Jimmy Carr Finally Addresses the Glow-Up | Before & Laughter

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]I mean, they say, famously, they say you can't avoid death and taxes. I'm trying to dodge both.

[00:00:05]>> [laughter] >> I'm I'm hoping when the Grim Reaper turns up, he won't recognize me. He'll move straight on.

[00:00:12]So, I don't think there is any danger that parenthood has or will soften you.

[00:00:16]But, you have changed in other ways over the last 2 years or so.

[00:00:20]>> Oh, I'm I mean, I mean, visually, I mean, huge. I'm I'm basically in an arms race with Katherine Ryan.

[00:00:28]>> [laughter] >> On plastic surgery. She brings a gun, I bring a knife. It's like uh So, I had the um I had the hair transplant in the in the between the lockdowns. So, would you Really, some fans of hair transplants?

[00:00:43]But, I did I looked like a vampire a vampire's accountant was the look, right? I had the big widow's peak snooker player from the '70s look. But, what they do is they take the hair from the back of your head and they replant it kind of here on the front of your head. And so, you which you fine and then it fills in the Now, you know that sensation you get when the hairs on the back of your neck stand up?

[00:01:06]>> [laughter] >> Now, when that happens, this goes spiky.

[00:01:10]Mental.

[00:01:12]I've had that I've had some I had the teeth done a couple of years ago.

[00:01:15]So, the teeth thing I don't know if anyone's had their teeth done, but they they give you I had all my teeth done in one day cuz my touring schedule was such we share a manager and she likes money.

[00:01:25]>> [laughter] >> I work every All right, Anna. Um I work every day. Uh so, that we we only had a day to do it.

[00:01:33]So, they knocked like they have to take off. They knocked They knock out your [ __ ] teeth and put in new teeth. So, they say you wouldn't be able to take the pain even if you wanted to, you nutter. Um and they give you intravenously Rohypnol. Like they put it That's what it's for.

[00:01:45]So, you're like you're not out of it, but you're like a little bit kind of woozy and then you come to no pain, but some discomfort, but no pain. About 8:00 in the evening and then the next day, my [ __ ] ass.

[00:01:57]>> [laughter] >> Is it Is it some sort of quest to achieve immortality? I think it might be. I think it's like I think it's a little bit of a midlife crisis and I think I'm very comfortable with that. I talk about that in the book as well. I think as long as you know what's going on, it's okay. This one was a bit of a midlife crisis and uh being a dad and wanting to be a younger dad than I am is slightly a quest. Also, you know, I'm going to have a son. I'm going to have a teenage son when I'm in my 60s. Huh. I don't want to be shocked by anything, so I've had enough Botox that that won't happen.

[00:02:31]He certainly won't be aware. Um I mean, they say famously they say you can't avoid death and taxes. I'm trying to dodge both.

[00:02:38]>> [laughter] >> Um I'm hoping when the Grim Reaper turns up, he won't recognize me. He'll move straight on.