Actress Dame Joanna Lumley hit back at an interviewer after they asked a question about her personal life with her musical maestro husband, Stephen Barlow.

When quizzed about whether she sings along with conductor Stephen at home, Joanna, 78, insisted it was something she would "never" do.

Joanna and Stephen, who have been married for the past 38 years, recently worked together on a podcast called Joanna Lumley & The Maestro.

In response to whether she and her husband perform together around the house, Joanna "looked genuinely horrified" as she told : "He works with opera singers, Mick.

"I adore music and sing and la-la about the house all the time. But I would never lovingly lean on his shoulder and sing while he played. We're not that family."

Joanna's recent interview comes as the nation prepares to watch her star alongside Lucy Punch in 'Amandaland', a spin-off version of the hit BBC show 'Motherland'.

Ahead of the show's debut, much attention and discussion has centred around the main cast members and the recent updates in their lives.

Speaking to , Dame Joanna opened up about what life is like post perimenopause and menopause, and how she looks forward to each birthday, rather than the opposite.

The Absolutely Fabulous actress told the publication that people need to be more age positive and look forward to what comes next in life.

She explained: "I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. So when I was 18, I longed to be 30; when I was 30, I longed to be 50. I've always looked forward to my next birthday.

"We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good. I used to panic and get rattled when I was young, but as I've got older, I've started literally to live day to day. With age, you work out what matters."

Alongside being a national treasure, Joanna is also a prominent activist in the world of human rights including Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign.

In 2023, she condemned British trophy hunters as the "lowest of the low" while backing a campaign to ban importing body parts of endangered animals into the country.

She told : "We have a responsibility to help protect wildlife. Trophy hunting is helping drive endangered animals to extinction. Anyone who makes excuses for these people should hang their head in shame."

Furthermore, as recently as December 2024, she supported a campaign to combat loneliness among older Britons in the UK.