Matt Lucas

Comedian has previously said he was desperate to lose some after piling it on during lockdown.

Matt has previously spoken about putting on weight in lockdown, BirminghamLive reports, previously telling ITV’s Lorraine that he “had to do something about it”. Heather the Friut Bat said: “It’s awesome to hear #MattLucas talk about his grandmother that way. Viewers were stunned at comedian Matt Lucas when he appeared on BBC’s the One Show - and revealed he had lost masses of weight.

MATT LUCAS distracted The One Show viewers on Thursday as opened up about his Jewish heritage and roots in Germany with his mum Diana.

“We’re a very modest family,” Matt joked. “But the thing was I never knew their names and I never knew what happened to them” “There was a vague sense that she had family that perished in the Holocaust but I never knew who and how,” the comedian continued. During his interview, The One Show aired a clip of Matt making a startling discovery about one of his ancestors. The One Show viewers flocked to Twitter to comment on Matt Lucas’ weight loss as he discussed his appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? with hosts Jermaine Jenas and Lauren Laverne. Matt was joined by his mum Diana on the BBC magazine show as he opened up on the powerful journey he went on to find out more about his heritage. MATT LUCAS distracted The One Show viewers on Thursday as opened up about his Jewish heritage and roots in Germany with his mum Diana.

The Great British Bake Off host Matt Lucas delves into his family history in tonight's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?

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Who Do You Think You Are is back for a brand new five-part series on BBC One with Matt Lucas the latest celeb to take part.

Stay up to date with the latest celebrity and TV news with showbiz updates from our daily newsletter here. The third episode of season 19 will air on Thursday (June 16), with Matt Lucas' family tree in the spotlight. Following Matt's episode, Line of Duty actress Anna Maxwell Martin will find a "harrowing story of separation in her grandfather's childhood.

Viewers on Thursday night watched as the Jewish comedy star learned that he was related to Werner Goldschmidt, a lodger that the Frank family took in before ...

“I’d been told in the vaguest terms that my family had died in the camps but I had never been told their names and I never knew the details. “My grandmother never talked about her cousins but I think she knew what happened to them,” he says. Although the lodger was around the family as they prepared to go into hiding; he never knew where they vanished to. In Berlin, Lucas learned that his grandmother had plans to follow her own father to become a doctor. I took it almost as a lack of faith in me and my abilities but now maybe I can understand more why she would have been so opposed to that.” He told viewers: “My grandmother was very German, she was a formidable woman.

The Little Britain and Come Fly With Me creators became household names with their sketch show comedies, but the pair refused to work together for eight ...

Rumours of a Little Britain 2 were further fuelled after they performed as characters from the hit Noughties show during a 2020 reunion. But their relationship had started to show signs of strain, with Matt revealing they had petty fights behind the scenes during their Little Britain Live tour that year. In 2005, Matt and David were at the peak of their career, with the third season of sketch show Little Britain under their belts. They produced a one-off special episode of Little Britain called Little Brexit, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, where the show started in 2000. But Matt Lucas and David Walliams have made no secret of the fact they didn't see eye-to-eye for a number of years, with confessions of backstage rows and disagreements about the selection of tour confectionary helping to drive a wedge between the pair. The kings of Little Britain became household names during their purple patch in the Noughties as a comedy duo.