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Daily Mail
3 days ago
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- Daily Mail
Jimmy Carr fights back tears in a rare emotional moment during a gig as a fan thanks the comedian for 'saving his life' during depression battle
Jimmy Carr choked up after receiving a message from a fan during a gig thanking him for saving his life during a period of depression and suicical thoughts. The comedian, 52, put on a rare emotional display as he fought back tears after reading out the candid message from the man in the audience. The fan share with Jimmy and the rest of the crowd that the star's Netflix shows and social media clips had given him a reason to laugh in moments of darkness. Reading aloud the message with his audience, Jimmy said: 'In 2020 I tried to take my own life and didn't see a way out of my depression. Your shows on Netflix and clips on social media gave me something to laugh about when all I saw was darkness. 'I've been out of hospital for 2 years now and finally get to see you live with my wonderful partner, Hannah. Thanks for being the light in the dark Jimmy. 'In a perfectly timed moment, as Jimmy grew emotional someone shouted out 'gay' from the audience, which garnered a laugh from Jimmy and the crowd.' He responded to the heckle and said it was 'perfect'. Jimmy then went to address the sender of the message and said: 'If you want to say hello, you can say hello now or come backstage after the show and say hello. If you want to say hello now you're more than welcome. Someone shouted out from the audience, signifying they were the person in question and Jimmy said: 'Hey man, I teared up a little. I'm so thrilled with that, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. 'It's a very odd thing and obviously nothing to do with me, but it's a lovely thing. I'm glad you said that. Because I think a lot of people when you say that go oh I can sort of see beyond it and the honesty to send in a message.' In response to Jimmy's words, the audience member said: 'It takes time and it gets better'. Jimmy then replied: 'Thanks mate. That's amazing. And thank you Hanah as well. It's with any of that and I think sometimes when you're depressed its about being an individual. You're on your own and in your own head. 'And we've all got dispersed identities, our identities are who we are with our friends, family and other halves. And when you go to that it's sort of better. So thank you for being there for him as well. 'That's amazing that's really made my day. That's made my week. Incredible.' Reading aloud the message with his audience, Jimmy said: 'In 2020 I tried to take my own life and didn't see a way out of my depression . Your shows on Netflix and clips on social media gave me something to laugh about when all I saw was darkness Other members of the audience who had caught the moment live commented on the clip and admitted it was incredibly touching. They said: 'I was there that night at the front and saw the tears in his eyes, he was really moved'; 'Aww! Jimmy was moved, a little tear, honestly such an emotional and inspiring segment'; 'We were there at the Marlowe when the man text this message in, the whole atmosphere was so emotional. Jimmy was great and invited the man backstage after the show to meet him. I truly hope the man's recovery continues. Laughter is definitely the best medicine.' Many also touched on how it was unusual to see Jimmy, who is typically cutting with his dark humour, get caught up in the emotional moment. They said: 'I got choked up seeing Jimmy choked up'; 'Jimmys never made me cry before'; 'Jimmy Carr is a national treasure. He makes ruthless dark humour but he is genuinely a wholesome dude at his core'; 'It was a lovely moment in the show, hopefully him and his partner took up the offer and came backstage after. I know you mentioned it again at the end too'; 'Wow. That got me!'; 'You don't see Jimmy getting emotional often'; 'I didn't have crying at Jimmy Carr crying on my bingo card today'; 'Love seeing him being emotional'. The heartfelt interaction came after Jimmy made a heartbreaking admission about his own mental health as he opened up to Alison Hammond in a rare candid interview. He was the latest celebrity to spend a weekend with Alison Hammond on her new interview show. The pair enjoyed a hike and a boat ride before Alison drove Jimmy to one of his tour performances in Kendal - and the TV funnyman got unusually candid. 'I was a bit depressed in my mid-20s,' he admitted to the Bake Off host at the beginning of the programme. 'I didn't like my life, I didn't like where it was going. I left everything to become a comedian to tell jokes above a pub.' Later in the episode, Alison asked Jimmy about the death of his best friend and Eight Out Of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock. 'It's a weird thing where you know it's coming but it's still shocking,' he said. 