JOE Lycett has revealed he had to rush his 16-month-old son to hospital in a rare parenthood admission.
The comedian keeps his personal life notoriously private and shocked fans in 2024 when he revealed he had become a father, welcoming the little one with his long-term girlfriend.
Joe’s girlfriend, whom he refers to as ‘Denise’ to keep her real name private, remains out of the limelight, with their relationship very under the radar.
But appearing on Katherine Ryan’s What’s My Age Again Podcast, Joe spoke about his experience with fatherhood and detailed a recent health scare with the youngster.
Choosing not to share his name, Joe jokingly nicknamed his little one “the punisher”.
He explained: “The punisher was poorly recently, we had to go into hospital and whatever.”
” I got a real sense of, ‘I would take any pain that you have, a thousand times over. I would bulldozer through a nursery to save you. I would do whatever it takes,” explained Joe of the unwavering love he has for the baby boy.
He later referenced the hospital incident again, confirming that the youngster had to be assessed in A&E.
Talking about how the family had a parking debacle during the hospital trip, he explained: “So, the punisher was ill. I drove to A&E, Birmingham children’s hospital.
“Parked up, took a picture of the Ringo number but didn’t do it straight away, like, ‘Oh, I’ll just wait while my son was unwell’, I thought, ‘I’ll do it in there’.
“So, he was being assessed and I was paying for parking whilst he was being assessed, so I had one eye on him and one eye on this,” said Joe, who continued to explain that he ended up getting a parking ticket for not doing so in time.
Joe also gave an insight into family life and his decision to become a parent as he said: “I always said I didn’t think I’d have kids but if one happened then I’d have a really good go at it.
“But then, I think, being in a stable, loving relationship, suddenly I was like, ‘Oh it would be fun to have a go at this’.
“Once we started talking about it, it became an inevitability.”
The comedian then touched on his decision to keep his family life, including his relationship, out of the public eye.
There are no family snaps on his social media, with his son and partner not featured anywhere online in connection to Joe.
Explaining the reason behind this, Joe said: “For the punisher, it’s up to him if he wants to do that later and be in the public eye.
“Because there is an inherit risk in being in the public eye, being known, having your face known and all of that.
“And if I end up doing something appalling he can change his surname and no one knows who he is, essentially.
“And then with Denise she just has a job where she works with vulnerable people.
“So if people know that I’m with her then it might affect her work. And also she has no desire to be in it – it’s weird to do what we do. “