Russell Kane insists that ‘as a bloke you’re screwed’ when it comes to being chatted up

express.co.uk:

Russell Kane, 47, has explained how he feels “insecurity” makes it impossible for men “to be chatted up” in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.The Steph’s Packed Lunch star made the remarks in an interview about losing his virginity, a topic that he has been discussing as part of the Boots Taboo Talk podcast.

Appearing in an episode entitled ‘What I Wish I’d Known Before Losing My Virginity’, the comedian reflected on how his insecurities would make him “fall horrifically and quickly in love with the first girl who showed me any affection whatsoever”.

He then went on to explain how it was only once he became famous and successful that he found new confidence in himself. “Having fame and having women come up to me took that insecurity away,” he admitted. “Before that I was always like, ‘Who’s going to want me?’ I know we all think that and all have periods where we think like that. “But when you’re a bloke and you think like that, you’re screwed.

Because if you go to the nightclub and stand there and think ‘who’s going to fancy me?’ girls don’t come up to you. “If you’re a girl thinking ‘What guy is going to want me?’ and you go to a nightclub with makeup on, you will be chatted up by guys. “They might be vile, they might be disgusting, but you will still get chatted up,” Russell continued. “I never got chatted up by anyone, ever, so the first girl that I’d be working with or got a connection with or just another nerd… We would fall in love.“Even if we were totally incompatible and arguing - we would just stay together. “And that continued all the way until just before Lindsey and then it was my mum that said: ‘For god’s sake, this time (after the last attempt with a girl went wrong) have a year on your own.See.