'I got sent all of the best bits of Sean and they all had me in them. It's a very privileged position.' Jimmy also showed his emotional side as he spoke about another huge loss in his life, his mum Nora - who died from pancreatic cancer when he was in his mid twenties. He revealed that his mum had also been depressed when he was a child, and making her laugh was his favourite thing so it went on to inspire his love of comedy. He said: 'She was depressed for a lot of my childhood… Making her happy made me happy, so the compulsion to be funny came from that.' Speaking about her death, Jimmy said: 'I was very close to my mother, so her dying was the worst thing I could imagine. When I was a kid, my fear was this sort of separation anxiety of something happening to her. 'When it happens, there's a weird freedom, where that's happened and I'm still here. It got across to me what mortality really is. 'This is it, this is your life, you don't get another go, so do what you want to do.' 'I don't believe in an afterlife,' he continued. 'But I carry her with me I think about her all the time. But there is an after life – the kids are the afterlife. 'There's a theory that you die twice, once when you die and then again the last time someone says your name.' Last year Jimmy admitted he is 'still not over' Nora's death. Speaking on The Development by David podcast with David McIntosh, Jimmy said: 'I lost her when I was about 26. I don't think I'm over it yet. Grief is the price we pay for love. 'I was so close to my mother, I couldn't imagine anything worse than losing her. The benefit of losing her is a sense of freedom, pushing the f**k it button.' Jimmy likened a person's death to the time before they were born, saying there isn't any difference between the two. He said: 'You get mortality, in a way. We die and we're the lucky ones because we get to live. Mark Twain said it brilliantly, I wasn't alive for billions of years before my birth and it didn't inconvenience me in the least. 'This is why life is so special, it's this little shaft of light in the middle of it all. 'It's not an easy thing to lose a parent. Grief, we don't talk about it enough. Society is set up to kind of hide it away.' Jimmy's parents Nora and Patrick - known as Jim - moved to England from Limerick, Ireland and raised Jimmy and his two brothers in Slough. The comic has been estranged from his father since Nora's death and said in November 2021 he hadn't spoken to his dad in 21 years. Elsewhere during the interview, Jimmy spoke about cancel culture which he jokes about in his new Netflix special Natural Born Killer. Jimmy is adamant that comedians should never apologise for jokes, no matter who may find them offensive. He said: 'There's a bit on the new special. You can't go around apologising for jokes. 'So what I'm gonna do the next time I get cancelled, I'm going to say the day of the cancellation, I'm going to say, [mock childish voice] "I'm sorry."
The Sun
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Jimmy Carr called estranged father after 25-year feud to ‘ask for a favour before cutting him off again' pal claims
JIMMY Carr allegedly called his father amid their longstanding feud to ask for a "favour" - before snubbing his old man when it was granted, it has been claimed. The comedian's bad blood with Jim Carr Snr, 80, has been widely reported, with Jimmy, 52, previously suggesting his dad was "dead to me" after their lengthy spat reached its peak. 6 6 6 In 2022, we also reported how Jimmy was being sued by his father for defamation. At the time, it was claimed Jim Carr Snr was "sick and tired" of the "false characterisation" the 8 Out Of 10 Cats host presents of his dad. Now a pal of Jimmy's parent has claimed has claimed Jim Carr Snr was left "confused and distraught" after Jimmy allegedly reached out for help - then cut contact again. A source told MailOnline how Jimmy is said to have asked his dad to "take on a burden." The source said: "It was just before Christmas in 2017 and Jimmy rang his dad to ask him for some help with a problem he had. "He had been supporting someone close to him but just couldn't continue doing so. "Jim has never told me the full details preferring to keep it private but it was a big favour to ask and obviously Jimmy felt he had nowhere else to turn, given that he hadn't spoken to his dad for that last 15 or 16-years prior to that phone call. "He wanted Jim to take on the burden – which he duly did. "But while Jim hoped this good deed could rekindle their relationship, Jimmy seemed to cut him off again. "He didn't call to thank him or anything, it was radio silence… which continues to this day." Jimmy Carr takes swipe at Peter Kay as he breaks silence on kicking hecklers out of stand-up show The Sun has gone to Jimmy's rep for comment. BUST UP In one of the most bitter celebrity bust-ups, tensions are said to have escalated between Jimmy and Jim after the publication of the funnyman's memoir, Before and Laughter. Jim was said to be "sick and tired" of "false characterisation" by the 8 Out Of 10 Cats host. At the time source told MirrorOnline Jim had taken legal action and said: "The last thing Jim wanted to do was take his own son to court, but enough is enough. "He's sick and tired of this false characterisation of himself that is being presented. "Jimmy's snide comments about his dad have been going on for years. "The straw that broke the camel's back was this new book and some of the things he has been saying on podcasts." Jimmy previously told how he cut contact with his dad following the death of his mother Nora in 2001. He told a podcast: "I haven't seen my dad 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." 6 6
Daily Mail
