In a surreal addition to the Irish Water saga, British actress Joan Collins was forced to issue a clarification on Twitter that, no, she hadn't been arrested at a protest on the Parnell Road in Dublin yesterday.
No I am not the Joan Collins Who was a rested yesterday At a Dublin protest meeting !!! The very idea!!
— Joan Collins (@Joancollinsdbe) April 21, 2015
It was actually her
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We're not really sure who would have mixed them up - for a variety of reasons.
Joan seemed to be aghast at the 'very idea' - we imagine it’s not a cause very close to her heart.
UPDATE:
The other Joan has responded. Brilliantly.
For the record I'm not @JoanCollinsOBE as I'd never take an honour from a monarch nor did I wear shoulder pads in the 80s. The very idea!
— Joan Collins T.D. (@JoanCollinsTD) April 21, 2015
Ok maybe I wore shoulder pads, there was very little choice in the 80s, but I'd never take an honour from a monarch.
— Joan Collins T.D. (@JoanCollinsTD) April 21, 2015
We wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of either of these women.