James Blunt, Carrie Fisher.Photo:Tristan Fewings/Getty, Andy Kropa/Getty
Tristan Fewings/Getty, Andy Kropa/Getty
James Blunthad a “beautiful” best friendship withCarrie Fisher.
Blunt told the publication that the “wild rollercoaster” of their friendship began when he was dating a woman whose parents were family friends of Fisher’s and he was invited to lunch in Notting Hill where he sat next to her.
“I had just got a record deal and was moving to LA. Carrie’s first question was: ‘What do you do?’ I said: ‘I’ve left the army to go to make an album in LA.’ Question number two was: ‘Where are you going to live?’ I said I didn’t know. Her reply – the third thing she ever said to me – was: ‘Well, you’re going to live with me.’ So I did just that,” he told the outlet.
For the first month he was living there, the British singer-songwriter didn’t see much of Fisher, but her mother, the lateDebbie Reynolds, would call him “Charlie” and offer him drinks.
“A month later, I started to see Carrie more. I came home one night and sat on the end of her bed and we talked until morning. After that, whenever I got back from the studio I’d go into her room to talk, no matter if it was 11 p.m. or 3 a.m. She became my best, best friend,” he explained.
On his forthcoming albumWho We Used to Be, Blunt said he paid tribute to Fisher with a song called “Dark Thought,” which details “the moment when I went back to her house after she had died.”
James Blunt in London in November 2021.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty
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In 2019, the “You’re Beautiful” singer reflected on his friendship with Fisher inan interview withPEOPLE Now.
Blunt’s seventh studio albumWho We Used to Beis due Oct. 27.
Alongside his forthcoming record, he will release his memoirLoosely Based Oo a Made-Up Storyon Thursday Oct. 26 via Constable, an imprint of Little Brown.
He will also be the subject of the documentaryOne Brit Wonder, which is due later this year.
source: people.com
