Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll tells This Morning heartbreaking reason he got into comedy
dailyrecord.co.ukThe creator of Mrs Brown's Boys Brendan O'Carroll has told This Morning of the heartbreaking reason he got into comedy. Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on the ITV Daytime show, he explained his dad's passing back in 1964 opened up his career.
The 67-year-old - who is about to start filming a new series of the BBC hit show in Glasgow - says his obsession with comedy started at the age of 10.
Weeks after the death of his father, the Irish comic said he heard his mum sobbing in her bedroom. “I thought my job now is to make her laugh every day.
And I did. Virtually every day,” he said.The comedian said he kept his promise until his mum Maureen passed away in 1984. “She died laughing,” he added.Brendan said: “About two weeks after my dad died.
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