Still Game star Greg Hemphill has revealed an almost decade-long lie he told co-star Ford Kiernan.

The actor told the tale while appearing on the Some Laugh Podcast - which is hosted by Marc Jennings, Stephen Buchanan, and Stuart McPherson - recently.

During the show, the 54-year-old who played Victor McDade in the hit series shared an anecdote about how Paul Riley - who played Winston Ingram - would always tell fibs on the set to deceive his fellow cast members.

However, one day, the comic said he found himself being pulled into one of Paul's lies.

Paul told Greg to tell Ford - who played Jack Jarvis in the show - that sports star Fatima Whitbread had passed away.

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In a clip of the podcast posted on social media, the actor said: “Paul was an absolute prankster, he would just mix lies and the truth to deceive you, he did it all the time, every day.

“You can’t keep your guard up all the time you know.

“You’d be sitting with the newspaper and Ford came in and he’d always point at whoever had the newspaper and say, ‘Who’s dead?’”

Greg added: “One day I had the newspaper and Paul was sitting next to me and he spotted Ford coming and he went like that, ‘Say Fatima Whitbread’.

“Ford walked on and he went ‘Who’s dead?’ I just went, ‘Fatima Whitbread’.

“He was like ‘What, what happened?’"

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Fatima Whitbread is known for being a famous British javelin throw.

The 63-year-old is a two-time Olympic medallist - however, she has also won several medals in other competitions.

Greg continued to say: “I just went ‘Oh steroids or something you know’, so now I’m involved in Paul’s lie and I swear to God, seven years later Ford was sitting watching A Question of Sport.

“He called me up and he went ‘Here you ya c**t, you telt me Fatima Whitbread was dead, I’ve just seen her on A Question of Sport’.

“So I called up Paul and I said ‘Fatima Whitbread’s just landed’.”

On top of Still Game, Greg has featured in several other popular shows including Chewin' the Fat, Only an Excuse?, Glasgow Girls, and many more.

After sharing the clip online, fans of the star flocked to the comments to share their reaction to it.

One said: "Still Game - best comedy show ever."

Another chimed: "Absolutely brilliant."

While a third added: "Class comedy."

 

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