Taskmaster star Russell Howard has said it’s unlikely you’ll catch him on TV moving forward.
The Russell Howard’s Good News and Mock the Week star has opened up on preferring stand-up to appearing on telly during a chat on the Have A Word podcast.
“I don’t do TV anymore, I just do stand-up and my podcast,” he said.
“I had a pretty good run, I just prefer doing stand-up,” he continued, then adding about his tour: “I was all over the world and it was just fun.”
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Howard’s latest appearance on the small screen dates back to last August, when he was on Channel 4’s Big Fat Quiz of Telly.
Now speaking on preferring touring, the comedian said “there’s nothing else [he’d] rather do”.
“TV is fun but it’s not as fun. Writing a book I couldn’t do because I don’t want to sit and entertain myself, but doing stand-up is what I love doing,” he said.
“It’s not entertainment for committee, it’s your dictatorship… The audience are like this brilliant jury that let you know through laughter whether it works or not.”
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Last year, Howard announced he and his wife Cerys Morgan had welcomed their first child.
Reflecting on how much his life has changed since he became a father, he told The Times: “Six months ago my evenings would have been spent getting ready to go out and perform in front of a thousand people, but now evenings find me sitting on the sofa watching TV with my son on my chest.”
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