Jack Whitehall says he doesn’t wish to be like his father when he turns into a dad
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omedian Jack Whitehall has mentioned that he doesn’t wish to flip into his father when he turns into a dad.
The Bad Education star, 34, is anticipating his first youngster with girlfriend Roxy Horner, after he introduced the news on social media.
During an look on BBC Breakfast, Whitehall was requested whether or not the news had enabled him to mirror on his relationship along with his father, to which he responded: “I just don’t want to turn into him”.
The comic is understood for starring alongside his father, Michael Whitehall, 83, within the Netflix present Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father, which sees the duo journey all over the world collectively.
Talking concerning the present, Whitehall advised that his youngster might substitute his father, as soon as they’ve grown up.
He mentioned: “I did think as well, by the way, I have had to retire the Travels With My Father brand because my dad’s getting on a bit now and can’t be bothered to travel around the world, but this could be a good way of rejuvenating it when my child is old enough to be a good sidekick.”
With new arise present, Settle Down, touring the nation, the comic additionally revealed that he might be writing new materials about having a baby.
Whitehall mentioned: “It’s weird as a comedian because obviously quite a lot of my life I talk about up on stage but I’m doing this show which is all about kind of settling down in my life.
“Then this is quite a big element of that so does it feel it would be a glaring omission if I didn’t talk about it (having a child).
“So I am currently now doing the beginnings of some material about having a child.”
Whitehall and Horner introduced news of their youngster in May, with Whitehall posting a photograph of them collectively on Twitter with a scan of the newborn and a caption that learn: “Should probably finally learn to drive now.”
With the couple’s child due in September, Whitehall informed BBC Breakfast that he and Horner are within the strategy of pondering up child names, however didn’t disclose whether or not the newborn might be a boy or lady.