Bill Bailey says he turned down Strictly five times due to finding show 'ridiculous'

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Jay interrupted: “That you’d have to commit to 12 weeks. Even if you’re out in week three, you’d have to commit.”Bill explained: “I just thought, ‘I’d never be sable to commit to this amount of time.

It’s ridiculous.’“And then, of course, a once-in-a-century pandemic come along…”Bill went on to explain how as coronavirus spread in the UK, his tour was cancelled and work had stopped.He confessed: “All this work was disappearing out the door.“All the live gigs went like dominoes.“I tried doing Zoom gigs and online stuff but, you know, it’s pretty grim.”Jay then asked him whether “at this point in his career” he could have financially “ridden out the pandemic without doing anything”.Bill said: “Normally I would say that is true.“But in this case, money was tight.

I realised actually, things were looking pretty bleak.”Thanks to his relentless work, Bill has managed to secure an array of awards including Best Live Comic at the British Comedy Awards back in 2000.During the National Comedy Awards, which were broadcast on Channel 4, Bill paid emotional tribute to Sean Lock, who had tragically died from lung cancer last year.Bill said: “I miss our walks, actually.