Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe - S03 EP16: Geoff Norcott
Episode Date: September 3, 2021ROB BECKETT & JOSH WIDDICOMBE'S PARENTING HELL S03 EP16: Geoff Norcott **TRIGGER WARNING** This episode contains discussions of miscarriage. Joining us in the studio this episode to discuss the hig...hs and lows of parenting (and life) is the brilliant comedian, writer and political commentator - Geoff Norcott Geoff's book 'Where Did I Go Right?: How the Left Lost Me' is available now. His podcast 'What Most People Think' is available on all podcast platforms. And the email to get in touch with Geoff as discussed on the show is; whatmostpeoplethinkuk@gmail.com Thanks - Rob and Josh xxx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk TWITTER: @parenting_hell INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hello, you're listening to Parenting Hell with.
Can you say Rob?
Rob.
Yeah.
Josh. Whidicke? I'm kidding. Yeah. You're giving that a yay?
Come on, mate.
You could have asked more than that.
You've got in, Widdickum's got in.
He's always a bit tasty on a Friday, Widdicum.
He's always a bit taskier in his surnames, the one that suffers.
I have listened to your and very talkative. She's only 19 months old and already telling her
older brothers what to do. Thank you again. You're both very funny and brilliantly honest,
if a little on the elderly side. Ellen and no. You edit that. You're fucking firing today. You're double barreled up. I just don't know what anything is anymore. You're like. You. You. You. You. the the the the the the the the the the the th. You. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. theu. theuu. theuuu. the the the the the the the thuuuuuuuu. thu. thu. thu. thu. You're fucking firing today, mate. You're double-barreled up. You are. Double-barreled up. I just don't know what anything is anymore. You're like a shape shifter.
What's real? What's the email? What's Josh peppering it with? How are you? Good?
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Oh God, I bet there's some dads crying, and the friends.
Basically, you just have to play them off against each other.
So she goes, oh, I don't want to go, oh, I don't want to go, oh, I don't want.
So she goes, oh, I don't want to go.
they're going one up on the other. Divide and conquer, divide and conquer.
Basically, it's been a back, we're getting back into the rhythm of going back to school and I think
that's five-year-old starts on Monday. Oh, mate. Yeah, looking forward to a bit more strong. I need a routine. I need a routine. I to. I to. I to. I to. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I need a routine. I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their the their the their the their their their the. their th routine. When do you do your exercise? I'm running into the studio. Oh oh oh because it's in East London
Rocks it's at the Olympic Park. So how fast to run? It's only just about a mile, mile and a half?
It's not too bad. About but and how long does it take? Well this was the thing first I decided it was sunny I decided it was sunny I the sunny sunny. it was sunny. it was sunny. it was sunny. it was sunny. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to to the the to to the to the the the the to to to to to to to the to the the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the too. the the to the the the the the to run into the studio. But they'd already... You sound like such a like Piers Morgan.
Yeah, this is, this shows me in such a bad way.
Just run in there, have a quick shower, chat to the researchers,
let's crack on me and make in TV.
Yeah, well, it gets worse Rob.
It gets worse, Rob.
Oh God, what did you do? I also had a bag that I didn't want to run with. So basically... No, no.
You didn't put the bag in the car.
I put the bag in the car roll.
Josh, what have you become?
But what else was I'm going to do?
Just fucking get the cab?
No, but I wanted to run.
to give me some energy.
I've onlythe car in. So how far is it to run?
To a mile or so.
Yeah, but no, how long does that take?
I don't have done it.
Oh, sorry, about 10 minutes?
So, 10 minute run.
Yeah, so you get a bit of sweat.
And you get a bit.
And then I got there, and the car pulled up.
It was like a tipney. Meanwhile, I knew the roads like the back of my hand because I was on foot.
Yeah, it was like a brilliant advert for running.
You're an urban warrior.
Exactly, right?
I don't know how that's really, environmentally, you shouldn't have a car driving through
London with a bag in it because you don't want it on your back. It was a big because I'd to take in it was I had to take in my laptop and all of all of my change of clothes with my shoes and all
my clothes for the show. So okay. It was a huge it was an awkward. It was a sports bag. It was like a sports
holdal should we say? The kind of bag that you leave prison with terrorist with transport guns in. Do you know yeah okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. thi. th. the. the. thi. th. the th. the the the with terrorists with transport guns in. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, okay sure so you just popped it in a car and that yeah okay fair enough. It had a lovely journey.
And some people say you know people on TV lose touch.
Yeah but it was that's not my routine it was just because yeah the car was already booked.
Because the other option is you got. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it again Rob. I'm not saying it was.. that it was. that it was that it was that it was that it was that it was that it was that it was that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. that's. Yeah. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's that's that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not that's not that's not the the the the the the the the the the the that's not. I that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not. that's not your routine now, is it? That was just a one-off. That's not my routine, it was just because the car was already booked.
Because the other option is you got, oh, I'm not saying I wouldn't do it again, Rob.
I'm not saying I wasn't thrilling.
So do you think, do you think I can never do that again, Rob?
I don't think you can make it a habit of it, but I don't money, so he needs to be paid for his journey. So you don't want to make him not earn money for that drive. But I don't think you could possibly make it as a regular occurrence,
but I think that in that situation was fine. I'm going to go in today. I'm just going to take my keys on. the run to the car and then I'm going to run in separately. Yeah, I think that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's I that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's a good. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's a that's a that's a that's a thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the thi. the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's a that's a that's a that's a that's a that's dorky and then run off. Oh you teased up a panic attack Josh after I told you my panic attack.
So about six years ago I was very overworked Rob.
He's gonna say overweight then and I was like, you've never been overweight.
I was very overworked. I was very overworked.
It normally comes from being overworked.
I think I've worked a bit too much recently. I was in the middle of of of of of of of of of of of of of to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to work. I was to work. I was over. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was overworked. I was over work. I was over work. I was over. I was over. I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was a to work. I was a to work. I was a to work. I was a the to work. I was a the to work. I was a to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the in the middle of a tour and there was various things going on and then I had to do Christmas live at the Apollo and it was like lunchtime.
Yeah.
And then I had to go to Leeds to do a tour show.
Okay.
And I had to go to Leads to a tour show and then go to Leeds that night.
To do a totally different things. It's obviously a sprint and then a marathon and it's hard because you can't get
you ready in the right plane. And I didn't want to burn this material or etc.
It was like it was all very stressful. And you know, and you had to run to run to Leeds and you know, and the train had to the train the train the train the train the train had the train had to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to go. And to burn to burn to burn to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And to burn. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And the. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you the. And, you the. And, you the. And. the go four miles on now on our network I don't know I'm all right we're a replacement service
yeah all that money slow bass
bloody running is the realm of replacement service if you ask me
oh oh is it's it like fun of an alarm is this what you want you cheap fucks
we this is free which means we could do whatever the fuck we want.
