'Dad says our relationship has been good material, which is hard to argue with'
The comedian on his tricky relationship with his father – and why he doesn’t come to his showsWhen I was 23, I went to my dad’s second wedding, full of tightly repressed rage, given expression only by my wedding outfit. I wore a suit, because it was a wedding, but I also went for a bright red T-shirt with the word “ANTI” printed on it, a necklace with a silver gun pendant and a brooch that looked a bit like a swastika. “OK, Dad, I’ll come to your wedding, but only if I can come dressed as anger.”
Two years earlier, telling my family I was gay caused a major crisis. My dad suggested some kind of therapy. He denies it was electroshock therapy, but he definitely gave me a flyer for something. I was summoned to my aunt and uncle’s house, and taken into the living room, where my mum was waiting with my uncle. My aunt started crying and didn’t stop for two hours.
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