Stolworthy, Jacob (1 March 2020). "Joe Lycett changes name to Hugo Boss in protest against fashion house". The Independent . Retrieved 1 March 2020. Mark Silcox vs Burger King: Video 2019: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". chortle.co.uk . Retrieved 24 April 2019. In February 2020, Lycett briefly changed his name by deed poll to Hugo Boss as part of a protest against the fashion brand of the same name. [5] [11] He is also recognised as one of Britain's most high-profile queer or pansexual men, and has partaken in advocacy for the LGBTQ community on many occasions. [12] [13] Early life [ edit ] BBC Arts announce Joe Lycett: Summer Exhibitionist". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre . Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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His stand-up career began at 19 while he studied for a drama degree at Manchester University. “Doing comedy was another way of getting attention. I didn’t think for a moment I could make a living from it, but I became addicted,” he said in 2010, describing his act as “middle-class whimsy”. He was serious, but ended with a sentiment he probably felt after Sunday’s hooplah, too. “You might wonder how it feels to have been described in the papers as having caused these people ‘chaos’ and ‘mayhem’ and ‘mass panic’ because of a few jokes. Let me be clear: it feels absolutely f---ing fantastic.” Matt Chorley (6 September 2022). "Joe Lycett: 'It's such fun being right-wing' ". The Times . Retrieved 17 October 2022. Hollister, Holly (5 September 2022). " "I'll see you on Broad Street bab!" An Interview with Joe Lycett • BABMAG". BABMAG . Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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In June 2022, a member of the audience at a Belfast show called the Police Service of Northern Ireland to complain about a joke that referenced a donkey. [35] Lycett bemoaned being investigated by the police over a joke, but was happy to recount his enjoyment from repeating the joke, which he regarded as one of his best, in his messages to the police. The investigation was subsequently closed. [36] Channel 4 goes live on Friday nights with Joe Lycett". channel4.com/press . Retrieved 18 February 2023. The Birmingham-born comic, who has appeared on comedy shows including Taskmaster and QI, has been behind several public stunts in recent years.Stolworthy, Jacob (1 March 2020). "Joe Lycett changes name to Hugo Boss in protest against fashion house". The Independent. For those who managed to miss what tumbled uncontrollably from a collective “Wait… what?!” on social media to a full-on, hysterical national talking-point in less than 24 hours, it began with some sarcastic clapping and went from there. Kuenssberg had just finished interviewing the prime minister-in-waiting, Liz Truss, in a studio space next to where the day’s assembled pundits – former Downing Street aide Cleo Watson, Labour MP Emily Thornberry and Lycett, a comic perhaps best known to primetime viewers for previously hosting BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee and Channel 4’s Travel Man – were sitting in wait.

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And their perfectly understandable response to this was … to call the f****** police. To be fair to them the fuzz were very nice about it all but felt they had a duty to investigate. Joe Harry Lycett (born 5 July 1988), [2] also known by the self-given moniker Mummy, [3] [4] and briefly legally known as Hugo Boss, [5] is an English comedian, painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style, whimsical public stunts and elaborate set designs, Lycett has been described as one of Britain's most popular comedians. [6] [7] [8]Glastonbury Special With Joe Lycett". Archived from the original on 3 March 2018 . Retrieved 3 March 2018. Labour MPs, fur capes and UB40: a wild night with Joe Lycett, comedy's new star". the Guardian. 19 November 2016 . Retrieved 22 November 2022. He is a proud Brummie and recently presented a portion of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. “I’m going to do something now that the British government doesn’t always do, and welcome some foreigners – this time from the region of Asia,” he ad-libbed. The Great British Sewing Bee viewers give their verdict on new host Joe Lycett: Joe has stepped into Claudia Winkleman's shoes". Good Housekeeping. 13 February 2019 . Retrieved 15 February 2019.