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The 1% Club host Lee Mack’s confession after ‘waiting fairly late’ to have children

He's a dad of three

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Lee Mack – who is hosting The 1% Club tonight (Saturday, July 27) – has previously opened up about ‘waiting’ to be a dad.

Speaking to the Big Issue in June 2015, Lee admitted he became a father a little later in life than might be expected.

At the time, he reflected on whether he would’ve have changed that to have a family when he was younger.

Lee Mack looks serious on Would I Lie To You?
Lee Mack was 36 when he became a dad for the first time (Credit: BBC YouTube)

Lee Mack on having children

The Would I Lie To You? star said: “I waited fairly late to have kids. I am 46 and my eldest is 10.

“Nowadays, 36 isn’t massively late but I would probably have kids earlier because it has been so great.”

Lee also revealed why he felt at that stage of his life that having children may very well be a younger person’s game.

I have more time but less energy.

He went on to explain: “I now have a three-year-old – and I have more time but less energy.”

Lee Mack presents Freeze the Fear alongside Holly Willoughby
Lee Mack also presented Freeze the Fear alongside Holly Willoughby in recent years (Credit: BBC iPlayer)

‘Worrying about kids’

In the same chat, Freeze the Fear host Lee also weighed up on how having children can change someone’s perspective.

He noted how getting older with kids can mean becoming “more political” without even necessarily realising so.

Lee reasoned he found the usual expectation of a tendency to become more right wing with age “odd”.

Lee Mack looks upwards while hosting The 1% Club
Lee Mack has suggested growing older with kids can affect perspectives on life (Credit: ITV Hub)

And that’s because he reckons with age comes more “worry” about children and the world they grow up in.

Making a link between left-of-centre approaching and ‘caring politics’, Lee added: “If you can make the world fairer, your children will be more safe.”

The 1% Club airs on ITV tonight (Saturday July 27) from 8.30pm.

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer