Joe revealed he’s become a dad to a baby boy
Joe Lycett has revealed he’s become a dad for the first time.
The comedian, 36, took to his social media where he thanked Birmingham Women’s Hospital for all they had done in welcoming his baby son into the world.
Lycett also shared a photo of him cuddling the little one, who he could be seen holding underneath his jacket.
Huge congratulations to Joe Lycett (Instagram/@joelycett)
“An appreciation post from me for the extraordinary @bham_womens hospital,” he wrote.
“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.
“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*****g 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.”
Following the post, Birmingham Women’s Hospital commented, congratulating Lycett on the happy news.
They wrote: “Massive congratulations again to you all. We’re so proud to have supported you on this incredible life-changing milestone. We wish you all the best and lots of gorgeous cuddles for the future.”
Meanwhile, Autotrader also commented: “Congratulations again Joe! We can’t wait to publish the photos of Mini Cooper Lycett.”
Lycett is known for his stunts, which has lead some followers to question if the announcement is legit, but according to the Guardian, the happy news is real.
Lycett shared the news on Instagram (Kate Green/Getty Images)
The post comes just days after Lycett announced he has a secret girlfriend, who he calls ‘Denise’ to respect her privacy.
Speaking on Drag Race UK star Bimini Bon-Boulash’s podcast The Pieces, he said: “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.”
Lycett also spoke about his sexuality, adding: “Well, it’s interesting now being in a long-term relationship with a woman because loads of people are like, sorry what? There was a brief period when I was at school when I thought because I was attracted to men, I was gay, and then I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on.
“Then I use the term bisexual when anyone asks and I just want to give a quick answer because people understand that.
“But I think the most accurate way of describing myself is pansexual, in that I’m not attracted to people, just because of their gender.”Featured Image Credit: Instagram/joelycett Kate Green/Getty Images
Topics: Joe Lycett, Parenting, Celebrity
Dad with ADHD tried medicinal cannabis for the first time and couldn’t believe the impact
Doctors can prescribe cannabis for medicinal use in the UK
A British dad has opened up on his experience after being prescribed medicinal cannabis to help him cope with his ADHD.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a condition that roughly 2.6 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with. Of those 694,000 children and children and around 1.9 million are adults.
It is a diagnosis that is often missed, with some people only being diagnosed later in life.
Some symptoms include making careless errors in schoolwork or at work; trouble paying attention; and having issues when it comes to organising.
For Liam Hunt, from Huntingdon in England, the diagnosis came during his adult life when he was 32 years old. Now aged 37, the dad-of-one has turned to prescriptions from a private medical cannabis clinic to help deal with the disorder.
But after experiencing issues with two drugs prescribed his way, he sought out alternative treatment via medicinal cannabis.
Cannabis is, of course, illegal to buy in the UK. But your doctor can prescribe you it for particular conditions, with it available on the NHS if issued by a specialist hospital doctor.
“The first tablet my GP prescribed me just made me sweat a lot, which really wasn’t nice,” Liam explained when speaking about the prescription drug known as xaggitin.
“I was just constantly drinking water to rehydrate, and it just made me feel a lot worse.”
Liam Hunt said the cannabis helps with his prescription’s side effects (Liam Hunt)
He then went on to another form of medication called lisdexamfetamine, which he described as ‘okay but it’s really messed with my sleep and my appetite’.
While on the drugs, Liam says he still found himself struggling to cope with how his mind was reacting due to his ADHD.
“I would constantly be thinking about what happened throughout the whole day. Everything would just play in my mind,” he said.
After seeking out therapy, the Cambridgeshire dad discussed alternative treatment such as prescribed cannabis.
And following on from an initial consultation with specialist doctors at Alternaleaf, he was prescribed with 20 grams a month and spreads the cost of all of the appointments he needs by paying a membership fee of £15 per month.
Liam says it helped ‘centre him’ (Getty Stock Images)
After starting this treatment alongside the lisdexamfetamine, Liam explained how the cannabis helped ‘centre him’.
“At the end of the day, when I get home, I will take my dog for a walk, and that’s when I will vape the medical cannabis,” he says. “It gives me the chance to settle down and it calms me. It centres me, if you wish. It makes everything silent in my head.
“My thought process is all over the place. It used to take ages to get anything done.
“Now, I’m slowly getting used to putting my life in order. It’s quite simply easier to control life. It really helps me to eat and sleep much better, too, and eases the side effects of the lisdexamfetamine.”
CBD oils are proving popular in the UK (Getty Stock Images)
As of 2023, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates the global prevalence of ADHD in children to be around five percent, and in adults in the UK at three to four percent.
With diagnoses increasing, demand on prescription drugs is growing at a rate that cannot keep up, with shortages being experienced across the country.
The NHS reported a shortage last autumn as a result of a combination of manufacturing issues and an increase in global demand.
Medicinal cannabis has been available in the UK since 2018.Featured Image Credit: PR supplied / Getty Stock Images
Topics: Health, Drugs, UK News, Mental Health, ADHD, NHS
Hilarious reason why Joe Lycett wore full Elizabethan gown to BAFTAs
Comedian Joe Lycett certainly turned heads with his get up tonig
Joe Lycett rocked up to the TV BAFTAs in a full Elizabethan gown this evening (12 May) and there’s a hilarious reason why.
With bright orange hair, the comedian walked the red carpet in London dressed as Queen Elizabeth I.
Tonight’s (12 May) TV awards are hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and Lycett’s Channel 4 show, Late Night Lycett, is up for an award.
But it’s his bizarre outfit stealing the show already as he and his two aunties chatted to media before the awards ceremony.
Joe Lycett. (Neil Mockford/FilmMagic)
One X user wrote: “Joe Lycett said, ‘I will make the BAFTAs my Met Gala‘.”
A second joked: “I feel sorry for the persons sat behind @joelycett tonight….”
And another pointed out: “Joe Lycett actually went through with his promise to attend the BAFTAs dressed as Elizabeth I. Incredible.”
Yep, that’s because Lycett made a promise to wear the costume, after losing a bet with his aunties who are essentially stars of his show.
He said that if Margaret and Pauline managed to get 200,000 followers on Instagram by a certain date, then he’d attend tonight’s show dressed as the Tudor queen.
And, good for the aunties, they made it. Although, if they had hit 250,000 by today, then EastEnders actor Natalie Cassidy would have walked the red carpet alongside as his ‘lady-in-waiting’.
Lycett and his aunties. (Eamonn McCormack/WireImage)
Oh well, Queen Elizabeth I seems good enough.
Lycett shared the snap to Instagram, alongside a portrait of the actual Lizzie, with the caption: “Who wore it best?”
BAFTA commented to say it’s ‘incredible’ as Lorraine Kelly wrote: “You are very very silly – keep up the good work.”
Radio 1 host Greg James wrote: “Perfect weather for it! Elizabetty Swollocks.”
And singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor put: “I love this look.”
One user joked on X: “I hope Joe Lycett wins an award purely so he has to get on stage in that outfit and confuse the heck out of people who haven’t watched Late Night Lycett or don’t follow him on Instagram.”
The full list of nominees and winners from tonight’s TV BAFTAs are as follows:
Comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Late Night Lycett (Channel 4)
Rob & Romesh Vs… (Sky Max) – WINNER
Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
Current affairs
Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (BBC Four)
Putin vs the West (BBC Two)
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4)
The Shamima Begum Story (BBC Two) – WINNER
Daytime
Loose Women and Men (ITV1)
Lorraine (ITV1)
Make It at Market (BBC One)
Scam Interceptors (BBC One) – WINNER
Drama series
The Gold (BBC One)
Happy Valley (BBC One)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Top Boy (Netflix) – WINNER
Entertainment programme
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas (Apple TV+)
Later… with Jools Holland (BBC Two)
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) – WINNER
Entertainment performance
Ant & Dec – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (ITV1)
Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Eats (Dave)
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Hannah Waddingham – Eurovision Song Content 2023 (BBC One)
Joe Lycett – Late Night Lycett (Channel 4) – WINNER
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan – Rob & Romesh Vs… (Sky Max)
Factual entertainment
Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC One) – WINNER
The Dog House (Channel 4)
Endurance: Race to the Pole (Channel 5)
Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts)
Factual series
Dublin Narcos (Sky Documentaries)
Evacuation (Channel 4)
Lockerbie (Sky Documentaries) – WINNER
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (BBC Two)
Female performance in a comedy
