- 6/25/2025
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend episode 2 - Jimmy Carr
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00:00You all right, babe?
00:02I'm Alison Hammond.
00:03Are you all right?
00:04I'm spending a weekend with some of the UK's biggest stars.
00:08Thanks.
00:09I'm on a mission to get all the gossip.
00:12I'm going to get a pregnancy test.
00:13Could you or much?
00:14You have got the waistcoat one.
00:16I've started a domestic.
00:18On your favourite celebrities.
00:20I've just got Alan Carr with me.
00:22Alan Carr? Unbelievable.
00:24There'll be no holding back.
00:26Was you quite an awkward kid?
00:28Yes, I don't think I was very comfortable in my own skin.
00:30As I get up close.
00:32I was living a life behind closed doors.
00:34That's completely different.
00:36And very personal.
00:38It was really hard.
00:42This is going to be very fun.
00:44Absolutely buzzing.
00:50Today I'm in Manchester to meet a stand-up comic best known for his dry wit and quick combats.
00:56The seriously funny Jimmy Carr.
00:58I've had a lot of work done.
01:00Even my iPhone now goes, come on mate, put the code in.
01:04What a force.
01:05I mean you watch him on TV and you think, where's his mind going?
01:09He's the one person who I just can't predict.
01:12More than 20% of all British people hate the sound of their own voice.
01:16Or to put it another way, are from Birmingham.
01:18Whatever bub.
01:20Jimmy became a household name hosting comedy panel shows and became the news himself in 2012 when he was embroiled in a huge tax scandal.
01:30We all like to put a bit of money away for a rainy day.
01:34But I think you're more prepared than Noah.
01:39He is one of the hardest working men in showbiz, but has kept his life outside of comedy with his partner and two children very private.
01:50I've done TV shows with him, but if you ask me if I really know who Jimmy Carr is, the answer would be no, I really don't know him.
01:59With an almost non-stop tour schedule, true to form, Jimmy's even working during our weekend together.
02:05Are you alright?
02:07I'm so excited to be spending some time with you, babes.
02:10I can't believe your luck.
02:13Can't believe your luck.
02:14No, it's not a luck.
02:15As soon as I heard Louis Theroux had lost his job and you'd taken over, I just, I couldn't wait to get involved.
02:21There you are.
02:22And twist the knife.
02:23How are you, babes?
02:24I'm fine. What are we doing? Some sort of weird weekend?
02:26Well, I didn't realise we were going to be on tour.
02:28We're going to be working while I'm with you.
02:30It's Saturday.
02:31I thought you was going to have a special time with just me.
02:34If I had a Saturday off, I'd fire my agent.
02:36It's Saturday, it's a great night.
02:38I now work, like, Wednesday to Saturday, eight shows.
02:42Yeah, I do two shows a night, every night.
02:44And then I take Sunday, Monday, Tuesday off.
02:47You're looking very well. Let me see what's going on.
02:49What, are we reading my palm?
02:50No, I'm just looking at how slim you are.
02:53It's all I...
02:54Oh, hello.
02:55Oh, that's mine, yeah. Thank you.
02:57Um, it's...
02:59Yeah, that's a dessert. You've given her a dessert for breakfast.
03:02Banana bread?
03:03Oh, yeah, that's mine as well.
03:06What?
03:07Do you have anything for type 2 diabetes?
03:10What are you doing?
03:12What's wrong with this?
03:13Have you heard of eggs?
03:15Try it.
03:16Is it amazing? I couldn't.
03:17You sure?
03:18I couldn't. Come on.
03:19Just try it.
03:20You think this just happened?
03:21Tell me what's happening then.
03:22We're travelling up to where?
03:23Where are we going to eat?
03:24We're at Handle today. We're up in the lakes.
03:25So I play everywhere in the country, right?
03:27I play every time.
03:28So you don't mind where you go?
03:29No, but there's people that like me that would go,
03:31I mean, I'd love to go and see him live.
03:33But then there's people that like me that would go,
03:35what, travel two hours to Manchester, get a hotel for the night,
03:38go and see him and then travel back the next day?
03:40No, I don't like him that much.
03:41That's actually a lovely thing to do.