Josh, tell me when you got panicked.
Uh, so I was in the, uh, I had a panic attack on the floor of the toilet
in Kings Cross First Class Lounge.
Oh, oh!
Sorry, I didn't laugh, but that's a funny place to have, I know.
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laid on the floor and panicked? Yeah. Or did you panic when you hit the floor or did you
lay down to rest? No, I lay down. Yeah, because you was getting overwhelmed. Yeah, because
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I was on my own, yeah, I wasn't in toilet cubicle to someone else.
Do you know what, I don't think I've ever talked about it because I didn't feel like it was
a relatable story Rob.
Yeah, if you're gonna panic attacks attacks back in the day when I was
overworked. Now I've got that kind of thing, hopefully under control. Well that's what I thought.
Yeah, that's what you thought. Exactly. The old wife. But oh that's sorry, that's made me
feel better Josh. I think everyone's panic. Yeah. Do you know what's the funniest place you've had a panic attack? Because ultimately you do need to like decensitize what is.
Panicatts are awful in the moment, but obviously it's just your brain chemicals in the anxiety,
but the reality is what actually is happening, not isn't normally that bad.
It's the anxiety of it, where if you actually sit with the emotion and sit with the feeling, it passes.
So if people want to share the funniest place about the panic attack. Oh actually I've got another one. I have one last year on a peloton bike. On the bike?
On the bike? I have had a phantom bike. I only have panic attacks in places that make me feel like
a complete wanker. Yeah, it's had a panic attack at the the Ivy. I picked up this oyster, it just got too much.
So, let me get it straight, you've put your hold all in the back of a cab, you've got on
your pelton.
Oh my god, this is the worst 10 minutes of my career.
Do you know what's happened, Rob?
Do you know what's genuinely happened on this podcast is the more you've pushed towards being the loose neck and I've been a stiff neck yeah I've started to open up about
being such a stiff neck why they've opened up a whole new array of stories I
thought weren't palatable to the public but now look I'm this character
the public one honesty Josh they won't hate you for it they'll
appreciate let's see how it affects book and torset was wrong.
Guys, Josh has got really honest, but now, honestly, no one's going to see him.
He's got too honest and it feels like he's out of touch.
He's booking taxes for his bag.
I wasn't booking it.
So you're in your exercise bike, right?
And so you're doing the class and what you was just tired what what calls the panic attack we don't know would you think I tell you what
I'd been causing the panic attack yeah yeah I mean this isn't gonna sound
relatable either but I was I hadn't was it cat V the R gone off it was that
morning yeah I'd I wasn't I was not going to reach the deadline for my book
and I had a last leg meeting on Zoom and I was trying to write the book while in the last leg meeting. And it was too much. It was too much and then when
did you get on the peloton bike? You was on a peloton bike?
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No, I should have, I should have like meditated,
but instead I decided to do a hit class and it sent me over the edge.
What you need is to be even more exhausted and have, get your blood and heart right up.
That's what you need just before a panic attack. Yeah.
If anyone wants to share a funny place of a panic attack, it's more I'm welcome. It's quite funny. Is it good to, is this, is this a positive thing?
I think this is a positive thing we're doing, right? Because we're being honest.
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Keep it to your fucking self.
All right?
Currently in the leaderboard of the worst place to have the panic attack, we have voice
over booth through your audio book, Peloton Bike and the First Class Lounge
Lounge Station.
Do you know what though, sometimes they do happen in nice places because your brain
so horrible it starts going, oh and your brain is going, oh look at you, you're complaining
and you're getting a first class train.
You're not really appreciate it.
I think that I think it's an overriding guilt.
I think I am beset with an overriding guilt about things like that.
Right. Should we bring on the guest? Yes. beset with an overriding guilt about things like that.
Right, should we bring on the guest?
Yes.
Oh Jesus, what a week.
This is Jeff Norca, who is a brilliant comic, a lovely man, and also we should say,
it's like trigger warning for this one.
There is discussions of miscarriage and late-term miscarriage in this discussion.
Just so you're aware.
Yes.
That's what they're for, aren't they, trigger warnings?
But also, the problem with the trigger warning is it really drains the energy before bringing
someone on.
Yeah, it does hit the mood.
We need to get it back up.
Okay.
Oh, hang on oh he's put the pressure on me now. Um, yeah.
Oh, here's another trigger warning.
I'm going to be really funny.
Oh no, what's that?
Yeah.
I hope you don't get too stressed out by me being fucking great at laughs.
Because strap in, bitches.
Yeah, that's the men and women that was.
That wasn't the podcast.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for having me on.
It's always this pressure, when you do something you've been listening to, the status
of it.
I know how important it is podcast now.
I don't want to annoy people while they're out walking the dogs.
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This is it, Jeff.
This is the, basically, this is 2021's equivalent of doing opportunity knocks.
It's a big shows.
I've done, I've done prep for this.
I've got notes.
I've got notes.
Oh, Jeff, Lawcock.
Podcasts used to be just something, did with your mates and no one listened and all
that kind of stuff, but now, some podcasts for me, like, they are the structure of my week.
And on a Monday and Tuesday when they're released, I'll listen to them when I'm doing the tidin
up or going for a walk.
So now there is a bit of pressure, Jeff, but I've thak,, it's an anecdote so, isn't it? Like, I had to do a bit of anecdote revision, because,
no, my son's five, my son's five now.
What is your setup, Jeff?
First of all, what's your set up at home with your kids?
Set up at home, I've got one wife,
and I think got is the word.
Even if it's problematic, I got her and I've kept her. It's something I'm proud of, Snares probably a better work. Entrapped. Encourage.
You can leave whenever she wants, but I know, I do know stuff.
And then there's, and then there's Seb, my son who's five years old and he, well,
I know like the, you know, the thing about this podcast is you've got to have your gripes,
but it's going to be tricky for me because I am completely infatuated with him. So that's partly why I was revising the anecdotes to remember some annoying stuff. What are when he was younger? Yeah, because they do,
when they get to that five, they do just become your little mate. It's not as
full-on as when they're like babies or toddlers. So I know what you're saying
there, but yeah, but he's a little legend. You don't have to be negative. Well, I, the, the, the, the, the, the, they, the, they, they, thage, they, th. Well, tho, tho, tho, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they're, they're, they, they, when, they're, they're, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, they, they're, they do, they do, you do realize this with fascism in a way,
if you indoctrinate them young, it's so easy.
So at the moment he likes everything that I like and he doesn't even know why.