Bridget Christie – The Change (Channel 4)
Gbemisola Ikumelo – Black Ops (BBC One) – WINNER
Máiréad Tyers – Extraordinary (Disney+)
Roisin Gallagher – The Lovers (Sky Atlantic)
Sofia Oxenham – Extraordinary (Disney+)
Taj Atwal – Hullraisers (Channel 4)
International
The Bear (Disney+)
Beef (Netflix)
Class Act (Netflix) – WINNER
The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Love & Death (ITVX)
Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Leading actor
Brian Cox – Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Dominic West – The Crown (Netflix)
Kane Robinson – Top Boy (Netflix)
Paapa Essiedu – The Lazarus Project (Sky Max)
Steve Coogan – The Reckoning (BBC One)
Timothy Spall – The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) – WINNER
Leading actress
Anjana Vasan – Black Mirror’s Demon 79 (Netflix)
Anne Reid – The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Helena Bonham Carter – Nolly (ITVX)
Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley (BBC One) – WINNER
Sharon Horgan – Best Interests (BBC One)
Limited drama
Best Interests (BBC One)
Black Mirror’s Demon 79 (Netflix)
The Long Shadow (ITV1)
The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) – WINNER
Live event coverage
Coronation Concert (BBC One)
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC One) – WINNER
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One)
Male performance in a comedy
Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)
David Tennant – Good Omens (Prime Video)
Hammed Animashaun – Black Ops (BBC One)
Jamie Demetriou – A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou (Netflix)
Joseph Gilgun – Brassic (Sky Max)
Mawaan Rizwan – Juice (BBC Three) – WINNER
News coverage
Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War (Channel 4) – WINNER
Inside Myanmar: The Hidden War (Sky News)
Israel-Hamas War (Sky News)
Reality
Banged Up (Channel 4)
Married at First Sight UK (E4)
My Mum, Your Dad (ITV1)
Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) – WINNER
Scripted comedy
Big Boys (Channel 4)
Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)
Extraordinary (Disney+)
Such Brave Girls (BBC Three) – WINNER
Short form
Mobility (BBC Three) – WINNER
The Skewer: Three Twisted Years (BBC iPlayer)
Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps (Vice News)
Where It Ends (BBC Three)
Single documentary
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (Sky Documentaries)
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family (ITV1) – WINNER
Hatton (Sky Crime)
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (Netflix)
Soap
Casualty (BBC One) – WINNER
EastEnders (BBC One)
Emmerdale (ITV1)
Specialist factual
Chimp Empire (Netflix)
The Enfield Poltergeist (Apple TV+)
Forced Out (Sky Documentaries)
White Nanny, Black Child (Channel 5) – WINNER
Sports coverage
Cheltenham Festival Day One (ITV1) – WINNER
MOTD Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (BBC One)
Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final (BBC One)
Supporting actor
Amit Shah – Happy Valley (BBC One)
Éanna Hardwicke – The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)
Harris Dickinson – A Murder at the End of the World (Disney+)
Jack Lowden – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (Sky Atlantic) – WINNER
Salim Daw – The Crown (Netflix)
Supporting actress
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (Netflix)
Harriet Walter – Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy (Netflix) – WINNER
Lesley Manville – The Crown (Netflix)
Nico Parker – The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Siobhan Finneran – Happy Valley (BBC One)
Memorable moment award
Beckham – David teases Victoria about her ‘work class’ upbringing (Netflix)
Doctor Who – Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor (BBC One)
Happy Valley – Catherine Cawed and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown (BBC One) – WINNER
The Last of Us – Bill and Frank’s Story (Sky Atlantic)
The Piano – 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with performance (Channel 4)
Succession – Logan Roy’s death (Sky Atlantic)Featured Image Credit: Joe Maher/Getty Images / Rowben Lantion/BAFTA via Getty Images
Topics: BAFTAs, Joe Lycett, TV and Film, Celebrity
Jack Grealish becomes first time dad as England star and girlfriend announce birth of their baby
Jack Grealish and Sasha Attwood have welcomed their first baby together
Jack Grealish and his girlfriend, Sasha Attwood, have welcomed their first child together.
The Manchester City forward, 29, took to social media to share a black and white photo of him holding his baby’s hand.
“Mila Rose Grealish 27/09/24,” the caption read.
Attwood, 28, also shared the same image on her Instagram feed, calling it ‘the most special moment of my life’.