03:43Well, it's just that thing of, like, in your head, like,
03:45rationalising why you go to all these little places.
03:47You don't need to, but it's, like,
03:49it's really nice to go and do the gigs.
03:50And does it get sold out, all these little shows?
03:52It's fine, yeah.
03:53Kendall tonight, I'll be the only thing happening.
03:54And everyone be buzzing.
03:55Well, I'll be buzzing as well. It'll be fun.
03:57Do you know what?
03:58I was trying to think of the joke that you said on
04:00I Can See Your Voice.
04:02I said something along the lines of,
04:03I've been going to the gym, and then you said...
04:07What's your favourite machine in the gym?
04:09Vending.
04:10That's it!
04:11There you go.
04:12I was trying to remember it.
04:13Got a fairly good Rolodex for gags.
04:15I was just thinking, we've got to get on the road
04:17because we've got a long way to go, haven't we?
04:19Who's driving? You driving?
04:20I'm driving.
04:21Sorry, did you kill one of the Muppets?
04:23What's going on here?
04:24That's my coat.
04:25Come on, we've got to go.
04:26What?
04:27Come on.
04:28All right.
04:29I've finished my coffee.
04:30Bring me a coffee with you.
04:31Come on.
04:32Come on, babes.
04:33We've got things to do.
04:34Well, what?
04:36Before Jimmy became a comic,
04:38he was working a nine-to-five office job.
04:41And on our road trip to the lakes,
04:43I want to know what drove him to leave it all
04:45to become a comedian.
04:46Why comedy?
04:47Comedy?
04:48What is it about comedy?
04:49Well, money over bitches, obviously.
04:51Stick to the script.
04:53I was kind of a bit depressed in my mid-twenties.
04:56I didn't like my life,
04:57didn't like where I was going.
04:58I kind of felt like I'd done all the right things
05:00and I didn't like where I was.
05:01And then I left everything to become a comedian,
05:04to just tell jokes above a pub.
05:06I loved it.
05:07So you went to a pub and you just told jokes in there?
05:09Well, I had...
05:10My mother was, um...
05:11God, my mother would have loved you.
05:13Do you reckon?
05:14Oh, my God, she would have loved you.
05:16She was kind of larger than life in every sense.
05:20Irish woman.
05:21Just was very funny in a way that I'm not.
05:23She had that magic.
05:25It made laughter the most important thing in my life
05:28because she had a narcolepsy
05:31and she had the narcoleptic laugh,
05:34which is where you make no noise when you laugh.
05:36So she would just, like, rock if she laughed and melt.
05:39She'd lose muscular control and fully melt.
05:42So the game with us growing up in the car
05:44was to make her laugh in the car.
05:45No!
05:46So my whole childhood was driving the car,
05:48so I'd be holding the wheel like that
05:49and she'd be falling down laughing
05:51and you'd be sort of steering, going,
05:53we'll be all right.
05:54Are you serious?
05:55Yeah, it was great.
05:58Before his gig,
05:59we've got time to take in the great outdoors.
06:02So, we're hiring a boat
06:04on the picturesque Lake Windermere.
06:09This is Lake Como on a budget.
06:10Whoa, whoa, whoa!
06:12Oh, this isn't lovely.
06:14I mean, this is not my average day out on tour.
06:17I very rarely take a national treasure
06:20out on a boat.
06:21Oh!
06:22Where is the national treasure?
06:23We're going to find it.
06:27Watch out for your head, watch out for your head.
06:28I've got it, I've got it.
06:29Oh, yes!
06:30Every night in my dreams
06:34I see you.
06:36I didn't know you couldn't sing.
06:37I feel you.
06:40You look as if you'd be able to sing, you can't.
06:42Beautiful, isn't it?
06:43Oh, it's everything.
06:44Blue skies.
06:46And you're actually quite a smooth driver, aren't you?
06:49I mean, I haven't done anything.
06:50I'm pointing this in a vague direction.
06:52But normally on my boats, the crew are driving.
06:57Drive myself.
07:02Oh, hey.
07:03How are you?
07:05It's a royal wave there.
07:06It's very royal.
07:07Give me a bit of love.
07:09No, this is my Bond audition.
07:11You actually do look like Bond in this suit.
