Jason Manford has admitted he goes on tour to get away from his six kids.
The 41-year-old comic has four children, twin daughters, a third daughter and a son with his ex-wife Catherine, and two kids with his wife Lucy, and as much as he likes being a dad he admits it is a relief when he gets a few nights in a hotel on his own when he’s performing his stand-up shows.
He said: “I do have six kids. What do you mean, ‘how do I tour?’ You’ve answered your own question. ‘Why do you tour?’ ‘Why do you think!’
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“I did say to my wife a few weeks back, one of daughters was having a sleepover, she said, ‘We’ve got some of her friends coming over.’ I said, ‘Oh, I’m not there that day because I’m on holiday. Not holiday, tour.’ It did sleep out.
“People say to me all the time, ‘Oh, you’re always working.’ No that’s just all I talk about generally on social media, gigs I’m doing and where I’m off to. I’m off usually Sunday to Wednesday.
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Then I work Wednesday to Saturday. I’m around quite a bit, I generally have the school holidays off. I’m touring this year but then I won’t tour for two or three years.”
Jason uses his children for material and now his oldest girls are about to become teenagers he knows they will provide countless gags for his shows.
He said: “I’ve not got anything about them in this current tour, but I’ve got little ideas but I’ll wait until the next one because my daughters are about to turn into teenagers.
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“I feel as though that’s going to be rich pickings. I never name them and I always try and make it sound so they’re not sure which one I’m talking about.”
Jason’s kids are are well aware he is on TV on shows like Starstruck and is one of Britain’s most popular comics.
Whenever they moan when he is stopped by fans on the street for a selfie, Jason always reminds them that it’s the people who ask him for photos that pay for their luxury lifestyle.
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He said: “There have been moments where you’re out and about and someone stops you for a selfie and they’re rolling their eyes going, ‘Oh god dad, so embarrassing.
Why do you have to stop for a photo?’ I go, ‘Do you like your house? Do you like all your holidays and clothes and that? Well he paid for them so that’s why I stopped for a selfie.’”
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