Jack Grealish and his girlfriend Sasha Attwood have welcomed their first child together (Instagram/@sasha__rebecca)
According to The Sun, the pair started dating as teenagers back in their Solihull school days.
Attwood has reportedly been with the footballer throughout his pro career after Grealish made his senior debut for Aston Villa in 2014 prior to his big-money transfer to City in 2021.
The attacking midfielder, who now plays in the left forward position, has already won two Premier League trophies, one FA Cup, one Champions League and one EFL Cup with City.
Following the Manchester club’s historic treble win, Grealish was left out of the Euro 2024 squad by England manager Gareth Southgate.
Grealish admitted that he was left ‘heartbroken’ over the incident.
England, of course, lost 2-1 to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.
During a pre-season tour press conference, Grealish said: “When you are on your holidays, every time you turn on the phone or the TV you just see it [the tournament], so it was hard not to see.
“I’ll be honest, football-wise it was the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to deal with in terms of my own career.
“I was absolutely heartbroken. For myself now moving forward, I have to just try and use that as motivation going into this season.
“I felt I should have been in the [England] squad. I feel like I offer something different to players in the England squad. But it is what it is.
“As I said, it was the hardest moment for me as a footballer. I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my career.”
However, Grealish has now been reinstated back in the England squad following Southgate’s departure.
Grealish scored on his return to the England squad (Instagram/@declanrice/@jackgrealish)
After scoring on his return to the team in September, he said: “I need to start playing regularly and scoring goals, that is what I did today.
“I still don’t feel 100 per cent fit but I am getting there. From a personal point of view, I am happy.
“It meant everything, just going to the fans at the end and hearing them cheer my name and stuff.
“Listen, there is no better feeling than playing for England, especially in games like this, when the whole nation is watching.
“I have said it before in another interview, the summer was one of the worst of my life because you can’t not see what is happening in front of you. It was difficult but it has given me more resolve to bounce back.”Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@sasha__rebecca/Instagram/@jackgrealish
Topics: Celebrity, Parenting, Football
Dad says he has no regrets after spending nearly £600 on family holiday that lasted just half a day
This is one way to make the most of your day off
A dad has revealed that he has no regrets after dropping nearly £600 pounds on a 12-hour holiday with his family.
Finding fun for all the family can often be complicated – and pricey – which is why one dad decided to make sure his wife and children had a day to remember and head out on a pretty adventurous day trip.
Like all great stories, 48-year-old Johnathan Wright’s day trip started by rousing the family at 2am so that he could head down to Luton Airport with wife, Anna, 45, and three children, Edward, 18, Oliver, 17 and Alexander, 14.
Johnathan Wright decided to take his family on an extreme day trip (SWNS)
Their intended location? Prague, also known as the ‘City of a Hundred Spires’.
The Wrights landed in the Czech capital at 9am and wasted no time in setting off exploring, making stops at the city’s famous Charles Bridge, Old Town Square (which features the iconic astronomical clock) and Prague Castle.
“All the buildings look like they are from Disney, they were so beautiful,” Johnathan said of the city, adding that the family had to ‘jam-pack their itinerary to take in all the sights.
Sightseeing wasn’t the only thing the family enjoyed throughout the day either, with the Wrights having a quick power nap in the park as well as enjoying local beers like Staropramen and the famous chimney cakes.
For Johnathan the highlight of the day was the riverboat cruise, which provided a welcome break from sightseeing.
“It took us away from the heat of the day and gave us an opportunity to properly look at the city,” he said.
In total, the family spent £584 on their trip, roughly £116 for each person, with air travel for the family of five making up the largest expense at £250. The remaining £334 was spent on meals, snacks, transport and the boat trip.
The experience is one Jonathan would personally do again (SWNS)
And the adventure certainly beats a day out at your closest theme park, cinema or shopping centre.
The family left Prague just before 10pm and arrived back in the UK at 11:15pm (factoring in the one hour time difference) before finally making it back home for 1:40am.
Although his family didn’t seem too keen on embarking on another extreme day trip anytime soon, Jonathan said he’d be more than happy to do one again.
“I personally would do it again but I’m not sure my family would,” he said.
“I think it is great way of seeing new cities and also you don’t have to spend as much as you would do on a proper holiday.”
So now you know what to do the next time you have a day off with nothing to do.Featured Image Credit: SWNS