07:15Yeah, the new little Bond.
07:24I thought we were going to capsize.
07:26It's a tiny wave.
07:27Oh, babe, the current's going this way.
07:30The current?
07:31We're in a lake.
07:33But look.
07:34Look at the current.
07:35The current.
07:36There is a current.
07:37What are you talking about?
07:39We're in a lake.
07:40Yeah, but when the boats go past, there's a current.
07:43We could still drown in this.
07:45Yeah, you can drown in water.
07:47Drown in the bath.
07:48That's, I mean, I can't argue with that.
07:50But there's no current.
07:51Yeah, it's sort of fine, yeah.
07:53That's a moment in my life I never thought was going to happen.
07:56Jimmy Carr, in a suit, driving me on a little mini boat
08:02in Lake Windermere.
08:05It stays like this.
08:06I wish my mum was here.
08:07Because she'd love this.
08:09How old were you when your mum died?
08:1047.
08:11Yeah, I was like 24, 25, something like that.
08:13Did that hit you hard then at the time?
08:15Can you remember?
08:16I was very, very, very close to my mother.
08:18So, her dying was sort of the worst thing I could imagine.
08:22When I was a kid, my fear was sort of a separation anxiety
08:25of something happening to her.
08:26So, when it happens, there's a weird freedom that you go,
08:29oh, well, that's happened and I'm still here, so I guess.
08:33And it's like, I suppose it got across to me what mortality really is.
08:38And the idea of going, this is it, this is your life.
08:40You don't get another go.
08:41Yeah.
08:42Just do what you want to do.
08:43And also, she was depressed for a lot of my childhood.
08:46She was pretty sad.
08:47And making her happy made me happy.
08:50Yeah.
08:51And so, the compulsion to be funny and to think of something funny to say
08:55was from that.
08:56You know, I don't believe in an afterlife.
08:58But I carry her with me.
09:00I think about her all the time.
09:01But there is an afterlife and that's the kids.
09:04Yeah.
09:05The kids are the afterlife.
09:06I've never even seen it like that, actually.
09:08That's beautiful.
09:09She like, like the way that she, she had like a weird little dance.
09:13Like a little hands up dance.
09:14And I saw my daughter dancing the other day.
09:16And just went, oh, there she is.
09:18She was dancing like your mum.
09:19Exactly the same.
09:20I don't know.
09:21There you go.
09:22Yeah.
09:23Lovely.
09:24There's my mum.
09:25What was your mum's name?
09:26Nora.
09:27Nora.
09:28And your mum was Maria.
09:29There's a theory that you die twice.
09:30You die when you die.
09:31And you die the last time someone says your name.
09:34Yeah.
09:35Yeah.
09:36Maria!
09:41Nora!
09:42She's stuck in a boat.
09:43Help!
09:44I think speaking about Jimmy's mum was the closest I'm going to get to the real Jimmy Carr.
09:51You know, seeing that emotion and seeing how much she meant to him.
09:56And then it reminded me of my mum, which was lovely.
09:59You know you're not supposed to be here.
10:02She's slagging me off.
10:03This is my moments.
10:04These are my thoughts.
10:05You're not supposed to be here.
10:06Do you want to know what I said?
10:08Nah.
10:16And what?
10:18Jesus.
10:20Alison Hammond!
10:22My foot slipped.
10:23We've not just burgled the place.
10:25Ha!
10:26Ha!
10:27Ha!
10:28Where did that laugh come from?
10:29And it's like...
10:30Mine's like a...
10:31Ha!
10:32Ha!
10:33It's an in.
10:34It's brilliant.
10:35It's an in, not an out.
10:36It's just wired wrong.
10:37Ha!
10:38Ha!
10:39Why would you put that on?
10:40Ha!
10:41So it should be a ha, but it's a...
10:42Ha!
10:43Ha!
10:44Ha!
10:45It's the best laugh in the business.
10:47So do you like yourself now as a man?
10:50Do you like who you've become?
10:52Yeah.
10:53I mean, I suppose I thought...
10:54I was in my 20s and 30s and most of my 40s going, I'm living the best life.
10:58I've got no kids, no responsibilities.
11:00And then I had kids and I realised, oh no, I was just at a low stakes table.