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Jimmy Carr broke 25-year feud with his father to ask him a favour... but NEVER said thank you afterwards, says dad's pal
He is the controversial comedian known for his deadpan delivery and dark humour who has famously been estranged from his father for nearly 25 years. But Jimmy Carr broke that long-running feud to ask his father Jim for a favour, only for him to continue the silent treatment once it was granted, a friend of the star's father has revealed. Jim Carr, 80, was left feeling 'confused and distraught', the friend said, and has been left bewildered as to why his famous son carried on his grudge and not seek a reunion. The pair fell out shortly after Jimmy's mum Nora died in 2001 from pancreatitis at the age of 57. Up until that point, the 8 Out Of 10 Cats host had a close bond with his parents with his accountant father helping to pay for his rent and food during the early days of his career as well as giving him lifts around the country to gigs. But Jimmy cooled towards Jim and cut him out of his life without ever seemingly giving him a proper explanation why. The bad-blood simmered until rising to the surface again in 2021 when Jimmy, 52, told fellow comics Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their Parenting Hell podcast: 'I haven't seen my father in 21-years and your 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.' Yet a close friend of Irish-born businessman Jim told how Jimmy rang out of the blue nearly eight years ago and asked his father to 'take on a burden' for him. The source revealed: 'It was just before Christmas in 2017 and Jimmy rang his dad to ask him for some help with a problem he had. He had been supporting someone close to him but just couldn't continue doing so. 'Jim has never told me the full details preferring to keep it private but it was a big favour to ask and obviously Jimmy felt he had nowhere else to turn, given that he hadn't spoken to his dad for that last 15 or 16-years prior to that phone call. 'He wanted Jim to take on the burden – which he duly did. But while Jim hoped this good deed could rekindle their relationship, Jimmy seemed to cut him off again. He didn't call to thank him or anything, it was radio silence… which continues to this day. It's strange because it was him who instigated that temporary thaw in relations. 'Jim is mystified as to what actually caused Jimmy to fall out with him in the first place. He doesn't know what he's supposed to have done wrong, Jimmy has never told him face to face. 'Jimmy is a comedian who is forever joking about being cancelled because of the nature of his jokes – but that is what he's done effectively to his own father.' Jimmy - who grew up in Farnham Common near Slough in Berkshire – further upset his father in 2022 when he referred to his parents' home town of Limerick in Ireland as a 's*** town'. Writing in his memoir, Jimmy Carr, Before and Laughter, the comedian wrote: 'I might seem urbane, but I'm the son of two immigrants from Limerick who moved to Slough (they moved from a s*** town to another s*** town, I guess they knew what they liked.' Jim took offence at that particular passage and threatened to sue his middle son for defamation as well as calling on Limerick council to revoke the 'Certificate of Irish Heritage 'given to his Jimmy in 2013 unless a public apology was made. But the friend added: 'I think a lot of that is now water under the bridge, Jim felt the joke crossed a line given his heritage but now feels that comedians often make these sorts of controversial falsehoods to get publicity. 'Jim is very close to his other two sons and would like to reunite with Jimmy. He hasn't ever met his grandson through Jimmy and would love to be able to get to know him. 'Life is too sort to keep up these sorts of grievances – Jim loves his son and hopes that they can at least start talking again.' Jim, who lives in Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, declined to comment when approached by MailOnline saying simply: 'I don't wish to fan the flames so I'll pass.' In an interview with the Irish Mail on Sunday after his son had been embroiled in a row over only paying one per cent tax through a K2 tax avoidance scheme, Jim said: 'No father wants to see his offspring brought low in this way, but for me the emotions this brings are doubly painful. 'Believe you me, I would like nothing more than to pick up the phone and offer him fatherly advice and solace as I did on a daily basis for years – through school, Cambridge University and for years afterwards as Jimmy embarked on life as an initially struggling comedian. 'I supported him financially, too, well into his 30s, enabling him to live rent-free in the family home and paying for all his expenses; his bills, his petrol, even his food. 'Despite all of this and the loving bond we once shared, Jimmy cut me out of his life eight years ago. It was sudden and brutal, and to this day I have not been given an explanation.' Jim said that he had been banned from watching his son perform adding: 'The loss forms the backdrop to my daily life and remains a pain I cannot eradicate.' Jimmy lives in Primrose Hill in North London with Canadian partner Karoline Copping, a former commissioning editor for Channel 5. The couple have a six-year-old son.
