Joe Lycett reveals he’s become a DAD just days after confirming his secret girlfriend
TV funnyman Joe Lycett has welcomed his first child.
The 36-year-old revealed he has had a son as he posed with his child for the first time.
It comes just days after he confirmed he has a secret long-term girlfriend, who he keeps out of the limelight.
Joe shared his news with fans tonight in a roundabout post, thanking Birmingham women’s hospital.
The comedian – best known for his stunts – wrote: “An appreciation post from me for the extraordinary @bham_womens hospital.
“My first encounter with them was years ago when they looked after a pal of mine through surgery, and then most recently when they masterfully welcomed a little boy into the world, who happens to be my son.
“The care and compassion his mum and he received was exceptional; from the antenatal classes, incredible midwives, consultants, doctors, nurses and the ongoing care in the community. We also loved their baked potatoes.
“Birmingham is so lucky to have them and I will be forever grateful for everything they’ve done.”
He added: “I am LOVING being a dad but sadly I think this now means I can’t get out of going on Rob and Josh’s f**king podcast. We will not be taking any press requests about this as we have already sold the rights to the first family picture to Autotrader.”
His celeb pals rushed to congratulate him, with Clara Amfo commenting: “Yes Joe and fam, yes NHS!”
While Judi Love wrote: “Congratulations.”
And Gabby Roslin shared a series of love heart emojis.
Earlier this week Joe, who is open about being pansexual, gave fans a rare insight into his love life and revealed he used a fake name for his girlfriend to keep her private.
Speaking on Bimini Bon-Boulash’s podcast The Pieces, he revealed: “So I’ve got Winston the cat, and my partner Denise. And, um, she’s not called Denise, but I don’t talk about her, because she has a job that she can’t be in the public eye.
“I call her Denise because she hates the name Denise, so, uh, I live with Denise.”
Discussing his sexuality, the Late Night Lycett star, explained: “Yeah, it doesn’t matter what the gender or whatever. And I don’t know why that is, but that is how it is. It’s a strange one because to me that suggests that sexuality is not just man, woman.’
“So the intellectual side of me goes it’s pansexual, which means all. So, that’s how I feel about myself.”
He added: “And I don’t really care what anyone else thinks about it these days, because I just think it’s nothing to do with you.”
The star went on to reveal that most people think he is gay, explaining: “But I do think it’s interesting. A few years into a relationship with a woman and going like, I am a straight man now, that dresses like this.
“I am still struggling with it in different ways of course. And particularly because lots of people just presume I’m gay because I’m camp on telly.”
What is pansexuality?
The word comes from the Greek prefix “pan”, which means “all”.
Its first use has been traced back to neurologist Sigmund Freud, who defined it as: “the pervasion of all conduct and experience with sexual emotions”.
In simpler terms, pansexuality is a person’s attraction to people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Pansexuals are “gender blind”, meaning they don’t let gender or sex affect their attraction to others.
Just like bisexuality, pansexuals are sexually attracted to men and women.
But the key difference is that pansexual people tend to consider themselves as more “gender fluid”.
They may also be drawn to those who identify as intersex, third-gender, androgynous or transgender.