Matt Lucas, 51, reveals heartbreaking regret over not becoming a father after divorce tragedy
Matt Lucas has shared his regret over not becoming a father after his divorce from his late ex-husband Kevin McGee.
The Little Britain star, 51, married TV producer Kevin in 2006 after four years together, but the pair split up in 2008.
Tragically, just one year later, Kevin took his own life aged just 32 in October 2009.
Appearing on his Making A Scene podcast on Monday, Matt said he believes he would have had children during his two-year marriage if it hadn't ended in divorce.
In a heartbreaking admission, Matt revealed he would only want to have a child now if he was in a committed relationship.
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Speaking to co-host David Walliams, he said: 'I think I would have loved to have been a father. I still can, I'm 51. How old was Elton when he had them?
'If things had worked out differently in my marriage then probably we might have done.
'It's not something that I feel I could do on my own. I feel I'd want to be in a relationship if I was gonna have kids.
'I do think about it, sometimes. To me it's part of the package of being in a relationship that's settled and happy and something you both want.'
Matt keeps his dating life relatively private, and it is not known whether he is in a new relationship or not.
Last year, he appeared to be dating again as he was spotted on the dating app Tinder with a verified profile.
The Sun revealed at the time that Matt had decided to try his luck at online dating with the app, which sees users swipe right on those they see as a potential match.
Curating his profile with a selfie of him beaming, Matt said he was so far unsure what kind of relationship he was hoping to find.
However, last year he was spotted on the dating app Tinder with a verified profile
Elsewhere, Matt and David teased an epic Little Britain revival during a live appearance on Lorraine earlier this year.
The friends, who created and starred in the BBC comedy series, chatted with Lorraine Kelly, 65, on the ITV show about their new podcast.
During their appearance on the morning talk show, Lorraine was desperate to know if the programme would ever make a return, after it was pulled from BBC iPlayer, Netflix and BritBox in June 2020.
David said: 'Would you like to see it? We'll do it especially for you.'
Matt added: 'If we were to do it again, maybe on stage, or something like that.
'We did a tour 20 years ago, it was great fun, I think that would be a good way to do it again.'
Earlier on in the interview, Lorraine told the stars: 'Little Britain has had a new lease of life on TikTok. There is a whole new generation getting it, laughing.'
David replied: 'Well my son is 11. Everyone at his school is talking about it. As you rightly said, TikTok, people are sharing on TikTok.
'It's a whole new generation discovering it. I think those social media things are great for one/two minute clips.'
Lorraine added: 'Some of it is a bit you'd get into trouble if you did that now. But a hell of a lot of it is still as funny as it ever was. If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it.'
While David confessed: 'I don't know about you, but someone says every day is there going to be more Little Britain.
'Every day someone comes up to me in the street.'
After teasing that they might be making a return, Lorraine looked over the moon as she said: 'In this day and age we need all the laughs we can get.'
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