He just likes it.
Star Wars, football, cricket, the conservative party, everything, Josh.
He loves it.
That is one of your calling cards, the only conservative voting a comedian on the circuit.
I didn't waste any time getting that out, Rob.
I didn't even intend to.
People needed to know, Jeff.
Everyone needs to know your angle.
It's been drilled into me.
But, yeah, no, it is funny because I do think sometimes when he watches and listens to some of this stuff because all this stuff is out there. He's inevitably he's going to be a lefty, you know, a certain point in his life.
And I feel like this is going to kick against you, isn't he, Jeff?
Well, when he wants to go and work in Portugal and be an accountant in Lisbon, I think
we might have some chats.
Do you like not as easy as it was a big Corbyn' in post, yeah. Yeah, I mean it's inevitable, isn't it? Does it feel, because I associate you at talking about politics or talk about current affairs,
do you enjoy talking about your personal life in comedy?
I love it, I love it.
We're not got a call to do this.
I'm increasingly enjoying stuff like this because I spent a long time, you know, I was a comic from 2001 and I spoke, started speaking about politics in 2013, I have been doing that a while, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, thololololololing, but, but, tholing about, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about, about about, about, about, about, about about, about, about comic from 2001 and I spoke, started speaking about politics
in 2013, so I've been doing that a while, but all along I've been doing the club game, I've
been writing for stuff and so I love all aspects of comedy and you know, any hour that I do, I'm not
going to do like more than maybe a third of it on politics. I think people might come thinking that's what they want, but 20 minutes in they're their. Yeah. Yeah, th. Yeah, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm th, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, they want, but 20 minutes in they're going, okay, no one really wants it, do they?
No one does. And even like the great political comics that we would all think of, I think
that they seem to have worked that out as well.
And I'll always do loads of stuff about, you know, domestic life and stuff like that. No, you are, the thing is, what separates you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you from you're their you're their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. lot of them are, which is the big problem.
And getting a cheer for finding a thousand people that agree with you is not the same as
a punchline and I'll stand by that, Jeff.
That's a long tour poster quote, Rob, but I am going to use it.
But how would you feel though if he was super left-wing or you wouldn't mind too much because you are a conservative voter as it well, but you're not like sort of you know I think sometimes they are politics people are just
so full on one end. You're fairly you just people can vote for different parties and have opinions
and stuff about. Yeah, I mean life. I mean I'm making them evil or them to be too weak or whatever you want
to call someone or for however they vote. I mean the thing is fortunately for me, you know, being the centre right, which is what I am and what a lot of the country are, is somehow radical prospect, which is brilliant
from my point of view.
You get to be sort of like, some people call you edgy for voting in line with the majority
of people in a country, which is...
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like it would never seem to extreme to him but also you know I went through
that stage I voted Labour in the 90s early Naueties then I was briefly a
Lib Dem but you know it lived in is a bit like sort of experimenting with
your sexuality I think everyone goes for a stage some people stick with it.
I never inhaled. I never inhaled. So where do you live Jeff? Not specifically, but you live in London?
No, no, not anymore. I was listening to one of your podcasts and Rob made a very funny
point about saying that people like you basically priced us out and I thought there's a very good socio-economic point,
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is because you know I've done this documentary about class and all this stuff is like people
go well actually and they think they've rumbled me by going to actually I think you'll
find he lives in rural Cambush actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually actually. the the the the the the the the the the the the Actually, the only reason you know that is because I always mention it in interviews.
So it's like, that's not, that's not school.
You're scum, Jeff, and I can say that because I am.
We know it, we know each other's scent.
We're scum, but we've done all right.
How different do you think's having a kind of similar upbringing to you or is it vastly different? It's way better. It's like DeMonster to be better. He's happy all the time.
He's happy all the time. He's happy all the time. He's happy all the time. I mean he's not going to
have very good anecdotes. I mean I'll say that much. He's a anecdote game. You know he's going to be this weird generation of young people you've got now where they're probably going to live more abstemious lives, less alcohol, less drugs,
so they're going to live forever but have no good stories, right? It's a strange, it's
a strange existence. And I sort of, I'm already wanting to tell him about how hard it was for me. I don't know what purpose this serves. I took him, even, when, when, when, when, they, they, they, they, they, to, to, to, to, to, the, to, to, to, they. I'm, to, they. I'm, to, too, told, too, they. I's, they. I'm, to live, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. So. So, their. their. their. their. their. to. too. too. tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. their, their, their, their, their, their around the council estate that we lived on and I was like, that was a flat that we lived in.
And he laughed a bit and I thought, maybe he will be a Tory.
But I'm just trying to, I'm trying to just, I want him to know my story, but I spoke,
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I've valued I've done a few boys are grappling with the same thing. What's your
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I didn't even think those people existed.
So her family had done well, you know, hard-working, upwardly mobile working-class families,
so they'd done all right, but I sort of judge the differences between us on strange metrics,
like the fact that they used to have like actual diet coke in the fridge.
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No, no, we're talking cans as well.
Cans.
Yeah, not panda pops.
Remember, panda pops?
I like the panda pop.
Nothing wrong with a panda pop, Rob.
I know, but it's not an mid-range you know the football yeah it's not like them cheap energy ones that call like energy go go 13p yeah yeah
dangerous dangerous ball or some sort of rip off green cow gives me legs one
of those but there was a level below that the panda pops was I spoke about in the
book is he mentioned the book and being a toy I think oh get the book in where he's called where did I go the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. thea thea thea they. thea. they. the the the they. the the the the the the they. the the the the the the the in the book. Is he mentioned the book and being a tory? I think he has. Oh, get the book in, mate. You got a book out. Get the book in. Where did I go right, how
the left lost me? But I would say this and I'm aware of a time of this. Someone's just surrendered his fee there by doing the plug by doing the plug. But it's not, it's not like, one of the things that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people that people like that people like that people like that people like that that that that that that that that that that that's that's that's that's that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that. that that. that that. that that that that. that that that that that. that that. that. that. that. that. that. that. th. th. th. th. the the the th. the the th. the the the th. the the the the the the the the the the. the the the. the the. the. the. the. th. th. th. this talking about class background. We used to get this Coke from Quicksave that was called Vogue Cola and it's the worst.
It was somewhere beneath Pander Pops, way beneath Panderpops.
It just didn't.
What happened to Quicksave?
Yeah, quicksavit.
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put out some good PR about the family look we're back on our feet.
The way you said what happened to quicksave Rob was with a yearning I've not heard
like the absolute kind nostalgic couldn't believe that. Yeah just like
something you forgot existed someone put on the other kind of nostalgic, couldn't believe that at dinner. Yeah, just like something you forgot existed.
