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Billy Connolly says he’s ‘finished with stand-up’
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standard.co.ukSir Billy Connolly has said he will no longer do stand-up comedy. The 77-year-old, who started out in the business back in the 1970s, was hoping to keep performing in some capacity after officially retiring in 2018.
However, Connolly has now said his Parkinson’s diagnosis, which he revealed publicly in 2013, has made “his brain work differently.” “I’m finished with stand-up,” he told Sky News. “It was lovely, and it was lovely being good at it.
It was the first thing I was ever good at, and I’m delighted and grateful to it. “The Parkinson’s has made my brain work differently, and you need a good brain for comedy. [Stand-up] is a madly exciting thing to do, it’s a delight and it’s a privilege.” Connolly’s zany brand of off-the-cuff
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