11:05It's so true.
11:06You suddenly have these little things and you go, oh, that whole thing of the meaning of life and purpose.
11:11And then you have kids and go, oh right, that's all sorted in one.
11:13Right.
11:14Done.
11:15I've got a boy and a girl.
11:16And having a girl was...
11:18Like it was a whole other bit of your heart gets opened up.
11:21Really?
11:22You've got the perfect family now.
11:23It's...
11:24I mean, it's so joyful.
11:26Our next stop on the way to Kendal is for a hike up Queen Adelaide Hill to take in the views and delve even deeper.
11:36Do you go for many walks like this?
11:38Oh, I love a walk.
11:39I love a climb as well.
11:41I'm a mountain goat.
11:42I could do this all day.
11:43Oh.
11:44Oh my gosh.
11:46You always look smart.
11:47I can't really wear casual clothes.
11:49If I wear casual clothes...
11:51Yeah.
11:52I look like an undercover cop at Glastonbury.
11:54So we've just got to put the ring in the volcano and then it's the end of it, is it?
11:58Oh my gosh.
11:59I feel like Rocky.
12:01I did it.
12:03I've never been so out of breath in my entire life.
12:06I was literally heaving but because he was...
12:08I don't know what it is about Jimmy, he scares me a little bit.
12:11I feel like he's like a teacher.
12:13I didn't realise how romantic these sort of walks are.
12:16He's like...
12:17Isn't that lovely?
12:18I mean...
12:19I didn't say a word.
12:21Let the record show.
12:23I have noticed with Jimmy when you get close to any sort of emotion, he will go straight
12:30to a joke.
12:31There's definitely a veneer to him.
12:33Lock his teeth.
12:34I've never seen anyone walk up a hill like that in a three-piece suit with a cup of coffee.
12:45This is why a three-piece suit is a great item for your wardrobe.
12:48Why is that?
12:49Because what occasion isn't it right for?
12:51Boating.
12:52Boating.
12:53Perfect.
12:54Walking up a hill.
12:55Perfect.
12:56Sitting on a bench.
12:57Perfect.
12:58Doing a show later on.
12:59Perfect.
13:00Is this what you're wearing?
13:01Yeah.
13:02I'll stick a time.
13:03I like to be suited and booted for the show.
13:05Because I figure it's their big night out, right?
13:07They've paid their money.
13:08They're coming out to see a show.
13:09You're showing them respect by coming correct.
13:12How much do they cost, then?
13:14Roughly?
13:15I mean...
13:16I'd say a grand.
13:17A grand wouldn't get you the buttons.
13:18Are you actually joking?
13:24I'll get you one of them from Primark, babes.
13:26They look just as good.
13:27Is that how much?
13:28You don't want to know.
13:29Ten grand.
13:30You don't want to know.
13:31Fifteen.
13:32Stop it.
13:33We're not talking about this on camera.
13:35Suits are expensive.
13:36In 2021, eight out of ten cats regular and Jimmy's close friend, Sean Locke, died of cancer at the age of 58.
13:45The death left Jimmy devastated.
13:47And I want to hear more about how he felt losing a best friend.
13:51What was it like when you found out the news about Sean?
13:55Well, I suppose it's a weird thing where you go, you know it's coming and it's still shocking.
14:02And then it was just the weirdest day of like getting constantly sent all the best bits of Sean and all the clips had me in them.
14:10We did so many, like most of the TV shows he did, I was there.
14:13It's a very privileged position to be in.
14:15Jimmy, do you feel like humour helps you in times of sadness?
14:21Yeah.
14:22Yeah.
14:23Comedy, it's a bit of perspective.
14:25It's being able to step back from it in the moment and see that there's funny elements to it.
14:30Yeah.
14:36I think I could be a comedian, do you think?
14:39I laugh at my own jokes, that's the only thing. Do you laugh at your jokes?
14:42Fine, yeah, no, often. Often.
14:44Why didn't the skeleton go to the ball?
14:46The what, sorry?
14:47The skeleton go to the ball.
14:49The skeleton?
14:50Yeah.
14:51Okay, now what word are you shooting for there?
14:52Skellington.