Someone put on the other day, you remember when it used to telli would go into the adverts
and it'll be a black and white flicker in the top left-down corner?
Yeah, where's that gone?
Do you know what?
My new tour is writing itself here?
So what's Sebastian getting on then? Is he a preschool? Has he gone to school yet? You're toying up his education? No, so he did this year was his first year and what a year to start school. Oh wow.
And he's added it really well. This is part of the problem, Robbies, that I just got so
full of admiration for the lad. Like he's taking it, he's taking it. He's taking a He's a football manager about Phil Fuddin. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the to. to. to. the to. to. the to to the to to the to the the to the to th. to to to to to to to to to to to to be. He's their. He's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to start. He's to start. He's their. He's their. He's their. He's started. He's started. He's the year. He's the year. He's the year. He's the year. And what he's the year. And what, he's the year. And, he's the year. And, he's. And, he's the year. He's the the the the the the the the the the the the th. He's the the the the th. He's the the the the th. He's, before I come on a show and I was trying
to think of what it's going to be like, and I think he's going to be like Nigel Clough to
my Brian, you know, I'm a bit, I like a man, I get a bit angry, I like a drink.
He's just going to clean it up a bit and he'll have had a slightly nicer life. But he's handled all that really, he's th's also, he's a very sensitive lad as well. He's really, really smart, which is, sounds like I'm boasting, but there's sort of dangers that go with that in terms of picking up on stuff.
You know, what's he picked up on then? Is he just picking up on your like, your mood and things like that?
Yeah, you know, like, he worked out what a hangover was a bit too soon for me. I would like to think we could have gone a couple more years. I just want to check from your experience rather than from his. Yeah, he'd come down. Absolutely
hanging this morning. Could you put extra milk in the shreddies. He's. I would have liked a couple more
years of, oh daddy's a bit tired today. That would have been useful. Do you know what I mean? Oh rather and gloating that you're hung over. Yeah, yeah, not gloating but just kind of like he's clocked it.
But I think he does well on my hangover days.
I'm making myself sound like a bit of an alky.
I've drunk more.
But the one day when you're, the one day when you're not hung over, you're an absolutely
superb paranoia.
Do you know what mean I'll suddenly go we should do something today
because I really it's so it's totally self-absorbed I want to essentially
assuage my own sort of self-loathing so we'll end up a chess I also think
there's something in if you're hungover why you're why you're a rumish you mate mates. You're really clicking on the parenting thing.
I feel awful.
Right, let's go and do something to make sure that I'm being a good dad.
That's exactly it, yeah.
I think if you're hungover, doing something's much better.
There's nothing worse than doing nothing, do you know what I mean?
Like you have to go, I'm going to do an activity today.
No way. Yes way, Rob. I, Rob. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, watching hungover. Like you have to go I'm going to do an activity today. No way. Yes way Rob. I've got to disagree. Right so you're hung over. So much easier to go,
I'm going to go to the zoo than it is to go. Are you on fucking crack?
Go to the zoo with kids hung over is better than just laying on your sofa alone. Well I'm not laying on the sofa alone. thoom. the the the the the the the the the thoom. thoom. to. to. to. to. to. to. to be. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to gooomsoa. to gooomsoa. to go to go to go to go to go to go to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go the to go to go the the to go the the to go the the to the to to the the tho too the too tho the tooo the the too the to the too to the to to to the to to to to to to to too too too too to'm saying, Rob, laying on the sofa alone isn't one of the options. The options is doing arts and crafts in my kitchen or going to the zoo.
No, yes, yeah, if you're with kids, it's better to go and do something with them.
The only reason though that's good is because they're in the car or the train, strapped
in or sat down, and that is the good bit. What I'd like to be very clear on this. What I wasn't saying was, I actually find hangovers easier now that I'm a parent that goes
to the zoo than when I was...
Yeah, and I go to the zoo on my own with a hangover.
Yeah.
But then when you do get to that, that 4 p.m. and also the good thing from a parenting point of view is if you're in that situation,
then ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, chocolate, you know what I mean?
That is actually completely in context.
And they think you're being a good parent, it all works.
I'm going to go back.
Now I understand that the kids are always involved in this process.
I'm going to agree. I would even even even even even even even even 8 a.m. when the kids are up
when you might be still pissed, take them to the park and have it at the park
for about four hours and then take them home you're like oh I've had the kids
all morning do you want to have them then you just collapse. So I would a hundred
percent say on the it's way better to be the person that does the early morning with the promise of the mid-morning to lunchtime nap than it is to be the person that lies in gets up
and then it's the whole way through. If I'm up at 7 a.m. and I'm just going to
all I've got to do is make it to 11 a.m. piece of piss. Yeah and I think you can that you can thin the to thoooooooo. thi. thi. thi. thi. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the thi, the the the the the the the the the the the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the the person, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thatea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thi, thi, think women when they're hung over the mornings is their delicate bit and you can be like I'm just going to absolutely power through this bit. The only problem with
getting him up at 7 a.m. is that like, well he sleeps like an absolute log.
What's his sleeping like? From the beginning Rob, I would say that and this will sound like
boasting but I will get to a point where you realize that this isn't totally hours 18 18 18 18 18 He's... Judging on his sleeping patterns, I think he's in the top 1% of people who've ever
slept.
Like, wow.
Because, because me and my wife are talking about that, because he's only, and if you've
got a kid right now and it's difficult, maybe just bleep out this bit or something,
because I think. You know what I accept you're doing here Jeff I think it's fine because you're saying he's good at sleeping. What I think
would be unacceptable is if you went we're just such great parents that we've
made him into this no no no it's easily. It's like accepting that you're powerless
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wake him up slightly before his time it's like you're bringing him round from
major surgery it's so difficult he just doesn't know what's going on and what
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But you know, we've like toilet in stuff and stuff like that when you have to start
reminding him not to just sit there and piss them himself himself himself. Like, when you just, honestly, it's like he's had an anesthetic.
There's another challenge, but I think it's actually, he's so alert, like when he wakes up, and
that's the other side to it.
Is he's straight in the game, do you know what I mean?
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on your podcast and he was talking about like the, the afternoon nap going out. I still
have a memorial every month, like to remember the passing of the afternoon nap is the best
bit of being a parent. Because the thing was when it finished I sort of set to my wife I said guys such a shame in it like all that extra sleep we were both
getting. She was like both getting when that was me I was doing jobs around the house. I was
like oh yeah no I was doing that too babe. Oh well yeah when the afternoon nap goes it.
You do feel like they should do some sort of like gun salu. Just to mark. I'm. the, the, the, the, the, the, the afternoon nap going is they, the myth that it makes
the night times longer and better, like once you lose the afternoon nap, they'll be
sleeping much better at night, it makes absolutely no difference.
