‘I am old’: Great British Bake Off’s Matt Lucas celebrates his 47th birthday at home in his slippers with some giant balloons during lockdown
He’s everyone’s favourite funny man from Little Britain.
And Matt Lucas looked like his jolly self as he celebrated his 47th birthday at home in his slippers on Friday while holding some giant balloons.
Fans and friends flooded to his social media accounts to wish The Great British Bake Off star a happy birthday.
Birthday boy! Little Britain star Matt Lucas looked like his jolly self as he celebrated his 47th birthday at home in his slippers while holding some giant balloons on Friday
The star relaxed in navy joggers and a wine coloured jumper which he paired with his cosy grey footwear.
In the caption he thanked fans for the birthday messages, writing: ‘Thank you for your birthday wishes. I am old.’
Friends of the popular comedian took to social media to wish him a happy birthday.
Happy time: He wrote that he is now ‘old’ and thanked fans for all their lovely messages
Ex Bake Off contestant Laura Adlington wrote: ‘ Happy birthday Matt! Hope you have a lovely lockdown birthday. Sending lots of love xxx’
Another wrote: ‘Yes, that’s pretty old. Have a good day.’
A third penned: ‘Happy birhday best human.’ #
His good friend and Little Britain co-star David Walliams is yet to pen a message but may have done privately.
England is still in a national lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic which explains Matt’s quiet affair.
Lockdown birthday! England is still in a national lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic which explains Matt’s quiet affair
Last month Matt used England’s third national lockdown to grow his ‘first ever moustache’.
He took to Instagram to debut his new look, admitting his facial fuzz looked ‘a bit weird’ due to his lack of eyebrows.
In the caption, he joked: ‘In lockdown 3 I grew my first ever moustache. I don’t have eyebrows so it looks a bit weird.’
Moustache: Last month Matt used England’s third national lockdown to grow his ‘first ever moustache’
The comedian has alopecia – a condition that causes your hair to fall out – which he has had nearly all his life and spokenly openly about.
The Little Britain star lost his hair at the age of six following a traumatic accident when he was hit by a car while on holidays in Portugal, aged four.
Two years later, aged six, he started losing his hair in a delayed response to the shock.
In a column for the Guardian in 2017, Matt penned that losing his hair ‘shaped his childhood’ and also his career later on.
‘I woke up one morning to find several hairs on my pillow,’ he wrote. ‘The next day the same thing happened, only this time there were a lot more. By the end of that summer all my hair had fallen out.’
Although the actor said that his childhood was ‘tough’ and that he was ‘mocked and bullied’ because of his baldness, he said it has ultimately helped him in his career.
‘Would I have had my big break as a baby in Shooting Stars if I had had a full head of hair?’ he wrote.
‘My baldness has made me distinctive, yet also allowed me to transform myself. Stick a wig on and I’m someone else. Swap the wig and I’m now another person.’
Matt briefly returned to London’s West End in December for a few concert performances of Les Misérables before the UK was plunged down into another lockdown.
He portrayed the innkeeper Monsieur Thénardier alongside Katy Secombe, who played Madame Thénardier.
Trauma: The Little Britain star lost his hair at the age of six following a traumatic accident when he was hit by a car while on holidays in Portugal, aged four