14:53Oh, Skellington?
14:54Yeah.
14:55Oh no, keep saying it.
14:56Did I say it wrong?
14:57Well, I don't want to correct you because it's so good.
14:58Why did the skeleton go to the ball?
14:59You sticking with that?
15:01Skellington.
15:02Are you actually joking?
15:04That is how you say it.
15:05It's how you say it.
15:06I don't know what he's talking about.
15:09I was saying skeleton literally correctly.
15:12Skellington.
15:13Why didn't a skeleton go to the ball?
15:15Because there's no such thing as a skeleton.
15:18I'm not saying skeleton, I'm saying skeleton.
15:23Wow.
15:24I think the mistake was trying to do a joke to a big time comedian.
15:28Do you know what I mean?
15:29He travels all over the world.
15:31And then I tried to land a joke and it really didn't work.
15:35Come on, we've got to get you down that hill.
15:37Come on then.
15:38Alright.
15:39Is there a zip wire?
15:40As our first day together draws to a close, it's time to get back on the road and get Jimmy to his gig.
15:52I didn't realise it was going to be so much driving today.
15:55Am I driving you at home tonight as well?
15:57Yeah.
15:58I always assumed, because I see you on this morning, and I always assumed you worked as an Uber driver the rest of the week.
16:04Dermot's doing little deliveries.
16:07Yeah.
16:08He's on the delivery bike.
16:10This is called alley cabs.
16:12Alley cabs.
16:13I love that.
16:17Oh God, he's overtaking me.
16:18He's got places to be.
16:19Maybe he's off to the Jimmy Carr show.
16:21Maybe it will start without me.
16:22So what's on your rider when we get to the theatre?
16:26What's in your dressing room?
16:27Oh, the rider is quite, it's quite Mariah Carey.
16:30Is it?
16:31I have both still and sparkling motor.
16:33Oh, stop it.
16:34Yeah.
16:35Ideally, I'll have a dressing room.
16:36I don't know if there's a dressing room this evening.
16:38I don't think there is.
16:39But there's no theatre in this town, so they've just got that.
16:41It's like a sports hall that they can get a thousand seats in.
16:44I just think it's amazing that you go from this 1,000 seater to like 50,000 seaters.
16:49Do you know what I mean?
16:50It's just crazy.
16:51It's never 50, it's like, you know, 12 or 15 is about the max you would do.
16:56I was just bigging you up a little bit.
16:57Around here.
16:58Not quite Taylor Swift.
17:02Right, here we go.
17:03Is this it?
17:04Yeah, this is it.
17:06Look, they're freaking out that you're in the car.
17:09I think they're more freaking out that Alison Hammond's driving me for some reason.
17:12It's all right, I've just got Alan Carr with me.
17:14Alan Carr?
17:15Unbelievable.
17:16Unbelievable.
17:17You spend a day with someone.
17:19A day.
17:20Unbelievable.
17:21Oh my God, I'm so sorry.
17:23Nice and early.
17:24It was good, yeah.
17:25It was, yeah.
17:26Would have been nice if you remembered my name, but you know, I'll have everything.
17:31I can't believe Holly Willoughby just called me Alan Carr.
17:39Unbelievable.
17:40So this is backstage, I mean the glamour, right?
17:44Oh my, this is Kendall.
17:46Oh, it's perfect.
17:47So I've got that?
17:49It's intimate.
17:51It's all right, isn't it?
17:52So what's this down here?
17:54So I've got the name of the town.
17:56That's a really good idea.
17:57It's funny, yeah.
17:58And then I've got a countdown clock.
17:59Okay, that's great.
18:00And then we've got lights on me and then we'll do a little bit of lights on the audience.
18:03Yeah.
18:04And there'll be some interaction.
18:05You'll talk to the audience.
18:06That's part of your show, isn't it?
18:07Yeah.
18:08You always talk to them.
18:09Do you need a massage or anything before we start?
18:12Thank you very much.
18:13I thought you'd never ask.
18:17Oh.
18:18Oh my God.
18:19Just to like, chill you out.
18:20You've had a long day.
18:21I've had a long day.
18:22Walking.
18:23Boating.
18:24Listening to Alison Hammond.
