Ke$ha to join Downton Abbey cast

Country House News: It’s been announced that American singer-songwriter and rapper Ke$ha will be joining the cast of Downton Abbey, when they begin filming the third series next month.

The ‘Tik Tok’ singer will play a new character, Boobs O’Reilly, the feisty, wayward cousin of the Countess of Grantham – sent to England in a last-ditch attempt to reform her bad girl ways.

“The addition of Ke$ha to the cast is a great bonus,” said Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes.

“The series has been a hit in the United States – so as a well-loved and highly regarded performer in her own country, Ke$ha will both delight our American fans and give British audiences something exciting and new.”

“Downton fans shouldn’t worry about Ke$ha’s celebrated ‘modernity’,” insists Fellowes.

“It’s not like we’ll get her to do an old-fashioned accent – we’re insisting she keeps her talky white-trash delivery and when the series is in post-production we’ll go hell for leather auto-tuning her voice.”

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