Carrie Fisher had a big place with a pool house, and she sometimes let struggling celebrities like Craig Bierko live with her. Another person that took up residence there was the English singer James Blunt.
Today, he told Lorraine, how he wound up moving in with her. Blunt met the late actress at a restaurant through some mutual friends, and they started chatting it up. She asked him what he does. He told her that he just signed a record deal and was moving to LA. Then she asked him where he was going to live. When he said he did not have a place, she asked him to move in. Which he did.
The two remained friends, and he named his first album, Back to Bedlam, in honor of the madness of her house. Which he loved, and he loves her so much he made her the godmother to one of his children. He hasn’t forgotten his old friend. On his new album, he wrote the song Prozac Pill in honor of her.
Amazing how a chance encounter changed his life forever.
