Jack Whitehall Gets Emotional About His Father

I definitely think my dad in particular was my kind of most you know dominant early comic influence because again I would watch how uh he used humor and how making people laugh was this way that he had to kind of unlock people and he was an amazing wreck on tour and told these incredible stories and I watched how people would hang on his every word and I remember being really in Aura of that and thinking oh I'd love to not only amuse him uh when I'm able to do so but also you know emulate him and and try to be um you know uh someone that people enjoy the company of and the presence of because of my kind of like wit I guess and so yeah he was definitely like for me the person that influenced me the most when I was thinking oh yeah that's definitely something that I would be interested in pursuing how are you honestly feeling about becoming a dad I'm feeling excited it's hard it's a weird one because like sometimes it feels very real and then sometimes it's just a sort of abstract concept an idea and it feels very very surreal um and it sort of flips between both of those things on almost like a daily basis uh and sometimes I've feel quite overwhelmed with thinking about it other times I'm like barely engaged to it at all because I'm so distracted with other things and so it's a really weird emotional place to be in right now like this sort of run-up to having a kid and and I've spoken to lots of friends that have been in this period as well and a lot of them have said that that's quite normal as well that you know again there's sort of no right way to be feeling at any one time um and uh you know you're thinking about her and and looking after her she's had some like health issues as well and so we've had a bit of a journey to get here and and so there's it's it's quite it's quite a scary period as well like that I know I'm just really looking forward to the moment when the baby was born and then I mean I say that like then and then you can relax no it's then like 18 18 years and so it doesn't stop then um again like maybe I've just framed it in in quite a positive way but yeah I'm I I don't know I am I'm ex I'm excited about being a dad because I never thought that I would get to it this early either I honestly because my dad was you know 50 nearly 50 when he had me he really he was 50. I've made that my mouth is right yeah he was nearly 50 and so I was like well I'll be an old dad you know I'll you know live my best life and then when I get to 50 then I'll just pop out a couple of kids be great um and honest and always thought that that was the case uh and then ultimately started looking at friends and seeing how happy they were and my sister with her niece and my niece not Honey's my sister and my niece and thinking oh you know what maybe I maybe I do want that and and then like began to really like yearn for it and I was lucky that I met Roxy he was just the right person and my person and we felt like we were both ready and so yeah um it it's it's a I think people will be surprised when they find out that I'm a lot of people were with friends and family when I told them I think because they just didn't think that I was necessarily ready for it which again like in my weird mentality just makes me go oh I'm going to approve you I'm gonna show you how I'm gonna be the best dad ever so is there a fear because I think if I'm being completely honest with myself and I don't think I've said this before when I think about the prospect of having a child which is again something that I really want to do I see myself as having four kids and I also see myself as hopefully being a really attentive present father there is a little bit of a thing in my head that goes you don't have any time as it is still yeah so something's gonna have to give and it's gonna be your career in some respect like there's going to be some element of reduction in your career and maybe that's okay but if I think about it practically I'm already using all 24 hours in a day yeah so where's it going to come from yeah that's definitely a thought across is my mind and being realistic about it as well and not it's not something that you can like just like you're not going to want to like just schedule it in or I can do a little bit of family time here and then I'll go and uh do some uh you know tour dates in Australia or like I think yeah it's that that's gonna need to be like a significant moment of might change because I'm not going to want to work in the same way that I've worked that's why this like yeah this last year has felt a little bit like I don't know like in in my head I am definitely like mentally prepared for that I was like the baby is coming in September I'm gonna have it's gonna be a little bit I'm gonna do a tour and then I'm and then I'm gonna I don't wanna be having a tour sort of like hanging over me I wanted you to do it now and um weirdly a lot of the comedians that I'm friends with I was like yes I'm doing a tour and then having a baby in September I was like you're gonna regret putting that tour in then you're gonna yeah because then when the baby's like two that's when you don't notice a lot of comedians start getting out on tour because they want to get out the house if you look at all of them yeah they do I won't have that excuse the tool will be done and then you'll be at home for two years changing nappies you excited about that yes I am and I actually yeah I'm genuinely happy I'm very excited to do that and to like roll up my thieves and get involved and be a Hands-On dad your father do you um do you think he's proud of you now clearly from the origin of your story that he was a big sort of figure in your life that you tried to impress and please yeah def but I think you know he is proud of me and he's expressed that and and continues to express it my um and my mum as well like they're so sweet um I'm so happy that they've you know had this