Alan Carr slams fake friends 'coming out of the woodwork' after pal Paul O'Grady's death

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Paul O'Grady and attended his funeral, he wasn't as close to the late comedian as his "real friends" like Julian Clary, 64. While speaking to actress Kathy Burke, 58, on her Where There's A Will, There's A Wake podcast, Alan was keen to set the record straight after becoming frustrated with "some of the celebs who have come out the woodwork" claiming to be close to Paul.

After Paul's death at the age of 67 on March 28, many celebrities rushed to pay tribute to the Lily Savage star, but Alan spotted that some of them were not "real friends".

Alan got onto the subject when host Kathy said: "We were talking about the beautifully dearly departed Paul O'Grady, who we both knew and loved. "You knew him a bit better than me, I think, because I was listening to a couple of your books about yourself and you used to spend Christmas with Paul, didn't you?"READ MORE: Helen Skelton makes daring appearance at British Soap Awards in sultry red dressLinkAlan clarified: "Oh no, we had Christmas parties, we always had a Christmas party!"Vorders [Carol Vorderman] was there, we'd always get absolutely leathered, we'd have our own Christmas do, it was crazy - we had the best times.

The comedian continued: "But when he died, it was so sad obviously, but you don't know what to do when someone dies like that, because he was a friend, but he wasn't a friend-friend, like Julian was. "And you don't know how much to say, and you don't want his real-real friends saying, 'oh Alan here you are, ambulance chasing'. "Because we've had a few deaths this year, and some of the celebs who have come out the woodwork!"I mean there's one, who will remain nameless, but he said, 'I knew him so well, what a buddy,' and he's got a Getty Images photo on Instagram..