Sherrie Hewson threw up all over Steve McQueen on a dinner date
Sherrie Hewson has recalled the time she went on a date with the late film star Steve McQueen, which ended in her being thrown into a black cab.
Sherrie Hewson vomited over Steve McQueen after a dinner date.
The 74-year-old actress was just an 18-year-old drama student when she had had a meal in a Chinese restaurant with the late King of Cool - who died aged 50 in 1980 - and his team had to chuck her into a black cab after she threw up "all over his shoes and trousers" when she mistakenly ordered fish because the menu was "in French".
Sherrie - who was a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was picked by the staff to go on a red bus with the film star in 1970 - told Best magazine: "His people wanted to say thank you, so they took me to a restaurant in Chelsea.
"However, the menu was in French, and I'm allergic to fish.
"Unknown to me, I was eating clam chowder, and after a few mouthfuls, I projectile vomited over him.
"He was wearing a white polo-neck sweater, which he always wore, and his people rushed in and dragged me out of the restaurant and onto the pavement.
"Steve came out, and I vomited all over his shoes and trousers. They threw me into a black cab, and yelled, 'Get her out of here.'
"As I drove off, I could see Steve McQueen from the window covered in sick, and I thought, 'He'll never marry me now...'"
Sherrie has been single since her divorce from her husband Ken Boyd in 2011.
Asked if she is currently dating, she revealed: "No, I can't remember the last time I dated - it was the Stone Age probably...
"I've never felt the urge to go near anyone else again."
However, the former 'Loose Women' panellist has tried dating apps.
She said: "I can't remember the name of it now, and I'm not sure it still exists. However, I signed up and spoke to one really nice American guy, who had a Harley-Davidson bike.
"I was a lot older than him, but he said, 'That's your problem - not mine.' He wanted to meet me for a drink, but I wouldn't go!"