18:25This is a man who can sell an arena.
18:29And we're here in this little, looks like a church hall, ain't it?
18:33But the way he sells it, he is bringing his show to the people.
18:38Or is it because he just wants to work hard and he can't stop?
18:43I was a bit disappointed when I got into show business.
18:45I kind of thought dressing rooms would be incredible.
18:48Hold on a minute.
18:49You've got a sign.
18:50Yeah, just so I know where to go.
18:52I might treat myself.
18:54Toilet.
18:55Can I use your toilet?
18:56Of course you can.
18:57Yeah, sure.
18:58Fill your boots.
19:00All right.
19:01I'm going to stick a toilet, I think.
19:02That's my...
19:03I'm christening your toilet.
19:05Okay.
19:06This feels...
19:09It's like we're in a relationship now, right?
19:14Do you want me to leave you on your own for a bit,
19:16so you can like, get your head together?
19:18I'll be all right.
19:19My head's pretty together.
19:25I'll be honest with you.
19:26I think he was over me by the end of the day.
19:29I've got a little bit of a present for you,
19:31because I've looked at your dressing room.
19:33It's a little bit sparse.
19:34Do you?
19:40That's absolutely beautiful.
19:41I'm going to treasure that.
19:46If you're not going to treasure it,
19:47I'll have it and I'll put it in my house, but...
19:49You're going to put it in your house?
19:51Do you like it?
19:53Yeah.
19:54Um, yeah.
19:55I mean, it's...
19:56As a gift, it says, sit on my face.
19:57Look, you needed it.
20:00There you go.
20:01You don't think you've got a problem with ego?
20:03What, do you want me to get one of your face on it?
20:06No, you're talking.
20:10Have a good show.
20:11See you in London, babes.
20:13Take care.
20:14By the time he was going on the show,
20:16I think he wanted to get into the zone
20:17and I felt that energy.
20:19So, I gave him that little present,
20:20which I think he was over the moon about.
20:24Who was that lady?
20:27I know her from somewhere.
20:28He's going to keep that cushion till he dies.
20:31That cushion will go in his coffin when he does die.
20:36Well, good evening, Kendall. Are you well?
20:39Yeah!
20:44For my second day with Jimmy, we're in London
20:49for a rare day off from his tour schedule.
20:52And I'm about to experience one of his favourite things to do.
20:57And we're apparently going for an ice bath,
21:00which I actually think is the worst idea.
21:03Go in.
21:04Wish me luck.
21:05All right?
21:06Hey.
21:07You all right? Did you miss me?
21:08No!
21:09Like, not at all.
21:11I was relieved.
21:12Not in the slightest.
21:13Yeah.
21:14Right, come on.
21:15I brought you a hat.
21:17What the hell's that?
21:18It's a sauna hat.
21:19Oh, yes.
21:20It's quite nice.
21:21Oh, it's perfect.
21:22Now you're ready.
21:24Oh, I love it.
21:25I mean, this is the life, Jimmy.
21:27It's nice, isn't it?
21:28It's lovely.
21:29It smells fancy.
21:30Oh, it smells lovely.
21:31What's all this?
21:32I love it.
21:33It's the finish.
21:34The finish know a thing about life.
21:35This is what they do all day, every day.
21:37Really?
21:38This is their life?
21:39Bit of sauna, bit of cold plunge.
21:40Here's to our first sauna together.
21:42And I would wager our only ever sauna together.
21:45When's this going to happen again?
21:46Cheers, darling.
21:48Cheers.
21:49I've got wooden cups.
21:51Now, I've got to be honest.
21:53You look incredible.
21:54And you've been really open about surgery.
21:57I've had loads done.
21:58What exactly have you had done?
22:00The first thing I had done was, like, the gateway drug is getting your teeth done.
22:03Right.
22:04It's a weird thing.
22:05If you've got something that's, like, you're hung up about, right?
22:08And then you fix it, the self-esteem it gives you, right?
22:12Yeah.
22:13So I felt much more kind of...
22:14It changed you.
22:15And it made me smile more.
22:16You start smiling more and you do genuinely feel happier.
22:18It's very odd.
22:19The hair transplant's not...
22:20Like, that's a long time.
22:21Yeah.
