In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
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Adam Kay
British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
United Kingdom · b. 1980
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About
Born in Brighton, Kay, 42, spent six years as a junior doctor before leaving in 2010 to become a comedian. In 2017 he published his bestselling memoir, This Is Going to Hurt. In 2022 it became a BBC TV series starring Ben Whishaw, and this year Kay won a Bafta for the script. His latest book, Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients, is out in paperback on 8 June. He performs Undoctored – This Is Going to Hurt… More at the Pleasance theatre on the Edinburgh Fringe from 2-28 August. Kay lives in Oxfordshire with his husband, James Farrell.
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I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Self-destruction.
People who barge into a lift instead of standing aside for anyone exiting should be dipped in kerosene and fired into the sun.
A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.
A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.
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