I think that's a noble lie.
You know like at the beginning of COVID when they said the PPE doesn't help, just because they
needed it for the hospitals. It's an absolutely noble lie.
Was he always a good sleeper then even when he was a baby?
He was.
I mean, the first couple of weeks that we had made it sound like getting.
First couple of weeks, come on, mate.
No, no, no.
The light is sickening this year.
I could take him being a Tory, but this is trucking too much isn't it? I let him be UKIP without
this sleep is there my nutting. But I also think that the way that I said that was bad
I said I've got a wife earlier and then I said the first few weeks that we had
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You won't see out your bloody left eye, are you, Torrey?
That's the problem, isn't it?
I'm one-hour right eye over it.
We're still doing jokes, don't have the jaundice and then sometimes if it's not monitored correctly and stuff it gets to a point where they have to, then they have to have like a, they have
to put a little one of those blue light blankets around them and stuff like that.
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point and we were so worried about him and stuff.
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But you're just so manic, aren't you with a baby?
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me and Mrs. speaking the other day going, yeah, do you remember how we struggle to show any
objectivity around that time? So like, like them being babies is really cute, but this age five,
it's like they're in tou bit and give you absolute attitude out of nowhere,
because it's sort of like they're just realizing they can.
Have you had that yet or is he still really sweet?
Well, you've got two boys, isn't you, Rob?
I don't know, two girls.
Two girls, yeah, two girls.
Yeah, I mean, listening to the ages of three. I don't want to be a big gammon here guys, but I think
boys and girls are sometimes different. You're in the right company for that sort of
dar. Am I been cancelled? You're pushing the open door. The Billy Rubin stuff was bad, but
this is the absolute tip of the iceberg. I just haven't think boys and I'm definitely are at that age. I definitely are and also like with girls as well. And I I'll happily take a stick for this one but they
their ability to let's not use the word manipulate but influence
is just it's like a superpower and I think that they discover that superpower a bit earlier. Let's leave it there.
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Well, I think with three as well,
because it's sort of like there is sort of a,
I've got like a, it's almost like there's a gang of them.
Now these three girls that's gang gang gang gang gang gang gang gang gang gang gang gang. I think, but yeah, girls are, boys are just, boys are way more rough when they play and
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Is he quite like, I'm slightly worried about that with having a boy.
Because I'm quite happy with like, my daughter, she didn't really smash stuff up or draw on
the wall or, you know, jump on things.
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view that, well if you're surrounded by knick knacks, she's because she. She's on the on the Instagram account she knows what this stuff's going for. She's not going to piss around near a glass dome is she? You can't
play twist near a Shays Lounge, not at Mama's house. Now my son's gonna come
along and he's gonna take a fucking shit on the on the golden palm tree lamp
and before we know it. Well you do see the madness in boys eyes that's what you see
you know that thing about some men just want to watch the world burn I think
they all they all have that and I don't know if this has been discussed by any
the dads with boys but the stamping on your bollocks thing is incredible it's
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like he will kick him at some point that's something. I mean you might be
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She does that a lot.
Just like head butts him and laughs and runs off.
So I don't know if it's boy or girl,
but or if some have just more got more energy.
Do you think, I'll speak about this the other day about girls,
you know, you aspect of progress worries me and I'm like, oh it's ridiculous. Oh, they've recast that as a female and stuff, but I have to say like, I think watching
girls in playgrounds and stuff, they are more physically confident now. And if you think there's been
loads of films like Ray and Star Wars, there's been loads of action heroes. I just wonder
if that's sort of filtered through now, whereas when I was younger, the younger, where, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, they did seem to be more of a gender divide. But, but, listen, I'm just being a bit left-wing here guys.
No, I, I sort of think it was.
I would, I would agree slightly.
So like some of the stuff my kids watch, like, they watch superhero girls on tele,
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type of thing where my eldest is so like, if you ask like, Nigel Farage what a girl's like, it would
be what my eldest thought. Pink, unicorn, pretty, do my hair mummy. Like it is mental.
Like it's almost almost you sort of look
I'm going you are not doing yourselves any favors guys do put on a pair of
trousers quick come on so I do think though that has changed slightly like
in a playground but I find sometimes I still like I still live in South East London
and some of my friends or family members will say certain things I'm like
you're you're painting her out to do that because you think that's what girls do. I think schools are actually way more progressive, but still in the home with certain older members of families,
they will say certain things that sort of go, oh that you'll like this or you'll get that,
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look it's out of order but there go Bobby for you love Action Man for him
that's what they're really like. Well we did that because we said that we
don't want any sort of get like a stereotype girl and that's what. like like like like like like like like like like like like like like the the the the the the the the the the they they they's they's they's they's they's their they's their their their their they's their their their their they's their their their their their they's they's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th is th is the. theati theati toy. things things things things things things things theatieati. theati. they's they're they're they're they're they grow older and they pick in a shop, let them, but I don't want to give like an eight month old, a kitchen or a pram just because she's a girl and that's
what would usually be bought kind of thing or a doll and stuff like that.
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Rob what she's doing to the cause does she? I know exactly. But it used to do with
boys as well. Do you remember that the worst toy in the world which was just a
multi-story car park? What was that in terms of setting you up? In tepity of setting you up, like, just so you know, in about 40 years, you're going to be having blood pressure issues because you can't park in one of these, you might have
got to get used to it sometime. That was the shitest toy ever. Or it weren't even like a ramp.
No hot wheels, just parking them. The ramp was quite exciting, but it didn't really give you an idea of how tense it actually is doing the ramp bit of a multi a a multi the you do that bit, you're constantly worried about catching a wheel or something.
But that was the fun bit of the multi-story car park.
There was a petrol station at the bottom as well,
wasn't it? A petrol station?
Okay, just so you know, like if you want to make it really tense is to
exit it realizing you haven't got any fuel when you're in a city center. I mean the only thing they could have done to make that more realistic was actually had like screaming kids sound effects.
Have you ever, can I ask a question guys?
Have you ever got one like your partner and the kids are in the car and it's been quite
a stressful time leaving the house?
Have you ever shut all the doors and just screamed fucking hell when they can't hear?
No, no, why have you robbed? Yes. It's quite liberating moment where, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, their, their, their, their, th, th, th, th, their, th, th, their, th. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I, I. their, I, I. their, I, their, I, their, their, th, their, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. thi. thoooo. th. th. th.a. th. th. th. thoooooooo. Can't, their, their, their, Rob? Yes, and it's quite liberating because it's a liberating moment where basically that's it's sort of like it's a moment of
stillness and it's just like fuck and then you just get back in the car and
plow on. Well I have that same feeling Rob but sadly for my sort of stomach I'd
push it all down into hernia territory. I just go, the best you can hope for is you just in terms of how your kids see is you just hang in there and then when they're about 24 they're going, you know what, he's actually quite
a reasonable bloke.
