Page 185 - Katherine Ryan press pack

 Tuesday 28 August 2018 10:11

There is no such thing as a typical day in Katherine Ryan’s life but
the day we meet probably comes close. There was a baby shower

for her stylist in the morning, a meeting with her accountant, then
a production meeting, and finally our interview. One thing about

Ryan that seems clear is that she enjoys being busy.

Not so, apparently. “I would love to work 10 months a year and for the
rest of the time have a holiday sitting in my pants drinking Aperol

Spritz,” she says as we settle down to chat. “I’m lazy and I like
downtime. I just bought a hose attachment and was so satisfied just

watering my hedge.”

Yet to the public the Canada-born comic never seems to stop. When not
guesting on panel shows — she hosted the all-women edition of 8 Out

of Ten Cats Does Countdown in July — she is fronting Comedy Central’s
Your Face or Mine or judging the same channel’s Roast Battle. And

fitting in tours. Her sell-out show Glitter Room comes to the Garrick
Theatre in September.

In the wide-ranging show Ryan, 35, is the apotheosis of sassiness,
offering a funny feminist critique of Hamilton — she loved the musical

but not the real person — and gossiping about R Kelly and Celine Dion.
She also explains that she is interested in genealogy and has had her

DNA tested. She turned out to be so white she jokes that “I risk being
farmed into some selective breeding programme by Nigel Farage.”