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Lost Voice Guy comedian Lee Ridley unveils new Geordie voice on Christmas Eve: ‘It means a lot to finally sound like my family and friends’
Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy – debuted a brand-new voice on his TV special, Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy.The 40-year-old, who was diagnosed with a neurological form of cerebral palsy as a baby, which affected his movement and rendered him unable to speak, stormed to victory in the 2018 edition of Simon Cowell’s popular talent competition.Performing via a communication device, Ridley’s voice-synthesiser, with its posh but slightly robotic tone, became the comic’s calling card – but all that is about to change.Speaking to Metro.co.uk ahead of the unveiling of his new voice on television, Ridley explained how it had all come about and what it meant to him to finally speak in the same accent as his friends and family,
