you answer this.
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes, it's great to be 32 today. 🎂.
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You can’t think your way to sleep if you are fighting insomnia – your thoughts will run you ragged. But if you focus on the sensation of each part of you from your toes to your head where it makes contact with the bed you’ll find yourself in snoozeland.
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It's mental health awareness week this week though those of us who are mental are always aware. http://t.co/VBBf4UPQBr.
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Some #mentalhealth and #money thoughts for you on #blackfriday Do you need it? Why are you buying it? Do you feel pressured to buy? Can you afford it? Would you buy it if it wasn’t reduced? Will you still use it / love it in a year? It is ok to take a pause before clicking ‘buy’.
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with @Juliet945600 Westminster bridge #ExtinctionRebellion get your ass here-.Unless you care nothing happens
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