Although he is best known for hosting The 1% Club and acting in Not Going Out, he doesn’t look as good in an old video clip, where he is without his now-trademark beard.
Comedian and actor Lee Mack is hardly recognisable in a resurfaced video where he appears without his now-trademark beard. The host of The 1% Club, ITV’s fiendishly-addicted gameshow, is seen looking very young in a viral clip on Facebook and TikTok, titled ‘The reason why tickets machines were invented’.
The sketch, which features a frustrated woman trying to purchase a Halifax train ticket from a ticket seller and stars a very young-faced Lee, was clearly shot just before the comedian gained notoriety with The 1% Club and the well-known BBC sitcom Not Going Out. As the woman is being asked, “Would you like a carriage that doesn’t allow the use of mobiles – or a carriage that does allow the use of mobiles,” the vendor manages to be bang up to date. She replies: “Does allow…. In Lee’s customary deadpan style, he responds, “Oh, it’s nothing special, just loads of people phoning their friends,” and he really doesn’t want to miss it.
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Lee has had quite the career on TV. He joined 8 Out Of 10 Cats in 2005 and Not Going Out started airing on BBC One. the following year. Lee not only writes but also stars in the comedy sitcom, which also stars Sally Bretton, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Hugh Dennis, and Abigail Cruttenden.
On the 2007 film Would I Lie To You?, Lee rose to fame as a team captain. Rob Brydon assumes the duties of hosting along with fellow comedian David Mitchell and a host of famous people.
Recently, the comedian has branched out into the world of TV presenting. He was the host of The Royal Variety Performance in 2022 and co-presented Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof alongside Holly Willoughby. In the same year, he took on the role of host for ITV’s The 1% Club. Lee recently admitted he’s terrible at answering the show’s tricky questions.
Away from his public life, Lee – whose birth name fans, were stunned to discover, is actually Lee Gordon McKillop, is married to Tara McKillop. They tied the knot in 2005 and have a son named Arlo. Little is known about Tara as she prefers to stay out of the spotlight, unlike her husband.
Lee explained a decision he once made to shave off his beard during a WILTY episode and how all of it was due to his friend David. I had a beard growing for weeks when I first shaved it because I didn’t want David to think I was a copy of him.
What did you notice that I had grown a beard, David asked? I noticed you had a beard when I looked at you, Lee replied. Do you have any luck? Do you have a breakdown?
Lee explained to his wife Tara that David might believe he had copied his beard by inviting David and Rob over for dinner. Just in case, he then made the decision to shave it off.
The team at David’s was correct in their prediction that the anecdote was accurate. Lee declared, “I’m all heart, David. I have a heart.
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Source: Mirror
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