kind of Second Wind in their lives as well maybe with my dad's it's a third or fourth win I don't know but yeah they still come to my shows and you know call me afterwards and say nice things and watch me on TV and then if it's something good they'll text me and you know that means a lot still um are you still trying to impress him yeah I think so I think so because when I do something that he doesn't think is good enough which you know does happen from time to time he will let me know he's very honest and he's one of the few people that will like really cut through everything and just like be very honest with me um I mean the other thing that we haven't sort of touched upon and again is is something that's very present in my mind with all of this in terms of having a baby in terms of you know trying to achieve as much as I can in my career is that I want to do all of it with him around and obviously I know that that's not going to be the case forever uh and so I think that yeah I mean that's why oh God I said I wasn't going to do this on this and I'm where I'm now getting emotional I am I wanted to have a a baby because I wanted him to be around to know my child and to spend time with my kid uh I've seen how amazing he is with my niece he's the most loving person ever and so I want him to have a relationship with my kid and then yeah I wanna do all of these things and um you know have success in my career that I can share with him and he can see these things and and enjoy them and the you know yeah I I I love having him there for all of that and uh so yeah I do still think a lot about impressing him and uh his his approval still means a hell of a lot to me it's such a beautiful thing you know it's such a beautiful thing yeah admire that closeness you have with your father so much and even when I I see you like doing you know gigs and stuff together and doing like you know you did the Netflix thing with him it's such a special thing it's I feel I'm so lucky as well that I've had the opportunity to do it and you know it's it's never lost on me the the amazing thing about doing that show as well is having people that come up to me and they say you know like I watched it with my dad and you know I have you know a really good relationship with my dad and we watched your show and then we went away and we did a trip together and it was one of the I'm so happy that we did it and uh you know or and on the flip side of that is yeah I have people that you know maybe lost a parent and uh have watched the show and really connected to it because it's reminded of them of the relationship that they had with their um father when when they were around and and I think you know I just I know I know how lucky I am to have had that um that experience with him and continue to have experiences with him and to work with him and and it never feels like work when I'm doing stuff with him it honestly you know it's I mean partly because of the the shooting hours that he insists upon and the hour long break for lunch uh with a wine present wherever we are whatever you know the situation is you know but just hanging out with him it just feels like that's it it can never feel like work because it's it's it's my dad and and yeah I I cherish like hanging out with him so much there's so much banter when you guys are together on the screen but I I wondered you know from hearing what you've said about him today like does he does he truly know what he means to you and the impact he he's had on your life I think so but I think mainly from hearing me talk about it when he's not there because I don't think I necessarily would ever articulate these feelings to him just because that's not like the nature of our relationship the reality is a lot of the time when we're talking we're talking about you know we talk about work stuff quite a bit we're talking about football or talk about current affairs things like that but we don't really talk about our emotions and never really have um but I think he knows it and I think I think he's yeah he I think he's very very very aware of it um and I'm glad that he is as well I'm glad that he knows how much he means to me because um I don't think I would necessarily be able to say it to him if he were sat in front of me a lot of people can relate to that yeah for some reason it's bizarre isn't it yeah I don't know I I yeah I I I look at him and I'm like oh what will I from would take from him when I become a dad and you know I think he's a he's surprisingly he is more affectionate than people think like that because that's obviously not an aspect of him that you ever see on any of the Netflix shows or on his podcast or or whatever but like I don't know just yeah what what watching how he is with my niece and and knowing what he was like when we were like very little it's like I yeah I want to be like that and and he he took a decision in his life as well you know he had a very successful career and was a producer and an agent and then he really did he he did wind it all down and stop when we were kids and spent I mean I know again we went to boarding school so we were away for for for a period of of our youth but he did you know spend a lot of time with us and he was very like present in our lives and and wasn't as consumed with work uh and and I think that was a good a good decision of his and so I think that's why I'm aware that it's even more important like to make sure that I addressed that what life balance thing when my child comes along because I do want to have enough time to like you know be attentive and present parent if you love the diver CEO brand and you watch this Channel please do me a huge favor become part of the 15 of the viewers on this channel that have hit the Subscribe button it helps us tremendously and the bigger the channel gets the bigger the guests

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Length: 14min 1sec (841 seconds)

Published: Thu May 25 2023