It wouldn’t be a Joe Lycett TV appearance without a smidge of carnage, would it? The comedian and all-round menace had viewers in stitches with his appearance on The One Show on Friday evening (March 5), as he sat on the sofa next to Drag Race icon RuPaul. Chatting about the return of
Late Night Lycett next week, Joe, 35, reflected on the first series on Channel 4 , in which he presented late-night
comedy entertainment from his home of Birmingham, with wild games, hilarious sketches, and celebrity guests galore. Joe is known for giving away outlandish prizes on telly, including his own car. So, when host Roman Kemp suggested he was set to give away his house next, Joe was keen to clarify. ‘Last time you were on, we were talking about what prizes you give away. You were talking about giving your car as the actual prize. And this time around, you’re giving your house!’, Roman began. ‘Not quite true, actually,’ said a perplexed Joe. ‘That is fake news, actually,’ he joked, following his confession of planting fake stories in the press over recent months. He continued: ‘Last time I gave away my car and the woman I gave it to, she just sold it straight away!’ ‘Oh my gosh!’, exclaimed a stunned RuPaul. ‘To be fair, I’d do the same,’ Joe quipped. ‘No, I was trying to catch you out there,’ Roman admitted. ‘What can you tell us, what can you give away?’ After thinking hard, Joe replied: ‘What I can say is the idea I had for what we’d give away has made the producers very nervous…’ Chiming in, a quick-witted RuPaul mocked: ‘Is it your virginity?’ Turning to face the drag
Queen, Joe looked him dead in the eyes and smiled: ‘How much do you think it’s worth?’ As the studio erupted into laughter, it was clear the hosts were uncomfortable, quickly trying to change the subject. ‘And thank you, Joe!’, Roman interrupted. ‘Is this the last-ever One Show now?’, Joe teased. ‘This show might never exist now.’ Well, if The One Show was to ever get cancelled, we reckon it’d be pretty on-brand for Joe to be responsible. Despite sending producers into meltdown, Joe and RuPaul’s cheeky exchange provided much amusement to audiences at home. X user _GemmaCurtis_ wrote: ‘Ru Paul and Joe Lycett on the one show together has been hilarious’. RuPaul and Joe Lycett on the One Show together = an absolute riot ð GIRL RUPAUL AND JOE LYCETT ON THE ONE SHOW?? TURNED ON THE TV I WAS LIKE WHATTTT i think joe lycett and ru paul both on the one show tonight is the most iconic pairing in tv history Ru Paul and Joe Lycett on the one show together has been hilarious #TheOneShow Watching @joelycett flirt with @RuPaul on @BBCTheOneShow was NOT on my 2024 bingo card⦠brilliant ððð½ pic.twitter.com/gQPEGfuVOp ‘Ru Paul and Joe Lycett on the One Show has made my bloody evening, glad I didn’t miss this’, echoed LSSurrey. User helenasworld90 hailed the duo as ‘an absolute riot’ while babstanwyck added their antics were ‘so funny’. Viewer putasinghonit also wrote: ‘Watching @joelycett flirt with @RuPaul on @BBCTheOneShow was NOT on my 2024 bingo card… brilliant’. Joe and RuPaul’s flirty banter follows his confession that he’s behind ‘multiple fake news’ stories that have landed in a range of outlets across mainstream media. In a self-shot video, he admitted to fooling the nation with ‘silly’ stories. He said: ‘For the last month, me and my team have been planting stupid, silly
fake news stories, about things that never actually happened in the hope that they would take up space that more hateful or polarising fake news might otherwise have used.’ The comic did not reveal which stories he was responsible for, teasing that all would be revealed when Late Night Lycett returns on April 12. In the meantime, he’s tasked fans with digging out the fakery and posting them on
Social Media with the hashtag #IsItJoe? The One Show airs weeknights on
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