Alan Davies has no plans to quit 'QI.'
Alan Davies on why he will not quit QI
The 56-year-old comedian - who is married to Katie Maskell and has Suzie, 13, Robert, 10 and six-year-old Francis with her - has served as a panellist on the hit BBC quiz show since its inception in 2003 and explained that even though he is tempted to step down after every series, he keeps going because being a dad is "so expensive."
He said: "Having three kids? Things are so expensive. My daughter’s just turned 13 and had an escape-room party. So that’s episode one of QI paying for that! Every year there comes a point during this series where I go home to my wife, Katie, and I say this has to be the last year, I just feel ridiculous now sitting there clowning about. But when it’s fun, it’s really, really fun. But I don’t think any television is as much fun as it used to be – all the budgets got contracted after the first global financial crash."
The 'Jonathan Creek' star went on to add that after so many lost their security during the COVID-19 pandemic, he does not want to appear as an "idiot" to fans amid the cost-of-living crisis.
He told the Metro newspaper's Sixty Seconds column: "And now we’ve come out of Covid, we’re in a cost-of-living crisis. Everyone’s going to think you’re an idiot if you say you’re tired and want to go home. You just have to count your blessings. The ambition has always been to get to Z in the alphabet, which means we’ve got six years to go. Sorry, readers!"
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