Louis Theroux recalls being asked to sign two women’s breasts.
Louis Theroux shares oddest signing requests he's had
The 51-year-old documentary maker recalled being asked by two women at a book signing in Oxford to plant his moniker on their chests.
The flustered father-of-three - who shares Albert, 15, Frederick, 13, and six-year-old-Walter with wife Nancy - left the ladies disappointed by only managing to do a squiggle rather than his usual signature.
Louis - who released his book 'Theroux The Keyhole: Dispatches From A Grounded Documentary Maker' about his experience of lockdown back in November - revealed the unusual incident to Alan Carr on his ‘Life’s a Beach’ podcast.
He said: "I was flustered. They said, 'That’s not your real signature.'"
Sharing his own odd signing experiences, Alan replied: "I signed a FemFresh once, I'll sign anything!"
The BAFTA winner will be returning to BBC with a brand new series ‘Forbidden America’ on January 31.
The three-part documentary will explore the impact of social media and the internet on the entertainment industry. He will be meeting controversial figures in the industry which include far-right content creators, self-destructive performers and predators that promote illegal and immoral behavior. Since the internet emerged, the entertainment industry has seen a drastic shift. A dangerous pattern which feeds off hate and enables a morally questionable lifestyle through clicks and the promise of likes.
Announcing the project previously, Louis said: "The world has gone through massive changes in the last few years, in particular from the effects of social media. This new series looks at the way those changes have affected people in America who are in different ways involved in dangerous, extreme, or morally questionable lifestyles. Far-right groups that have found new influence through gaming and streaming services. Porn performers who have seen power shift to them as they’ve embraced creator-controlled apps and called out alleged predators in the industry. And in the rap world young men with big dreams caught up in feuds and high-risk behaviour in the click-driven world of social media.
“These three documentaries were tough to make. They required delicate access conversations. They feature scenes and confrontations that are shocking and upsetting. But they are also powerful depictions of a world that has become strange in ways we could never have imagined just 10 years ago. They show the dangers of the technotopia we all now inhabit, where extremist content can be piped directly into the phones and laptops of millions of children. But they also illustrate some of the positive opportunities the new world has created by disrupting old hierarchies of power.
"I’m very proud of all three programmes and hope viewers will find them as thought provoking to watch as I did making them.”
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