BAFTA TV Awards host Rob Beckett reveals suicide horror and mental health struggles
ok.co.ukWhen comedians and best mates Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan host the BAFTA TV Awards tonight, viewers can be sure they're in safe hands for an evening of laughs.
But despite being known for his hilarious jokes on sold-out stand-up tours, frequent TV appearances and hit podcast Lockdown Parenting Hell with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe, Rob has previously revealed a traumatic past.
He has spoken about losing friends to suicide, as well as his own mental health struggles, and detailed how tough it was breaking into comedy from a working-class background in his autobiography A Class Act.
In 2021, Rob, 38, told The Irish Times why he had decided to be so honest about his struggles while writing his autobiography, where he tells how as part of a comedy newcomer award he won a trip to Adelaide including accommodation for the city's month-long comedy festival - but was unable to afford anything while he was there.
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