The tragic murder of Charlie Kirk has sparked a global wave of sorrow and outrage, but British comedian Gina Yashere feels little sympathy over his death.

Yashere, who recently landed a role in the upcoming American TV series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, argues that the outspoken advocate for free speech “got what [he] had advocated for” due to his stance against gun control.

Kirk, 31, was a father and husband with two young children. His life was tragically cut short during a speech in Utah last week. He was known as a close supporter of former President Donald Trump.

Yashere, 51, originally from north London and known for her appearances on shows like Mock The Week, accused Kirk of spreading hate, labeling him as “xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic, racist, misogynist, and sexist.”

In an online tirade, she expressed: “Charlie Kirk got what Charlie Kirk had advocated for. He wanted more guns available in public spaces. He wasn’t concerned about children being shot in schools or a Democrat being killed at home.” 

While acknowledging Kirk’s strong Christian faith, Yashere controversially stated he would end up in hell. “I don’t believe in heaven and hell. But just in case there is, Charlie Kirk is going down there. And if he does, I hope he gets dropped off by a black pilot,” she remarked.

This was a reference to a comment Kirk made last year, expressing his concerns about ‘positive discrimination’ in favour of non-white pilots: ‘If I see a black pilot, I’m going to be, like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.’

Yashere has said she left Britain to escape being treated as ‘second best’. She said moving to the US gave her the freedom to embrace her identity as a lesbian: ‘I’d never come out publicly in England, because I didn’t want to give them something else to box me in.’

Sir Paul McCartney joked that he was ‘corrupting’ his daughter, Mary, when he showcased his signature cocktail the ‘Maccarita’, a sweeter version of the Margarita, on her television cooking show, Mary McCartney Serves It Up! 

Now, the photographer is planning to serve some drinks of her own. I can disclose that vegetarian cookbook author Mary, 56, has applied to trademark the name ‘Skyfire’ at the Intellectual Property Office for potential use for a range of drinks including wines, beers, cider, spirits and liqueurs.

Marchioness of Bath puts on sparking display… 

King Charles requested no tiaras at his Coronation to make the 2022 ceremony more ‘meritocratic not aristocratic’.

Happily, some of our landed gentry are keeping the jewellery tradition alive.

The Marchioness of Bath dug out the three-peak Bath Tiara at the weekend for a party at her husband Ceawlin’s ancestral home, Longleat House in Wiltshire.

Known as Emma Weymouth when she competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2019, the marchioness, 39, wore the Victorian heirloom with her Vivienne Westwood gown and gloves.

Her party followed the annual Icons of the Sky event at Longleat with featured a Spitfire air display, parachutist aerobatics and a cavalcade of glowing hot-air balloons.

Mandy’s mutt delays US exit 

Sacked as Our Man in Washington by Sir Keir Starmer last week, Peter Mandelson won’t, however, be packing his bags in a hurry.

I hear that Lord Mandelson will stay at the British Ambassador’s Residence for at least another week.

‘His dog needs medical treatment before Peter can return to Britain,’ a friend tells me.

Mandelson owns the collie, Jock, with his husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva. A Foreign Office spokesman plays down the claim.

Jock has starred in official social media posts where he was jokingly described as ‘the hardest working member of the Embassy’.

Promoting his book Eat Yourself Healthy, Jamie Oliver concedes his own waistline has long proved a challenge. ‘I had a little MOT a year and a half ago, and the doctor said: “You’ve got to sort out this stuff”,’ reveals the chef, 50. 

‘I’m paid to eat. I do eat good stuff, but I eat too much of it. I’m greedy, I love it.’ 

Jamie’s weight has been the target of jibes in the past. Rival Marco Pierre White once unkindly referred to keen musician Jamie as the ‘fat chef with a drum kit’.

Keeping up with latest fashion can be a drag

Model Martha Sitwell once said she ‘stayed in an unhappy marriage to feed my habit’ of buying hats and dresses.

Clearly, it’s an addiction that the ex-wife of film-producing baronet Sir George Sitwell is struggling to stub out.

For Lady Sitwell, 45, daughter of late gastronome Justin de Blank, turned up at the Goodwood Revival event in West Sussex wearing a hat designed by Victoria Grant, featuring an array of cigarette ends.

‘I wanted something that honoured her specifically,’ the milliner tells me. ‘We all know she loves a box of Marlboro reds.’

Never meet your heroes is advice actor Guy Pearce might wish he’d heeded before approaching Sir John Hurt on the set of 2005’s The Proposition. 

‘The film that has affected me more than any other is The Elephant Man,’ former Neighbours star Pearce says.

‘I told him what that film meant to me, and he said, ‘Oh, f*** off! I don’t want to talk about that film.’ 

Note to self: Don’t idolise anybody, because it doesn’t work. I just have a quiet chuckle to myself when I see me and John together on that.’