That's not what you're shooting for.
He's got his faults, but he tried his best.
He's actually quite a sound guy.
That's your, that's your apex position. feeling about like, I mean five, but like when he becomes a teenager and stuff
like that, we haven't really kind of gone into what kind of parent are you? Are
you disciplinarian? Are you trying to be down with the kids?
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very in extent. There's that there's that aspect of yourself you push out on stage and it is a part of th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There th. There thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th is th is th is th is th. th. th is th is th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to thi to to to to thi to thi thi to thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, you but it's the bit that you choose to sort of like explore on stage and it almost all comics are really not like that
a lot of the time and so I am really soppy really needy and I was sort of
thinking in one generation it's gone from me going oh yeah my old man you never
never told me he loved me that much and I think that said when he has
counseling it will be like just always wanted to hug me, just always wanted to say, I wish he'd shut up and go away.
Like, I really am...
I had to pretend to be asleep so he'd stop hugging me.
I was just...
So did your dad not hug you then, Jeff much?
A bit?
A bit?
A bit?
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we used to give each other a kiss goodbye.
And I remember I was getting like, I was about 12 or 13,
and I remember, I'm saying that, I go, yeah,
I think that, I think that,tactile, whereas actually it was me, you know, and then in the last five years of his life, we sort of brought back in the odd bit of, you know, and stuff. He got, he remarried
and turned his life around a bit. So it ended up like really positive in that respect,
but I've definitely overdue. I know And I think we do this a lot
with parenting don't they we overcorrect. We always over, instead of thinking
how about split the difference like maybe my old man needs something and I didn't.
You know what? It just swings between generation.
Too much or not enough? Well when I was a teacher I remember like like you'd
always see it appearance evening the overcoring parents, like you'd have this really like chippy dad, we'd go, well,
the thing is, my dad made me do homework all the time, so I've said to my kid you don't
ever have to do homework.
Or, or you sort of find a balance, maybe?
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I was I was a secondary school teacher and you know what that disciplinarian thing
I'm good as the final point disciplinarian like when we've had a couple of issues with him where we're not sure he's tell us exactly what's happened. I go full Robert De Niro and meet the parents you know when he gets a gay lord's hands and holds his pulse and stuff and like does a cold read on him, I come in at that level, like the CIA
interrogation level. I'm quite good at that level, but I'm pretty soft most of the rest of
the time. And I was quite a strict teacher as well to be fair. Does your experience? Did that their experience of being a teacher? Did that, presumably, does that, does that, does that, does their, does th. Does th. Does th. Does th. Does their, does th. Does their, does their, does th. Does their, does their, does their, does their, does, does, does, does, does, does, does, does, does, does, does, I? to? to be, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, to. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to make you want kids? Did that make, like, what's your relationship?
Put me off for years, Josh.
Did it?
Did it?
I had to kind of go through like decompression for it.
Well, I was a teacher and I was like, you know,
I did supply up until 2010,
but I stopped being a teacher full time in about 2006 and we didn't start trying for a kid till 2013
so that's how much it burnt me. It was, but it did teach me as well like the
kids, you know, there's certain things that they want as well. They do actually
want rock-solid people around them you know when certainly with teenagers
always felt when they were trying to rebell they were trying to push in down the wall down down down down down down down down down down down down down the wall the wall the wall the wall the wall the wall the wall wall the wall wall wall the wall the wall wall wall the wall the wall the wall the wall the wall the wall trying to push him down the wall, right? That's what it felt like. But the truth was they just wanted to know it was a good wall, whereas the mistake is...
I agree, totally.
It's like referees, you want consistency.
Yes.
Do you know what I mean?
The worst teachers were ones whether you didn't know
whether you could was a laugh 80% of the time but sometimes would flip out at you.
Or the one that would kind of be liberal and easy going with the hard lads. That was the worst kind of teacher wouldn't it? When you knew that he knew that his old man was in organized crime.
And he'd be like, oh yeah. Have you like taking your boy on holiday and stuff yet? you tak, um, have you like taken, like taken, like taken, like th, like th, like th, like thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that that that that that thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th th th th th th th th th th th th, th, th th, th, th th th th, th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that to your holidays and things like that. Are you a relaxed parent on holiday or you're
still quite amped up? He's great fun but I don't get I don't get too tense
about taking him away. I mean one thing I did notice about airports right and
this is where it's just harsh on women's. I think when you're traveling in an airport I think women tend to tend to to te te te to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their wa to their wa to to to to to to to to to to to their their their to told told to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their try. try. try. te. try. te. te. try. try. te. try. toe. try. toe. toe. their their their tend to take on the stress of that situation more squarely because they've You know probably on balance done more of the packing and just more stressed about it
But the flip side of that is seeing bloats get told off in an airport
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He's got up late.
He's walked the dog while they were supposed to be, you know, those distraction to techniques.
So I both observed that and I am also that guy.
If you were at have any more, Jeff, would you go, would you want to be a bit of balance
in the house? I think we were one and done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done done, their.........au? Oh, they? Oh, they? Oh, they? Oh, they, they, they, they, they, tho, they, they, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the dog, the dog, the dog, the dog, the the dog, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, th........ Well, tho, tho, tho, was, tho, was, was, was, tho, was, too, too, tooo, too, was, was, thoooooooooomorrow, was, was supposed.a, was supposed. Oh, was honest. I think we always, we took, we were married a long time before we even started trying,
we were married 10 years before we even started trying for a kid,
which is quite long, so, so we were like,
let's just make one good one, right?
Let's make one good, right?
And the thing is,
he's so good is, you know, when you're just have just have when, you just have, It's unfollable. He's unfollable. That's exactly what he is. And you've got to be in the same
value to the following night and you just go, look, it could be better, but statistically
it's not going to happen, so let's just get through it. So yeah, and also the age we were when we had
our first one as well. I think it's much more likely that we're going to get a cavapoo. When you, when you say say say say years between getting married and having a kid,
Did you plan not to have kids?
Like, no, no, so we were at times we were like 50-50
We were like, could do, couldn't do it.
Eva was fine with us, but what we sort of said was if we ever got to a consistent 70-30,
I mean if he listens to this, you'll be so shocked.
This is some of the most romantic chat I've ever heard. Did you have a chart in your kitchen?
Yeah, we updated the spreadsheet every week.
We'd recalculate and then we look at the pie chart.
