The 1% Club host Lee Mack once shared the reason he gave up alcohol – admitting it “changed my whole attitude”
The 54-year-old comedian and actor, whose career spans decades, has become a firm-favourite with viewers over the years. Lee is back on screens on Sunday (May 5) for another episode of smash hit show The 1% Club.
But away from the glitz and glam of the showbiz world, Lee once struggled with his booze intake. So much so, that he ended up getting the “sack” from a job.
The comedian opened up about quitting booze (Credit: ITV)
The 1% Club host Lee Mack on getting ‘very drunk’
Back in 2020, Lee admitted how he used booze as a confidence booster, in his early days of being a comic.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, he revealed he got “very drunk” when he was working as a Pontins Blue Coat. On stage, and after downing more and more pints, things took an awkward turn when a heckler disrupted his stand-up.
Lee ended up calling the audience member a rather rude word – which led to him being “sacked” from the resort in Hemsby, Norfolk.
However, it was years later in 2017 when Lee decided to cut booze altogether after reading a life-changing book.
“Probably the number one reason I gave up drinking was a book recommendation,” he revealed on a 2021 episode of the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddha podcast with Neil Webster.
Lee added: “I read a book that changed my whole attitude towards alcohol. It was by Allen Carr. Not that Alan Carr. Allen Carr’s quit smoking book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.”
Lee said the book changed his whole attitude (Credit: BBC)
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