Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding has been suggested that the character Mark Darcy is not based on Sir Keir Starmer.
Rumours that the Labour leader inspired the character played by Colin Firth in the Bridget Jones film franchise have been circulating for some time now.
On the BBC Radio 4 show, Fielding said that, despite constantly “denying” that the character of Bridget Jones was inspired by her own life, “she was very close to me in some ways”.
“It’s amazing the number of people that lay claim to be Daniel [Hugh Grant’s character] or Mark, including Keir Starmer,” she told host Lauren Laverne.