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Chris Rea<\/a>\u00a0fans are remembering the late musician<\/a> by re-sharing the legendary \u2018egg in a bath\u2019 story Bob Mortimer told about him on Would I Lie To You?\u00a0<\/em>in 2018.<\/p>\n Mortimer claimed on the comedy panel show that he follows his friend Rea\u2019s advice to him to crack an egg into his baths \u2013 and he\u2019d been doing it for 22 years. Naturally, host Rob Brydon asked how he came to give this advice and in what context.<\/p>\n \u201cI was making a single for Middlesborough Football Club\u2019s FA Cup appearance called \u2018Let\u2019s Dance\u2019 [in 1997], which I did with Chris Rea,\u201d Mortimer said. \u201cAnd after we completed the recording, he popped me into the bath and there was an egg in it.\u201d<\/p>\n After the panel got to grips with the unusual idea of being put in a bath right after a recording session, Mortimer continued: \u201c[He said] \u2018That\u2019s it Bob, I think we\u2019ve got that leg, that\u2019s your bedroom, that\u2019s the bath, I\u2019ll pop an egg in there for you.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s where I\u2019m from, Middlesborough, but he\u2019s much more Middlesborough than me.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked what the thinking was behind putting an egg in the bath, Mortimer said: \u201cI\u2019ve never found out. All I know is that I woke up the next morning and I have never felt so alive.\u201d He added that the egg white had dissipated. \u201cIt\u2019s non-greasy, which is a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n Very sad news on the passing of #ChrisRea<\/a> who left a musical legacy but will forever be remembered in my mind for popping an egg into Bob Mortimer\u2019s bath pic.twitter.com\/wEX6dXWDPf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Responding more questions about what the strange ritual involved, Mortimer said: \u201cYou really don\u2019t want to bust the yolk. The white goes but the yolk\u2019s there and you move like that and you try and get it to come towards you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf you knew Chris, it\u2019s just so Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n Rea made his last TV appearance on the 2020 Christmas special of Mortimer\u2019s show with Paul Whitehouse, Gone Fishing,\u00a0<\/em>which shares its name with the title of one of Rea\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n\n During his appearance on the show, Rea explained that he was \u201con the dole\u201d when he wrote his legendary festive hit \u2018Driving Home For Christmas\u2019 and ironically, he was banned from driving at the time.<\/p>\n Speaking about it earlier this month with the\u00a0Daily Express<\/em><\/a>, Rea \u00a0\u2013 who originally wrote the tune<\/a> for\u00a0Van Morrison<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 said: \u201cIt\u2019s a frustrating song, but it\u2019s also hopeful and comforting.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s funny, because I\u2019d just been banned from driving when I wrote it. But I was feeling good at the time too, and people say they can hear that infectious feel-good mood when they hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n Rea explained: \u201cI still sing it at other drivers when I\u2019m stuck on the motorway.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Fans are re-sharing Bob Mortimer\u2019s legendary \u2018egg in a bath\u2019 story after Chris Rea\u2019s death<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chris Rea\u00a0fans are remembering the late musician by re-sharing the legendary \u2018egg in a bath\u2019 story Bob Mortimer told about him on Would I Lie To You?\u00a0in 2018. 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