22:22It's like 14 hours.
22:23But look at your hair now.
22:24It's all right, isn't it?
22:25It looks incredible.
22:26Are you into Botox at all?
22:27Anything like that?
22:28I've done a bit of Botox, but I mean, Botox is...
22:29What's that like?
22:30Have you never done Botox?
22:31Never.
22:32I've wanted to try it.
22:33What?
22:34Are we buying this?
22:35Are we...?
22:36Is this like a fantasy show where...?
22:38Do you think I've had Botox?
22:39Of course you are.
22:40A million percent I haven't.
22:41Really?
22:42Honestly.
22:43This face can move.
22:44Yeah.
22:45I mean, mine can move, but I need...
22:47I need...
22:48There's wires.
22:49I was a little bit offended when he said,
22:50have you had Botox?
22:51No, I have not had Botox.
22:53What?
22:54You look great.
22:55Ah!
22:56Ah!
22:57I don't know what that is.
22:58It's Alison Hammond.
22:59What?
23:00Alison Hammond shorts?
23:01You've got shorts with Alison Hammond on it.
23:03I'm a big fan.
23:04I'm a big fan.
23:05Ah, man.
23:06No, I don't want to be...
23:07I don't want to...
23:08I don't want to fanboy, but...
23:12I'm ready for you, babes.
23:17Ice baths, saunas.
23:19We're the health fanatic.
23:21This isn't my ideal day out.
23:23Are we going to get a dopamine hit?
23:25We're going to get a massive dopamine hit.
23:27All right, let's do it then.
23:28Come on, let's go.
23:29We're not hot enough yet.
23:30I am about to collapse, so I am ready.
23:32That might be just me with my top off.
23:35That might not be...
23:36That might just be...
23:38You reckon it's this body?
23:39It could be that.
23:40I've only ever saw Jimmy Carr in a suit.
23:44It was actually really off-putting when I saw him nearly naked.
23:51Shoulders under.
23:52Shoulders under.
23:53What?
23:54Shoulders, shoulders.
23:55Shoulders under.
23:56You've done it.
23:57You've done it.
23:58Now, you could stay longer.
23:59Oh, it's awful.
24:00You say it's awful.
24:01Think about that sauna.
24:02You're going to be back on that sauna.
24:04Just stay in there.
24:05It's fine.
24:06It's fine.
24:07Every capillary in your body is tightening right now.
24:09Ah!
24:10It's incredibly good for you.
24:11Like, for all Paul's mortality.
24:12How are you doing this?
24:13You're just talking to me so casually like you're in a nightclub.
24:16Ah!
24:17Ah!
24:18And what's the point of this?
24:20If you did this every day, the chances of you having a stroke and a heart attack would
24:24just disappear.
24:25I feel like I'm having a heart attack right now.
24:26You're not having a heart attack.
24:27You're working out.
24:28I think I'm done.
24:29You're done?
24:30Okay.
24:31Okay, let's jump out.
24:32Are you going to stay?
24:33No, no, we can jump out again.
24:34You jump out first.
24:35I'm going to be...
24:36Ah!
24:37Just moving is awful.
24:38Ah!
24:39Yeah, moving is worse.
24:40Ah!
24:41Just super careful.
24:42Super careful.
24:43Go slow.
24:44Go slow.
24:45Okay.
24:46And then straight back in the sauna.
24:47Seeing Jimmy not even phased, literally just sitting there like he was on a train,
24:53it was the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
24:56I actually think he's half man, half alien.
24:59I'm not going to lie.
25:00Oh wait, I might practice the Alison Hammond method.
25:02Ha ha ha ha.
25:03I'm going to die.
25:04Oh God, please help me.
25:06Yeah.
25:07You're nothing but kindness.
25:09How's it feeling nice?
25:10Ah, it's pretty cold, yeah.
25:12Thanks.
25:13I think he wants to live forever.
25:15I think he will live forever.
25:17I think I might be having a stroke.
25:19Hang on.
25:20Wait, no, she's doing it.
25:21Eh.
25:22Me, I'm happy with, you know, going out a little bit early as long as I've got some
25:26nice food, warmth and no ice in my bath.
25:37You're going to love this.
