When Matt Lucas duetted with a baked potato on madcap TV show Shooting Stars, he had no idea the act would be dusted off 20 years later to raise funds for the NHS. Thank You Baked Potato, which topped the iTunes chart shortly after its release, has raised close to £1million in just two weeks for FeedNHS, a charity providing hot meals to NHS workers nationwide that Matt set up alongside actors Damien Lewis and Helen McCrory and the food chain Leon. “They’re just fun and they keep the message going.” Matt was inspired to set up FeedNHS, the charity benefitting from the song’s proceeds, as a way to get free hot meals delivered to frontline staff at hospitals. He told Kate: “You’ve got to remember that all those restaurants and cafes around the hospitals are all closed at the moment – and when we were talking about it initially, all the supermarkets were empty.” He admits that husband and wife Damien and Helen have been “doing the donkey work” while he just sings about a potato. This did start off as a London venture with Imperial and UCLH, but we are now going to be taking this nationally.” As well as raising funds for such a great cause, Matt hopes that his song has also brought some fun into lockdown life, especially for children who have found the changes really confusing.
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