Joe Lycett updates on his sexuality after announcing he's become a dad

The comedian spoke astir his sexuality portion discussing however galore radical thought that his babe quality was conscionable a 'prank'

Joe Lycett opened up astir people’s misconceptions of his sexuality portion speaking astir his family's caller accomplishment connected a parenting podcast.

Comedian Joe, 36, is the arrogant begetter of a young son, and announced his commencement successful October. Many fans were surprised to perceive the quality that he’d welcomed a caller household subordinate with his spouse - whom helium refers to arsenic “Denise” portion keeping her existent identity backstage - aft having falsely assumed that Joe was gay.

Joe joined up with chap comedians Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe connected their podcast Parenting Hell, and spoke astir the incorrect assumptions astir his sexuality portion besides touching upon his caller beingness arsenic a dad.

Opening the podcast, Rob instantly made a gag astir the absorption to Joe’s babe announcement, with galore fans opting to judge that it was different of the Brummie star’s intricate jokes.

“It’s the archetypal clip we’ve had a genitor connected the amusement that erstwhile they announced that they were having a kid everyone thought it was a prank, truthful that volition beryllium interesting,” Rob quipped.

After a speech astir however his beingness had changed since welcoming a baby, Joe past addressed people’s presumptions that the announcement was a gag and their willingness to statement him arsenic gay.

“I get it, you know… arsenic you say, it’s unexpected for maine to person a babe due to the fact that tons of radical deliberation of maine arsenic the benignant of cheery bloke disconnected the telly, essentially,” helium said.

“But I have, successful astir of the times that I’ve talked astir my sexuality, been unfastened astir the information that I’m not gay. But I bash deliberation that’s interesting, I deliberation there’s loads of bully basal up successful it, but it’s conscionable benignant of caught maine disconnected guard…”

Joe has antecedently clarified that he’s pansexual, but sometimes struggled to explicate what the word meant to outsiders. Referring to his past comments astir his sexuality, helium and the podcast hosts besides looked backmost to his past stand-up routines, successful which he’d notation to himself arsenic bisexual.

“I’ve known you for astir 15 years now. When we started together, your opening gag would be, I deliberation it was bisexual you’d say-” Rob began.

“Yeah, you’re each astatine risk!” Joe joked, adding, “But yeah, truthful that’s it. I person benignant of talked astir it. Of course, not everyone needs to cognize everything astir me, but it’s conscionable truthful interesting.

“People who don’t cognize that overmuch astir maine person seen possibly a speedy clip, conscionable go, ‘gay bloke.’ And erstwhile they spot that different spot of information, they go, ‘Oh don’t know! You know, robot’s going off-course.’”

Despite immoderate inappropriate comments from trolls and fans alike astir Joe’s babe oregon sexuality, the comedian gushed implicit fatherhood with his famed wittiness and respective hilarious comments.

The prima besides thanked his supporters earlier this week, with a heartfelt message to fans successful an email newsletter. "I conscionable privation to accidental a large convey you to everyone who has been truthful beauteous astir my quality (you whitethorn person seen connected instagram oregon successful the property that I person conscionable welcomed a son).... I’m uncovering fatherhood to beryllium a full delight,” helium wrote.

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