Theresa May reveals her ‘guilty pleasure’ that doesn’t involve running through a wheat field

Greater than 5 years after Theresa May revealed the “naughtiest” factor she ever did as a little one, the previous prime minister has now admitted to having a “responsible pleasure”.

But when May’s confession that she “used to run through fields of wheat” as a little one emphasised how a lot of a self-described “goody two sneakers” as soon as was, her newest revelation will solely reaffirm that standing.

In a new interview, the politician opened up about rising up because the daughter of a vicar and was requested if she ever felt the necessity to insurgent.

“I haven’t had a rebellious childhood and out of the blue reworked,” she informed The Times in an interview printed on Saturday (26 August).

Nonetheless, May admitted that she enjoys consuming peanut butter straight out of the jar, which is her “responsible pleasure”.

“There’s no transformation on peanut butter – there’s a jar within the cabinet!” she added.

In a 2017 interview with ITV, May mentioned she was “bookish as a little one”.

“I used to be an solely little one, so after all I didn’t have brothers and sisters who I used to be enjoying with and so clearly I had mates however generally needed to simply exit and, kind of, do issues alone,” she recalled.

Requested what the “naughtiest factor” she ever did was, May appeared sheepish and mentioned: “Nicely, no person is ever completely behaved, are they? I imply, you now, there are occasions when… I’ve to admit, when me and my good friend, kind of, used to run through fields of wheat.

“There farmers weren’t too happy about that,” she added.

The previous Conservative Celebration chief’s fairly tame confession prompted folks to mock her declare that it was the naughtiest factor she had ever completed.

Scottish Conservative chief Ruth Davidson shared a photograph of herself running through a field of wheat as a joke throughout a go to to Gorgie Metropolis Farm in Edinburgh.

The next 12 months, former prime minister Boris Johnson – who succeeded May as prime minister in July 2019 – appeared to “troll” his predecessor when he was photographed running through what regarded like a field of wheat.

In her newest interview, May additionally defined what had gone on behind the well-known {photograph} of former US president Donald Trump holding her hand as they walked through the White Home in January 2017.

May mentioned that Trump, who has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the US and obstruction of an official continuing, grabbed her hand as they have been strolling down a slope, whereas she was sporting excessive heels.

She defined: “I don’t know why he did it. I imply, he kind of mentioned, ‘Oh, there’s a slope so that you must watch out on the slope’.”

Suggesting that Trump’s warning might have been on account of his spouse Melania Trump’s common use of “very excessive heels”, she continued: “I had heeled sneakers on however they weren’t excessive heels. I believed, ‘I’m able to strolling down a slope, thanks very a lot’, and the following factor I do know he’s holding my hand.

“The most effective interpretation is he’s being a gentleman. However subsequently a lot of individuals mentioned possibly he wanted the help taking place the slope. I don’t know. He simply grabbed my hand and I believed he would then let go of it, however he didn’t.”

May was the UK’s prime minister from 2016 to 2019. Previous to that, she served in former prime minister David Cameron’s cupboard as Dwelling Secretary from 2010 to 2016.

She is presently an MP for Maidenhead in Berkshire, a function she has held since 1997. May is married to her husband Philip May, whom she wed in 1980.