UNLIKE the majority of the country, comedienne Arabella Weir has an aversion to fame.

She may have found it through a variety of comic characters and the memorable 'Does my bum look big in this?' creation in particular, but she never really wanted it, she insists.

And she certainly won't be going along the reality TV route to get more.

"I was never going 'I want a big car and a house in France' and all that," says Arabella,, who is hosting an all-female comedy night in Liverpool next week.

"What I wanted was to be recognised as good at the thing I wanted to do and obviously I was pleased that people watched my shows and bought my books.

"But I get approached all the time by reality TV programmes and I don't do any of them. Actually, to be honest, I'm flirting with one at the moment because it's an activity I fancy but I'd definitely never live in a house with people, never in a million years. You might as well get 'I'm finished' tattooed on your head,, or 'washed up moron'.

"And as for I'm A Celebrity ... what kind of person has got three weeks of their life to give up to sitting around in the jungle eating bugs with Jordan? Give me Truman Capote, Stephen Fry and Condoleeza Rice and I'm there. But Jordan? I don't think so."

So don't expect to see Arabella bunking down in the outback any time soon or taking up residence in the Big Brother house.

No, she says, she'd far sooner be doing the things she loves, like writing and performing.

"Although some days the writing is like pulling teeth," she laughs, "and I do have days when I think 'why should anybody care?' but so far luckily I've been successful at it. So, even though I've sometimes got this little voice on my shoulder going 'you're not as good as ...' I keep going.