Burn the condoms, we've reached 70-30.
It's like a fresh show. Do you know what I mean?
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you know, like, they were like, oh, married now, won't be long for as a little one.
And then they started to get really disillusioned, I think.
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Everything was a bit shit then, let's be honest.
How old is you when he was born?
I was 40.
I had him in my 40th year.
You said earlier that you had, you don't know, even more kind of love towards him
because he feels like... Yeah, I mean I don't mind talking about it just in terms of, you know,
like it's a bit of, it was a hard thing to go through, but we had a couple of miscarriages,
then we had a loss of a very late stage pregnancy. So what happened with that was, which was... Right? What, mate? I do that, I that, I talk about this because it's hard enough for women right it's hard it's hard
enough for women but blokes tend to just internalize and kind of not really
mention it so it was a very difficult thing to go through but it was like it
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And I think that maybe in a way, you know, because we're also aware that we didn't really
change much in terms of still wanting to have one kid, that we wanted to save her every single
minute. But I wonder if that's what's come out in that's come out, that it every day, magical day, you know. And it's made, it's had a knock on impact in his life,
but just to make his life sort of a curiously sort of Disney type experience.
But I mean, again, if there's people listen to this and stuff,
it's it that have been for a similar thing, it's complicated
because there is like a, almost like a sliding door of a timeline that you have a mind on sometimes, you know, and he's sort of aware of what happened.
And you know, I do sometimes wonder if he's trying to be... So would you speak to him about that,
then? Because it was such a difficult thing, he was a way, you know, there's ways that you phrase it,
you know, I don't care whether you're religious or not. Once you've had a kid and you have to describe that sort of stuff. It's like, right, so you've ever heard of angels? Yeah, yeah, of course.
Everyone comes a bit Christian because it just makes it easier.
So obviously I imagine he was aware that his mom was pregnant
and then there wasn't the baby.
Yeah, yeah, it's hard for him, isn't it?
It was a tricky call, but it was such a hard thing to be apparent after that.
for him to just some sort of know that something like that has happened in a way. And you know, it was a difficult call, but he is, I mean, I remember when we said when
we were pregnant again, and I was like, my wife said, what we're going to do if he's a difficult
kid, you know what I mean? We've been for so much. I was like, I think he's going to
absolutely fine. I said he's going to sleep 12 hours straight through, be a a lovely, be a lovely, be a lovely, be a lovely, be a lovely kid. I saw almost made like a comical, ironic wish list for a kid
and that is what we got. I mean that sounds a bit corny, but that is pretty much what happened.
I think it's interesting to say about like not wanting to talk about it because I haven't
spoken on here before because we were pregnant but we had a miscarriage between our two children. And it is, it's yeah, and it's really weird to kind of, there is a a to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to be, to be, to be, to be, to, I, to be, to be, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I. And, I, I, I, I. And, I, I, I, I, I, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to,'s really weird to kind of There is a weird stigma about it really not stigma
But it's not spoken about in the same way as loads of other things
It's so right you don't realize that it's something like one in four pregnancies
Ends in a miscarriage of some sort and it's it's such a regular thing
but it's so kind of behind closed doors, even now, I think.
Yeah, I mean, when you look at the statistical likelihood of it, that especially, you know,
sort of early stage pregnancies as well, I think, you know, kind of stillbirth, once you get
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And so that's the thing that you have to deal with.
But it just, I mean, like, it's taken, this happened in 2014 and it's only been this year that
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Like, yeah we do, yeah. I find like, it sounds kind of weird but like friends I know that have
had miscarriages and you kind of feel like you're in like, it's kind of like you're in the weirdest club ever. Do you know what I mean?
It feels like, I don't know, there feels like something where you go, oh, you know,
you know what this is like, don't you? It kind of, almost like it bonds you in a strange way
to people that have had similar experiences, I think. Yeah, and again, I think that, and I'm really cautious about making out like, because I thi thi thi thi thi thi, and I'm thi, and I'm thi, and I'm thi, and I'm thi, and I'm thi, and I'm thi, and I'm really, and I'm really thi, and I'm really really really thi, and I'm really really really really really that, and I'm really, and I'm really, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really that, and I'm really thi, and I'm really thi, and I'm really thi, and I'm really thi, and I'm really thi, and I'm really really really really thi, and I'm really really really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious, and I'm really cautious about making out like, because I think women go through the physical side. So there are some gender stuff and sex stuff that is just innate. Like you can't change
the fact that people will often say this cliche to you as a bloke, going, well, you know, it's
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stream of this.
But this is one thing I think going through and check in on it, right? That's just a simple thing. Women do that all the time and they're so much
better for it. And then I think from women's side, they just need to take the piss out of each other more.
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what the problem is, men don't deal with it mentally. So like they're both going through
bad things, but bloke just bottle it up and don't really talk about it. And it's so inspiring
that you're talking about it and stuff like that, it does really help.
So well done for talking about it. I think a lot of people appreciate it.
Far more than your right wing bullshit. Yeah, no, I mean look, if there are people that,
if there's places that
people could go, if you let us know Jeff we'll put it in like the description
on the on the podcast because obviously people who are affected.
Could you know what there's so few people that and you might think I'm mad
for saying this but there's so few people that could actually get to get it together to chat I you know from my podcast I there there there the their their their their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi's is this is this is this is this is this is this is th. thi. thi's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. this is is th. this is th. this is th. th. this is th. this is th. th. th. th. this is th. this is thi. this is thi. this is this is this is this is thi's thi's this is thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi. thi. thi. this, but there's so few people that could actually get to get it together to chat. You know, from my podcast, there's an email address that people can write to, right,
which is what most people think UK at Gmail.com. And if I know it's about that, I'll read and respond
to everyone because sadly, you know, what, just not a lot of people are willing to do that, but if someone, if it's based, if it's, if it's, if it's, if it's, if it's based, if it's based, if it's based, if it's based, if it's based, if it's based, if it's based on, if it's based on, if it's based on, if it's based on, if it's based on, if it's, if it's, if it's, if it's, if it's, if it's based on, if it's, th. thi, th. thi, thi, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th....., th., th... th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Yeah, th. Yeah, thi, th. Yeah, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi it might be good for to further that a little bit and then point them in the right direction.
And you can tell them your tour dates and stuff as well, can't you?
Yeah, well exactly, like the little bit of the end.
If they want to buy the book, they buy the book, right?
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
There'll be a few links in there. for Billy Rubin. But yeah I don't mind people email email address it's what most people
think UK at Gmail.com and you know I've had a couple of chats with blokes and stuff like that.
