'Paddington' villain Hugh Grant eats humble marmalade for a good cause

"How was that, darling? Was it good? Shall we go again? Bit messy?"
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High Grant is a man of many talents. Acting, campaigning, and, errr, marmalade eating.

In a video posted on Twitter, the Paddington 2 villain performed a new version of the dog food advert from the movie;.

"If your birthday is a special birthday, why not celebrate in style with Buchanan’s special chunky cut marmalade?" says Grant in a distinctly villainous voice.


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He then proceeds to scoop marmalade out of the jar using just his fingers and smear it all over his face. "How was that, darling? Was it good? Shall we go again? Bit messy?"

Uhhh, just a bit.

You can watch the original dog food ad starring Grant from Paddington 2 at the 10-minute mark in this highlights reel:

The video was posted to wish a little boy named Henry, who's battling cancer, a happy 5th birthday. Henry, who has high risk stage four Neuroblastoma, is raising money for child cancer charity Solving Kids' Cancer.

Happy birthday, Henry!

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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