Joe Lycett makes rare comments about fatherhood and gives a glimpse into family life after welcoming a baby boy with mystery partner

Joe Lycett has made rare comments about fatherhood and gave a glimpse into his family life in a new interview.

The comedian, 36, left fans stunned in October last year when he announced that he’d welcomed a baby boy with is mystery partner, known only as ‘Denise’. 

At the time, fans believed that the news was simply one of Joe’s pranks, with MailOnline later confirming that the TV star had indeed become a father.

And while Joe usually keeps his private life under-wraps, he did reveal to the Radio Times that he was ‘loving’ being a dad.

He shared: ‘I love it. I’m in a very happy, golden era of my life right now.’

Joe also also gave a hint at what home life is like while describing his view from his sofa, noting that there was ‘a pram and loads of nappies’ in the room alongside his TV, an easel and his Baftas.

Joe Lycett has made rare comments about fatherhood and gave a glimpse into his family life in a new interview

While Joe usually keeps his private life under-wraps, he did reveal to the Radio Times that he was ‘loving’ being a dad.

The funnyman went on to reveal how he and his partner like to spend their time with their boy stating: ‘We’re also doing a lot of baby cinema [special screenings for adults and babies/young children]. Now it’s a family activity, it’s so fun.’

Back in November, Joe told how he understands the furore surrounding his shock baby announcement – admitting: ‘It’s unexpected for me to have a baby because lots of people think of me as the gay bloke off the telly.’ 

Many of the Birmingham-born comic’s followers were sceptical he was telling the truth, given his form for pranks, and he claimed many of his fans thought his Instagram post announcing his baby’s arrival was fake because it looked like he was ‘holding a potato’.

But MailOnline confirmed in November the baby was real and now Joe has spoken in detail about his first weeks of fatherhood, admitting he spent them ‘crying’.

He explained: ‘I’ve done a lot of, I mean less so now, but the first sort of two weeks I did a lot of crying because I did a lot of nostalgia for the future and imagined what he would be like when he was 20 and then worried about him when he’s an old man and I can’t be there for him.’

Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, Joe also revealed his newborn son has sparked an unlikely new obsession.

He says: ‘The one thing that has surprised me is that I’ve got really into sport, that wasn’t on the bingo card.

‘I was in the States earlier this year and basketball was on in the bar I was in and the games are all on between midnight and 5am, so when you’re up doing the feed, there’s something live happening.

He shared: ‘I love it. I’m in a very happy, golden era of my life right now’ [Joe pictured with his partner and son in November]

‘We’re also doing a lot of baby cinema [special screenings for adults and babies/young children]. Now it’s a family activity, it’s so fun.’ 

‘You sort of feel like the world is happening even though you’re up in the middle of the night.

‘So I’ve become a fan of the Cleveland Cavaliers.’

He added: ‘They weren’t doing well but they’re winning the league now since I’ve become a fan. They’re unbeaten in 15 games. I’m mad on the stats, I know all the players’ names.’

Joe said on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s podcast that he is ‘bisexual’, having previously branded himself ‘pansexual’, which means attracted to someone regardless of their gender. 

The comedian had his baby son with his female partner, whose identity he is keeping secret, but he has previously jokingly referred to her as ‘Denise’.

The Late Night With Lycett star expressed how ‘immensely proud’ he is of her, saying she’s taken to motherhood like a ‘duck to water’.

Joe joked one of the perks of parenting is being able to use his new ‘tumble drier’ as he loves ‘washing’.

Back in November, Joe told how he understands the furore surrounding his shock baby announcement 

‘I’ve done a lot of, I mean less so now, but the first sort of two weeks I did a lot of crying because I did a lot of nostalgia for the future and imagined what he would be like when he was 20’ 

Joe spoke fatherhood in the latest issue of Radio Times

However, Joe admitted he did have a scare when registering his baby’s name due to a historic prank in which he changed his name to Hugo Boss, in protest at the fashion brand’s brutal copyright war on small businesses using the word ‘boss’ in their name.

Joe explained: ‘Talk about things coming back to bite you on the a***.

‘When we went to register his name the registrar said to me ‘have you been known by any other names?’

‘I said ‘no’ then I looked over at my partner and she furrowed her brow and I went, ‘oh yeah I was known as a Hugo Boss for a while.’

‘And she had to go into real granular detail and she said ‘you got lucky because if you were Hugo Boss on your passport, we have to put that on his birth certificate the father is Joe Lycett, also known as Hugo Boss’.

‘Fortunately the passport was rejected because my signature as Hugo Boss when I was Hugo Boss for that period was a c*** and balls so they rejected it.

‘It was just changed via Deed Poll.’