Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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There’s probably another book in the pipeline because there’s no mention of The Wrong Mans or David Copperfield which she acted in before This Country. I know it's supposed to make me laugh, but I just felt so very sad for Daisy May and her family - growing up in chaos, dealing with loss and severe financial worries. All in all a great read, wish there was more about Charlie Daisy's brother - maybe he will come out with a book? Daisy and Charlie are contracted to do a cleaning job for three hours, but manage to do it in 20 minutes. This is a real insight into Daisy's life pre-This Country (which is an absolute banger of a show btw) and how she grew up in poverty.

Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet. The stories about applying for drama courses, and eventually RADA, dreadful auditions, semi-abusive relationships, none of it felt humorous.

Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her is the endearingly honest and hilarious memoir from the creator and star of award-winning BBC comedy This Country. Mum, I spent all my student loan accidently on a penthouse suite in a fancy hotel in Marble Arch, now I face getting kicked out of drama school. Her strength, courage and determination to succeed shines through this, under the protection of her signature hysterical, and eye watering humor. I can’t wait to see what Daisy does next, but in the meantime I’ll carry on rewatching This Country and scrolling through her Instagram feed.

Daisy narrates the story really well and does lots of funny voices, and she slightly goes of piste into other little chats that aren't in the book.

Mum, I auditioned to be a stripper by snogging a pole and was laughed off the stage by a bunch of topless dancers. She recently starred in Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield, and has featured on TV shows including Avenue 5, Doc Martin and The Wrong Mans. T he funniest memoir of 2021, written by the most relatable woman in the world - Daisy May Cooper, creator and star of BBC's award-winning comedy This Country. Also some of the photocopied pages of old school stories and notes and stuff I couldn't read them the print was very small and the writing was hard to read.

One of the most hilarious books I’ve read - so many anecdotes I was nearly crying with laughter on the train. All the same Daisy May Cooper has fucking been THROUGH IT and she’s a walking example of how never giving up on something you really want will eventually pay off ! Some of the situations she got herself into when she was younger and the way she recounts it are a pick me up tonic full of laughter you never knew you needed! please don't start reading this book expecting it to be a laugh a minute, because you'll be bitterly disappointed.As for ‘accidentally’ spending the student grant on a London hotel’s penthouse suite before RADA, Daisy really doesn’t come off as very sharp. I expect hearing the author telling the stories would be very different, but reading them on a page left me desperately sorry that she and her family had been through so much.

Together with my brother Charlie, I staggered my way through adolescence from one drama to the next until finally, after years of trying, we had This Country commissioned by the BBC. I then went on to follow Daisy May and Charlie Cooper on Instragam, where Daisy kept us all entertained with her what-can-you-fit-under-your-tits challenge, and all the stories of the adventures with the Sea Captain. I've always had an over-active imagination and felt the urge to be a massive f**king show-off so acting seemed like the obvious choice of career. I'm a big fan of Daisy May Cooper and the wonderful This Country, and picked up Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her in an Audible deal. Wrote in a way that’s funny but also very truthful about the struggles Daisy faced breaking into the industry.My only criticism is that the book ended a bit abruptly; I was so ready to hear about Daisy finally making it and about how the Coopers lives fiiiinally changed for the better but the book just…ended. I love This Country, and reading about her early life showed how much of it has been written into the scripts, but I almost wish I hadn't read it. I’m going to decide to take it all with a pinch of salt, otherwise I’ll end up thinking a lot less of her than I did.