Sundays to you? My kids are 10 and seven, and my son is always up by 6.30. As a younger man, I would have spent most of Sunday sleeping off a hangover. I don’t drink now.
Do you live in a funny household? My wife doesn’t think I’m funny at all any more, having lived with me for 17 years. Our kids are funnier. If I tell them to ‘read the room’, they’ll look around for things to literally read.
Sundays growing up? I grew up in Somerset. We’d go up Cheddar Gorge and eat ice-lollies, or when I was older, drink cider. My dad was my headteacher, which I’ve done a whole show about.
Sunday exercise? After I had my operation for testicular cancer in 2021, I would go out every Sunday morning and run 10 miles. I’d like to run a half marathon.
Sunday grub? These days I’m trying to be healthy, so I’m always trying to push lots of vegetables. I do a very good parmesan sprouts thing where you put sprouts on top of grated Parmesan and you get this pizza made of sprouts.
What’s your guilty pleasure? I eat a Solero every day. I like the exotic flavour one. The red berries one is the worst-tasting thing in the world. I’m giving up in February for charity – it’s a short month and it’s cold.
How much are you hoping to raise? I’ve set up a Nolero JustGiving page to raise money for Scope. I’ve set a target of £500,000.
Will you inflict Nolero on the whole family? No. They can eat what they want. My son prefers strawberry Cornettos and my daughter likes Fruit Pastilles lollies. I’m worried Wall’s will go bust if I don’t buy 28 Soleros in February. You’d have thought they might have got in touch. Then again, I do always say that red berries Soleros are the most disgusting thing in the world.
Sunday evenings? We’ll just watch a bit of telly.
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