25:38Time for my idea of relaxation now.
25:40Hello.
25:41Oh, hello.
25:42Hello.
25:43And over lunch, I want to ask Jimmy about the moment that almost ended his career.
25:48The row over comedian Jimmy Carr's tax affairs.
25:51Now the Prime Minister gets involved.
25:53In 2012, Jimmy was front page news for avoiding millions of pounds worth of tax.
25:58Was that a frightening time in your life?
26:01Yeah, I think, I think people thought I couldn't care less.
26:05And actually I found it very, erm...
26:07Stressful.
26:08Yeah.
26:09Well, there's two types of things, aren't there?
26:11There's legal, and there's perfectly legal.
26:14Perfectly legal means I found a little loophole.
26:17Right.
26:18And something happened.
26:19And I can, and that's, that was me.
26:20I found like...
26:21It wasn't you, it was your character found it.
26:23Yeah, but you're responsible for that.
26:25So you go, okay, well...
26:26And then you've got to just wear it.
26:27Yeah.
26:28It's a tax thing.
26:29I sort of just came out and went, I'll pay it back.
26:31And people went, okay.
26:33If you've done something like that, and you go, look, I'll put my hands up.
26:36I made a mistake.
26:37I'll pay it all.
26:38People are pretty forgiving on that kind of stuff.
26:41Are you not doing that with the tax anymore now?
26:44No.
26:46What if I was?
26:48You're so good.
26:49Oh, yeah.
26:50No, God, no.
26:51No, God, no.
26:52The thing about being cancelled is it's a...
26:55The negative thing is you're on the front of the papers and being publicly shamed.
26:59The good side is it's a filter.
27:01And it's a filter for your friends.
27:03I remember, like, James Corden would call me after my gig.
27:06Like, every night for a week and just check in.
27:08You all right?
27:09No one cares, Jim.
27:10You all right?
27:11Don't worry about it.
27:12And then we'd call the next day and could hear that I was struggling with it,
27:14kind of having a tough time, and he would just call.
27:16And you kind of realise who your friends are.
27:19Well, now that we're friends, I think I'll be there for you.
27:22I know you would call.
27:23And if somehow you got hold of my number, then you would be able to call.
27:29But I don't think that would happen.
27:31I can't imagine a world.
27:33I know a couple of people with your number.
27:35I could get it.
27:36I'm like the spy of showbiz.
27:38But this has been lovely.
27:40It's been lovely.
27:41Right, come on.
27:42Let's get loaded.
27:43Are you paying, babes?
27:44You got this, haven't you?
27:45Let's dine and dash.
27:46You get the bill.
27:47I'm getting my coat.
27:48I think if you don't know, Jimmy, you could be quite intimidated by him,
27:52you know what I mean?
27:53He's quite assertive.
27:54He tells you how he wants it.
27:55Smile.
27:56Smile.
27:57What's your name?
27:58Sorry.
27:59What's your name?
28:00These people.
28:01Because we're from Australia, we don't know.
28:05I'm big in Australia.
28:06I know.
28:07So, tell us your name.
28:08Oh, Jimmy.
28:09Jimmy.
28:10Jimmy Carr.
28:11Deep down, I mean, you really do see a softer side to Jimmy.
28:15Especially when he talks about his late mum.
28:18And that's a really nice side that I'd never seen before, which I thought was really eye-opening.
28:25I think he's also convinced me to get a bit of Botox.
28:30No, I'm only joking.
28:32Blood don't crap, bub.
28:34Ha, ha, ha.
28:35Cause I missed the bright side.
28:37Cause I missed the bright side.
28:39Never.
28:40Turn away.
28:41Come on.
28:42To ever.
28:43Keep doing youć€icetechers.
28:44Gonna know.
28:45Let's do a day.
28:46I know.
28:49It's fun.
28:50Up to thecraftian.
28:51Moving on.
28:52After.
28:54And other.
28:55You should.
28:56When other.
28:57You should.
28:58Has nothing.
28:59considerations.
29:00Already.
29:01armor.
29:02Stu.
29:03We devant.
29:04Han spinal Wealth Sayon Lisa.
29:05They'll avoid it too.
29:06I can Рtö.
29:07You should know.
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