Jimmy Carr’s dad is “dead” to him.
Jimmy Carr
The ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’ host has been estranged from his father Patrick for 21 years, which he admitted comes across as “cold” but remains adamant that it is the best decision for himself and his well-being.
The 49-year-old comedian told Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their ‘Parenting Hell’ podcast: “I haven’t seen my father in 21 years and you know the line, ‘My mother’s dead and my father’s dead to me’ – which sounds very cold, until you meet the guy. I can’t have that guy in my life.”
Jimmy went on to express his fears about how his feeling about his dad might happen to him with his own two-year-old son
He said: “You worry, ‘Could something go wrong with my kid?’ You want to prevent that, but it’s hard.”
The funnyman became a father for the first time in 2019 after his long-term partner Karoline Copping gave birth to his son Rockefeller. Jimmy revealed that the name came from the Standard Oil mogul John. D Rockefeller and fellow comic Chris Rock, who he labelled “the greatest ever comedian.”
Over lockdown, Jimmy penned his book ‘Before and Laughter’, part-memoir, part-self help book and he felt it was the right time to reflect on his life so far.
He said: "I’m in my late 40s, and I view this as half-time in my life. We’ve cut up the oranges and we’re looking at how we’ve done in the first half.
"I feel we all have a moral duty – and, if a publisher gives you an advance, a contractual obligation – to reflect on your life, especially as I’ve recently become a father for the first time."
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