“Joan was absolutely seething for many weeks afterwards at my impertinent solicitousness for her welfare,” Piers wrote, stunned that his actions had been taken the wrong way.
“But time’s a great healer, and we were reunited for a socially-distanced lunch today at our mutual favourite restaurant, Club 55 on Pampelonne beach.”
He said that the iconic star lived by a wise statement: “‘I’ve considered all the coronavirus health risks for vulnerable people, and concluded that if you die Piers, you die,’ Joan chuckled derisively,” he remembered her saying.
“We both agreed that one good thing about the pandemic is no longer having to touch anyone,” while revealing Joan had announced she has been a “germaphobe” for years, and that her “worst horror” is complete strangers “bear-hugging” and kissing her.