Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass reveals Jason Statham surprised him by paying for his bill at The Ivy

Fred Fairbrass had a wonderful surprise when Hollywood A-lister Jason Statham paid for his bill during a night out.

The Right Said Fred star, 66, revealed to The Sun on Sunday that he had been dining at The Ivy in London last week when he discovered the random act of kindness by the Hobbs & Shaw star, 52.

Speaking to the publication, Fred joked: ‘It’s never a bad thing when you go to pay your restaurant bill to discover it’s already been paid by Jason Statham.’

Act of kindness: Right Said Fred star Fred Fairbrass revealed on Sunday that Jason Statham surprised him by paying for his bill at The Ivy last week

Fred and his brother Richard shot to fame in the early Nineties with their smash-hit song I’m Too Sexy, alongside then current member Rob Manzoli.

They also had two follow-up big hits with Don’t Talk Just Kiss and Deeply Dippy, while they toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie.

This isn’t Fred’s only brush with famous faces as of late, as in August 2017 Taylor Swift used an interpolation from the group Right Said Fred’s 1991 hit I’m Too Sexy in the chorus of her upbeat new track Look What You Made Me Do.

Amused: Speaking to The Sun, Fred joked: ‘It’s never a bad thing when you go to pay your restaurant bill to discover it’s already been paid by Jason Statham’

After the song was released overnight, the duo gave their thanks for the recognition – dubbing her song a ‘marvellous reinvention’.

The group were approached by Taylor’s team before the song’s release, and gave their permission for the song to be used.

‘We had people on the phone from the US just checking that we were okay for her to use it and that we were cool with it and weren’t going to kick up a fuss — which, obviously, we didn’t,’ band member Richard Fairbrass told People.

He added that Taylor promised to sent the group a ‘pressie’ and added that ‘she and everyone around her have been great.’

‘I am more than happy with [the song],’ Richard added. ‘She used the rhythm as much as anything. It’s flattering.

‘When we recorded ‘Sexy’ I didn’t think it would last more than six months. So to be talking about it 26 years later and a star like Taylor using it and being influenced by it is really flattering. Absolutely flattering.’

And they received acknowledgement from Taylor, who credits the three members of Right Said Fred as songwriters alongside Swift and Jack Antonoff.

Claim to fame: Fred and his brother Richard [L] shot to fame in the early Nineties with their smash-hit song I’m Too Sexy, alongside then current member Rob Manzoli

Source: dailymail.co.uk