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Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Matt Lucas, 51, reveals heartbreaking regret over not becoming a father after divorce tragedy
Matt Lucas has shared his regret over not becoming a father after his divorce from his late ex-husband Kevin McGee. The Little Britain star, 51, married TV producer Kevin in 2006 after four years together, but the pair split up in 2008. Tragically, just one year later, Kevin took his own life aged just 32 in October 2009. Appearing on his Making A Scene podcast on Monday, Matt said he believes he would have had children during his two-year marriage if it hadn't ended in divorce. In a heartbreaking admission, Matt revealed he would only want to have a child now if he was in a committed relationship. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Daily Mail's showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Speaking to co-host David Walliams, he said: 'I think I would have loved to have been a father. I still can, I'm 51. How old was Elton when he had them? 'If things had worked out differently in my marriage then probably we might have done. 'It's not something that I feel I could do on my own. I feel I'd want to be in a relationship if I was gonna have kids. 'I do think about it, sometimes. To me it's part of the package of being in a relationship that's settled and happy and something you both want.' Matt keeps his dating life relatively private, and it is not known whether he is in a new relationship or not. Last year, he appeared to be dating again as he was spotted on the dating app Tinder with a verified profile. The Sun revealed at the time that Matt had decided to try his luck at online dating with the app, which sees users swipe right on those they see as a potential match. Curating his profile with a selfie of him beaming, Matt said he was so far unsure what kind of relationship he was hoping to find. However, last year he was spotted on the dating app Tinder with a verified profile Elsewhere, Matt and David teased an epic Little Britain revival during a live appearance on Lorraine earlier this year. The friends, who created and starred in the BBC comedy series, chatted with Lorraine Kelly, 65, on the ITV show about their new podcast. During their appearance on the morning talk show, Lorraine was desperate to know if the programme would ever make a return, after it was pulled from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox in June 2020. David said: 'Would you like to see it? We'll do it especially for you.' Matt added: 'If we were to do it again, maybe on stage, or something like that. 'We did a tour 20 years ago, it was great fun, I think that would be a good way to do it again.' Earlier on in the interview, Lorraine told the stars: 'Little Britain has had a new lease of life on TikTok. There is a whole new generation getting it, laughing.' David replied: 'Well my son is 11. Everyone at his school is talking about it. As you rightly said, TikTok, people are sharing on TikTok. 'It's a whole new generation discovering it. I think those social media things are great for one/two minute clips.' Lorraine added: 'Some of it is a bit you'd get into trouble if you did that now. But a hell of a lot of it is still as funny as it ever was. If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it.' While David confessed: 'I don't know about you, but someone says every day is there going to be more Little Britain. 'Every day someone comes up to me in the street.' After teasing that they might be making a return, Lorraine looked over the moon as she said: 'In this day and age we need all the laughs we can get.'
Daily Mirror
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Matt Lucas shares sadness at not becoming a father after painful divorce
Little Britain comedian Matt Lucas has revealed he would have 'loved' to become a father if his marriage to TV producer Kevin McGee had worked out Matt Lucas says he regrets not becoming a father. The Little Britain comedian believes he would have had children if his two-year marriage to TV producer Kevin McGee hadn't ended in divorce in 2008. Matt accepts at 51 he still could start a family but he would only want to have a baby if he was in a committed relationship. Speaking on his Making A Scene podcast, he said: 'I think I would have loved to have been a father. I still can, I'm 51. How old was Elton when he had them? 'If things had worked out differently in my marriage then probably we might have not something that I feel I could do on my own. I feel I'd want to be in a relationship if I was gonna have kids. 'I do think about it, sometimes. To me it's part of the package of being in a relationship that's settled and happy and something you both want.' But Matt has one overriding fear about fatherhood. The comic is terrified that if he did have a child they wouldn't support Arsenal like he does. The former Fantasy Football host said: 'I've got this one fear that if I had a child and he or she ended up supporting a different football team to me, I think I would struggle. It would be tough on my mental health. Both my parents after they divorced each other they both re-married. 'For a time my father and stepmother were discussing the option of having a child together. She already had two, he already had two. Me and my brother are Arsenal fans, my stepbrother and stepsister are Spurs fans. The problem is that child would have grown up in that home with the two Tottenham fans. 'I used to say to my dad, when I was a kid, 'I really just don't think you should have a child because what if they were Spurs, I really don't think you should, I'm really worried about it.' 'It genuinely used to play on my mind that I wouldn't get the chance to indoctrinate this child.' As well as making their podcast Lucas and Walliams are expected to have a new series on Netflix. Speaking on Virgin Radio Walliams was asked about working with Matt Lucas again in November and said: 'I saw him today. We just had a meeting with Netflix, which is very exciting… We've got a few ideas that we're developing and it's exciting and so we want to do something on stage. We want to do something as a podcast we've just started working on and we obviously want to do something on TV.' Little Britain was removed from BBC iPlayer in 2020 after criticism of the show including the use of make-up to portray people of other races. It returned in March 2022 but with some sketches from the show edited out.
