Anyway, the pair were doing much of the same when we spotted them in Dublin on Friday, where Russell had jetted to in order to appear on the Late Late Show (where we also spotted fellow talkshow guests Katherine Jenkins, Michael Palin and Gordon Ramsay)

And predictably while on the show, Russell began talking about his romance with Katy Perry. When asked why he’d recently visited Oscar Wilde’s grave in Paris with the I Kissed A Girl singer, he replied.

“Romance. Because I like Oscar Wilde and I’m being subjected to feelings with which I am unfamiliar” (i.e. love)

“When you’re feeling them feelings, it puts you in contact with higher things, so suddenly the writing of Wilde and the majesty of his ideas his beautiful imagination it all seems so much more tangible, palpable and attractive poetry suddenly seems real not an abstract thing to be scribbled by youths in lonely rooms, but something in all of our hearts present always”.

Well a simple “I was feeling a bit romantic” would have sufficed, by thanks anyway for that Russell. If you fancy watching the comedian’s interview on the Late Late Show, then you can find Part 1 and Part 2 of his chat here.