Oh that's great. But if there's one thing that our soppy generation of dads can do is maybe we can
instead of 15 years we can bring it down to six, five or six. Yeah, buy it up for six and then talk about it rather than an outburst on a stag
dude for no reason and no one knows why.
The amount of times I've seen a bloat, not even on a staggb is but like out in a pub,
burst out the pub in tears because the songs come on and triggered them or they've read
something and then all their mates go, fuck those what's wrong with him? I can probably tell me why, go back 15 years. Do you find your more emotional after having a kid, Jeff?
Like has that opened a kind of part of you?
I would say so, yeah, I would say so, because like you go back across stuff, even writing
the book as well, to be honest, you just go back across stuff, emotions come out, you
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what is going on here mate this is mental! Is that I got possessed?
That was about your appearance on Nevermind the Buzzcocks that chapter, isn't it?
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look too ugly whereas we're having like some Hulk moment aren't we just like something out
of us. Like splitting a little bit all the time where's okay but if you have that one mega meltdown ripping off your shirt
radioactivity emanating from I mean it feels like I we normally end with the
same question it feels like a very kind of trite question now after the last
kind of 15 minutes but we'll still we like to keep to format don't we
Rob we like to keep to format yeah yeah yeah no I'm a fan of the show format is everything yeah yeah let's keep to keep the format, don't we, Rob, we like to keep to format. Yeah, yeah, no, I'm a fan of the show.
The format is everything.
Yeah, let's keep through.
Not on this show, Jeff is...
I said it to be nice.
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you know what I think Jeffrey's got a point. The thing is he's like in this
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I do feel scared to say it a bit scared a bit scared will she have
scared will she have bothered no I mean she'staped. You know what it's like in this game, first couple years,
oh, you've done with so-and-so, oh, you're on a thing with Stacey Solomon,
then just don't care about any of it ever again.
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stuff to be right? So if it's Christmas morning they're like, you know what today would be really
nice if he was on really good form and being really charming my folks and they will
sometimes think about this stuff whereas. It would be great if she just bought me a sandwich for no reason. Yeah, you don't. Yeah. Actually, that's the one thing I have for. But there is,
there's generally not that much of a playbook. So that is one thing. Jeff. It's brilliant,
speak to you. Thank you so much. And thank you for being so kind of open. No, no, thanks for having us on. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the book. the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. tho. tho. tho. tho. th. that's, th. th. that's, that's th. th. th. that's, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. th. we get it? Probably the internet and it will get it from the internet. Yeah, I mean, if you go, like, it's type in the words, Jeff Norcott book.
That is gonna be, I've only got one.
You know what I mean?
It's not that good a name where you're gonna have other people even called that,
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So yeah, that will be going from 1st of September.
And well done for I think opening up and talking because I think people really appreciate
and for anyone else is gone through certain things with miscarriage and stuff.
What's that email address one more time for people? Yeah, if you want to just chat to me and carry on the discussion on on on on the discussion on the discussion on the discussion on the discussion on the discussion on the discussion on the discussion on to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to me on to me on to me on to me on to me on to me on to me on to me on to me and carry on to me and carry on to me on to me. I'm to me. I'm to me, to me, to to to to to to me, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I, I I, I their, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, tho.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e, th.e, me about and carry on the discussion, it's what most people think UK at Gmail.com.
Or if you want to sort of like troll me just for being a Tori and an asshole, that's a really
good way of getting to me directly.
And it's what most people think is your podcast as well, is that right?
Oh, I can't believe that.
I mean, that's the you're not you're not a brand name guy I this is the most confusing email address and name of a show it sounds like the start of
a sentence and you a Gmail jumps out of nowhere at you I just with titles for
stuff I just keep throwing shit at a war just keep adding words where did I go
right how the left lost me what most people just google Jeff no it's all on a website yeah you can't they'll try to the the the the the th th th th they they they they they th th th they they they th they they to to to to th th th th to th to th th to th to th th to th th th th th the the just just just just just just just just just th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th to just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi to thi the thi thi the thi thi to the to th th th. All right. It will be. You don't want to rush into a website.
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Cheers, Jeff.
Cheers, Jeff.
No, Cart.
Love Jeff.
Love Jeff.
Good guy.
Yeah.
Good comic.
Always has his hair perfectly in place.
That's right. His hair is always perfectly in place. I've never seen it long, even in long that I think he did it himself.
Always very clean cut.
Loads good stuff there.
I think it's great that you spoke about miscarriages and things like that.
It's got to be spoken about more, definitely.
It definitely has.
The reason I haven't spoken about it is because when Rose was pregnant, which was like, I know this sounds mad, but you don't want to tempt fate. I was just like, I just want to get to the end of this without going.
It didn't feel like I wanted to say, but now we've got a happy ending because we're pregnant
again, because you still feel like you're part of it.
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that may happen and then it never happens so then they feel like they can
never talk about it where if you do have a your first or second or third baby
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talk about it, the easier everything is. And that's not just about babies and trying for kids,
anything with like grief or sadness and stuff like that. But that's brilliant. It's so kind of kind of Jeff to put his email address out. So if you are want any any any any any the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the the more the more the the the of. the more the more the more the more of. the more the the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the more the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tiea. tiea. tiea. tha. tiea. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. the easier easier the easier the easier the easier the easier the easier the easier. I think in Jeff's case it was very, very late miscarriage. It wasn't a early doors one, I think. So that's very kind of Jeff. So yeah, it's what most
people think at Gmail.com if you want to get in contact. I think it's what most people
think at Gmail. Oh, I mean, I love Jeff. Let's be honest. Let's be honest. Let's be honest. the terrible name. It's that. It's that's that's that's that's that's that's the email email email email. It's that. It's the email. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's that's that's th. It's that's th. It's that's that's that's th. It's that's what th. It's that's kind. It's what th. It's what th. It's what most th. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's kind. It's that's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's what. It's not. I love Jeff. How's it? How's he not managed to get it's what most people think at Gmail.com. Someone's already got that quite shit email address.
Just call it Jeff Norcott podcast. Anyway, I don't know why I'm giving it. We're saying how great he's done.
Now I'm giving him shit for his branding. I really like everything about Jeff except his ability to do an email address. Yeah. It's what most most the the the said it. That was such a London delivery, wouldn't it?
It's what most people think UK at Gmail.com.
What was that?
The first time he said it, I'm not going to lie.
I thought his email was UK at Gmail.com.
I was like, how the fuck did you get that?
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I was like, yeah, I've always thought that.
I was thinking the other day.
I bet Jeff Norcott's email is UK at Gmail.
Dot com, absolutely legend.
Oh dear.
Anyway, give him an email if you want to chat and he can point you in the right direction
for any advice and stuff. But thanks for listening. We'll be back with another episode next week. Cheers guys. Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
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