Scottish Sun
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Traditional English seaside town reveals huge £1.8million pier transformation
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE historic Great Yarmouth Pier is in the midst of a makeover. Its pier along the Golden Mile seafront has been open since 1901, and thanks to new funding, it has undergone a major transformation with more to come. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth has undergone a transformation Credit: Facebook/National Piers Society 4 It's ditched the bright orange lettering and big entertainment signs Credit: Alamy Britannia Pier was always recognisable from the huge advertisements of its upcoming shows and celebrity performers, to its orange 1970s style sign lettering. After £1.8million worth of funding, it now has a new look. The building is sleek and white with grey letters and detailing, looking worlds away from the facade it has had for a number of years. The original wooden Britannia Pier was built in Great Yarmouth in 1858, but was demolished in 1899. In 1901, a new steel and timber frame was constructed but was destroyed after a series of fires and rebuilt. Then in 2022, the pier was bought by Triangle Amusements who applied for planning permission to upgrade the site. Since then, there has been a new amusement arcade and a new front. And a second phase of work is expected to start in October 2025, which will focus on the food stalls and cabin. Despite the ongoing works, the pier is open during the summer and ready for business too. Comedy acts including Jimmy Carr, top tribute acts including Abba, Whitney Houston, Queen and Elvis will be hitting the pier. English seaside town to transform abandoned beach shelters into new attraction 4 Phase two of the upgrade is set to go ahead in October Credit: Alamy There's also a Summy Kids Party event (tickets £3) taking place every Wednesday from 6.30-9.30pm before the free fireworks display. Great Yarmouth has everything you need for a classic British beach break. Last year, Sun readers put together their favourite spots that you just cannot miss like the Joyland amusement park. There you'll find the Super Snails ride, Tubs, Jet Cars, Spook Express and Neptune's Kingdom as well as slush drinks and ice-creams. Another reader suggested the Breydon Water nature reserve. When it comes to beaches, one of the favourites is the nearby Goreleston-on-Sea that they said is "considerably more quiet." They went on to add that it's a "lovely sandy beach and has a nice restaurant called The Fig which is a pizzeria/Greek restaurant overlooking the beach." Plus, the English town home to the world's largest fish and chip shop. And the cheap UK seaside towns that Sun Travel loves – where a day out for the whole family costs from just £25.
The Irish Sun
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Traditional English seaside town reveals huge £1.8million pier transformation
THE historic Great Yarmouth Pier is in the midst of a makeover. Its pier along the Golden Mile seafront has been open since 1901, and thanks to new funding, it has undergone a major transformation with more to come. Advertisement 4 Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth has undergone a transformation Credit: Facebook/National Piers Society 4 It's ditched the bright orange lettering and big entertainment signs Credit: Alamy Britannia Pier was always recognisable from the huge advertisements of its upcoming shows and celebrity performers, to its orange 1970s style sign lettering. After £1.8million worth of funding, it now has a new look. The building is sleek and white with grey letters and detailing, looking worlds away from the facade it has had for a number of years. The original wooden Britannia Pier was built in Great Yarmouth in 1858, but was demolished in 1899. Advertisement Read More on Beach Piers In 1901, a new steel and timber frame was constructed but was destroyed after a series of fires and rebuilt. Then in 2022, the pier was bought by Triangle Amusements who applied for planning permission to upgrade the site. Since then, there has been a new amusement arcade and a new front. And a second phase of work is expected to start in October 2025, which will focus on the food stalls and cabin. Advertisement Most read in Beach holidays Despite the ongoing works, the pier is open during the summer and ready for business too. Comedy acts including Jimmy Carr, top tribute acts including Abba, English seaside town to transform abandoned beach shelters into new attraction 4 Phase two of the upgrade is set to go ahead in October Credit: Alamy There's also a Summy Kids Party event (tickets £3) taking place every Wednesday from 6.30-9.30pm before the free fireworks display. Advertisement Last year, Sun readers put together their favourite spots that you just cannot miss like the Joyland amusement park. There you'll find the Super Snails ride, Tubs, Jet Cars , Spook Express and Neptune's Kingdom as well as slush drinks and ice-creams. Another reader suggested the Breydon Water nature reserve. Advertisement When it comes to beaches, one of the favourites is the nearby Goreleston-on-Sea that they said is "considerably more quiet." They went on to add that it's a "lovely sandy beach and has a nice restaurant called The Fig which is a pizzeria/Greek restaurant overlooking the beach." Plus, the And the cheap UK seaside towns that Sun Travel loves – where a day out for the whole family costs from just £25. Advertisement 4 Britannia Pier looks completely different after an upgrade Credit: Alamy
