{"id":2263368,"date":"2026-02-02T19:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2263368"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:04:53","slug":"watch-cmat-dance-dressed-as-a-hamster-and-joke-about-losing-mercury-prize-to-sam-fender-on-the-harry-hill-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-cmat-dance-dressed-as-a-hamster-and-joke-about-losing-mercury-prize-to-sam-fender-on-the-harry-hill-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch CMAT dance dressed as a hamster and joke about losing Mercury Prize to Sam Fender on &#8216;The Harry Hill Show&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/CMAT\">CMAT<\/a> has appeared as the latest guest in Harry Hill\u2019s new podcast and Youtube show. Check out the episode below.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Harry Hill Show<\/em> debuted online last month, with the first two episodes featuring fellow comedians Stewart Lee and Nish Kumar. This week, the large-collared comedy icon \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/harry-hill-interview-tv-burp-return-6-music-dad-yard-act-black-midi-3453154\">a self-confessed \u201c6 Music dad<\/a>\u201d \u2013 invited Irish singer-songwriter CMAT onto his parody talkshow.<\/p>\n<p>Hill admitted that was \u201csuch a big fan\u201d of CMAT\u2019s latest album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/cmat-euro-country-album-review-lyrics-tracklist-3888380\">Euro-Country<\/a>\u2019 having discovered her via her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/cmat-glastonbury-2025-live-review-photos-setlist-3873182\">acclaimed Glastonbury 2025 performance<\/a>. He even went as far as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mrharryhill\/reel\/DO8QBbmClyE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording a tribute to her in Dublin <\/a>last year by impersonating her on Instagram. At the time, CMAT (real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) described the video as \u201cthe most important thing to have ever happened to me in my life\u201d. On the new episode, she admitted it was \u201cdisrespectful\u201d but flattering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Harry Hill Show - CMAT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WdrMzx5qnHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Thompson went on to discuss being nominated for the 2025 Mercury Prize, admitting that she \u201cwould have had a better time\u201d at the ceremony if she\u2019d won and not <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sam-fender-wins-mercury-prize-2025-for-people-watching-3899105\">lost to Sam Fender\u2019s \u2018People Watching<\/a>\u2018. Joking about her friend Fender, CMAT described him as a \u201clittle guy, horrible really\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got no time for him,\u201d she jokingly continued about the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sam-fender-donates-25000-mercury-prize-money-to-music-venue-trust-3907374\">famously affable and charitable<\/a> Newcastle singer-songwriter. \u201cHe\u2019s called \u2018the bad boy of music\u2019, because he\u2019s so horrible to everyone, everywhere he goes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Hill then took the joke further by joking that Fender once infamously \u201cpushed someone into some nettles\u201d, and was himself knocked into a urinal by the musician in a service station toilet.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the episode, Thompson discussed leaving university and first getting into making music, her love of fellow Dubliner Samantha Mumba, being into The Smiths (but not Morrissey) and how that inspired her moving to Manchester, as well as sharing her favourite joke, joining a discussion with\u00a0a man from the UK\u2019s only windmill museum, playing the weekly game of \u2018Name The Seed\u2019, and ending with a finale of dancing and singing in a giant hamster costume.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUITMylim1A\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUQNyY9ikOL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The award-winning surrealist comedian \u2013 who rose to fame as a stand-up before his classic BBC Two and Channel 4 series along with<em> Harry Hill\u2019s TV Burp,<\/em>\u00a0<em>You\u2019ve Been Framed<\/em> and playing host on <em>Junior Bake Off<\/em> \u2013 is well-known as a big fan of indie. He supported <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/yard-act-harry-hill-leeds-interview-trench-coat-army-new-album-3447052\">Yard Act\u2019s at their 2023 residency at Leeds\u2019 Brudenell Social Club, <\/a>the same year he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-harry-hill-join-black-midi-on-stage-london-3410682\">surprised Black Midi fans by joining the art-rock band on stage in London to deliver a Cardi B verse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-lemon-twigs\">The Lemon Twigs<\/a>,\u201d Hill told NME about his listening habits at the time.\u00a0 \u201cThe truth is, I\u2019m a massive <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-beatles\">Beatles<\/a> fan. I also love <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/talking-heads\">Talking Heads<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/DAVID-BYRNE\">David Byrne<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-smiths\">The Smiths<\/a>. Yard Act have a bit of that. Unfortunately <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mORRISSEY\">Morrissey<\/a> has fallen out of favour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill\u2019s <em>Diamond Jubilee Tour: New Bits &amp; Greatest Hits<\/em> was this weekend filmed at Soho Theatre Walthamstow for release on Sky and NOW in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Episodes of The Harry Hill Show will be released every Monday and available to stream visually from Spotify and YouTube. Remaining guests from upcoming shows include Ed Gamble, James Acaster, Laura Smyth, Phil Wang, Alex Brooker, and more.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3873373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3873373\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3873373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CMAT live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Andy Ford for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>CMAT meanwhile, continues the victory lap for \u2018Euro-Country\u2019 with a heavy year of touring with UK headline dates in March before European summer festival stops at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/end-of-the-road-2026-line-up-pulp-cmat-mac-demarco-first-headliners-3910487\">End Of The Road<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bearded-theory-2026-cmat-garbage-idlewild-and-loads-more-join-line-up-3911009\">Bearded Theory<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/truck-festival-2026-the-maccabees-cmat-two-door-cinema-club-tickets-3911898\">Truck<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/cmat-fontaines-d-c-gorillaz-to-headline-irelands-electric-picnic-2026-buy-tickets-3914958\">Electric Picnic<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mad-cool-2026-set-and-performance-times-revealed-3920654\">Mad Cool, <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/oya-festival-2026-cmat-sombr-underworld-among-latest-wave-of-additions-to-line-up-3907552\">\u00d8YA<\/a>,\u00a0and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/cmat-to-headline-londons-lido-festival-2026-with-father-john-misty-sharon-van-etten-and-more-3907481\">a headline appearance at London\u2019s LIDO<\/a> alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/father-john-misty\">Father John Misty<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sharon-van-etten\">Sharon Van Etten<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fcmat-tickets%2Fartist%2F5345253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit here for tickets<\/a> and more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMAT has appeared as the latest guest in Harry Hill\u2019s new podcast and Youtube show. Check out the episode below. The Harry Hill Show debuted online last month, with the first two episodes featuring fellow comedians Stewart Lee and Nish Kumar. This week, the large-collared comedy icon \u2013 a self-confessed \u201c6 Music dad\u201d \u2013 invited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2263369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Watch-CMAT-dance-dressed-as-a-hamster-and-joke-about.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263370,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263368\/revisions\/2263370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}