Russell Kane Reflects on Right to Buy Impact

Russell Kane has revealed the profound impact the government's Right To Buy scheme had on him and his family.

The comedian, 50, joked that after his parents were afforded the opportunity to purchase their North London council house in the mid 1980s, he was left thinking they were 'like the Kardashians'. 

He said becoming a home owner transformed his father's confidence and 'changed him psychologically' leading to him adding a huge extension and 20ft kidney-shaped swimming pool for the family.

First introduced by then Prime Minister , Right To Buy allows tenants to purchase their homes at a significant discount. However the scheme is not without controversy and has widely criticised for reducing social housing stock, fuelling the housing crisis.   

Russell said: 'My dad never made money from the house in his lifetime. But the security of knowing how much it was worth changed him psychologically'. 

'He became prouder of himself. And I went to school thinking we were the Kardashians. That confidence goes a long way, particularly in a young man. That, in my opinion, is why I made it to university, the first in my family to do so'.

Recalling his dad's home improvements, Russell said how plans for Doric-style pillars at the entrance were denied. 

He told The Sunday Times: 'The council rejected them, saying they would "spoil the look of the road". So my dad built square brick-built pillars instead and the house became known as "the castle" by our disgruntled neighbours'.

Russell went on to say that downsides of the scheme had come from governments not replenishing housing stock, resulting in the sad reality that social mobility was lower now than when he was a child.

The funnyman previously claimed that he had found the 'elixir of youth' — and said it made him 'so permanently f****** horny'.

Candidly , Russell admitted his libido is now 'off the charts' thanks to a cocktail of supplements he is taking.

He credited his rejuvenation on one in particular, a 'biohacking' pill which is the brainchild of his wife Lindsey.

Thanks to his obsession with maintaining the energy of a 21-year-old, to prolong his career and party in Ibiza three times a year, Russell had slowly accumulated bottles of questionable supplements in his bathroom cabinet. At one point, he was popping more than a dozen a day.

In 2021, Lindsey became so fed-up with the pair of them taking so many different pills that she decided to channel her energy into making Jolt, which Russell has branded an 'elixir of youth potion'.

'He became prouder of himself. And I went to school thinking we were the Kardashians. That confidence goes a long way, particularly in a young man' (Kardashian family pictured 2025)