Comedian Rob Beckett mocked fellow comic Josh Widdicombe, his co-host of podcast Parenting Hell, when Widdicombe was late for their live interview this morning.
Widdicombe did his best to get to the Radio X studio on time but Beckett joked about him to host Toby Tarrant (sitting in for Chris Moyles) while they waited for him to turn up.
Beckett berated his friend calling his lateness ‘unacceptable.’
A transcript of the chat is below and you can watch the video of the conversation here.
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Rob Beckett's Smart TV is on Sky Max at 9pm, Wednesdays from March 5.
Here is the conversation below
TT: “Good morning, Rob Beckett.”
RB: “Morning! How are you?”
TT: “I’m very well thank you. How are you?”
RB: “Yeah, good, actually. Not too bad. Thanks for having us.”
TT: “Yeah, lovely, and good morning to Josh Widdicombe of course as well.”
RB: “We're here promoting Rob Beckett Smart TV panel show on Sky Max. Josh Widdicombe is one of the team captains. Alison Hammond is also one of the team captains, but has decided not to turn up whatsoever, but said she wasn’t coming. Josh is supposed to be here, but is late, which is unacceptable. Its’s live radio.”
DB: “Does he live quite a long way away?”
RB: “No, I live further away. Josh lives in London, he claims, right? Basically Essex, it’s so far east. What’s the point? He's not near a tube station. You have to get a bus to the tube! What’s the point? You’re not in London.”
TT: “You might as well be living out in the sticks.”
RB: “It’s like me. I live in north Kent. Did I get here on time? Yes, please. 25-minute direct train for my station. 10-minute drive and have a little free parking. I’m here, job done! I'm promoting. What's this idiot doing? Nothing!”
TT: “Now, is he a late person?”
RB: “He’s always late.”
DB: “Oh is he? He’s one of those.”
RB: “Yes, he is. Whenever we do the podcast – we do a Parenting Hell podcast – whenever he turns up to that, we do it from home, he just looks like he's just been found. You know, sometimes these sort of evil dictators go into hiding, and then they get them out, and they go, ‘Oh, we found him.’ And it's like he just looks like he's been pulled out of some sort of basement or cave.”
RB: “I feel like he's just got a bit big time.”
RB: “No, do you know he hasn't actually. He's a really chill guy. He's just not on top of his diary. You know, it's just classic. I think he should move. I think he should move to the suburbs and have a drive. Because he can't park outside his house. In London, when people come around, he's doing permits, he's ringing up the council, he's got an app on go. You need to drive in a garden. You can't run a successful family, I don't think, in central London. Have you seen Bridget Jones? She still lives Central, it’s a nightmare for her!”
[…]
RB: “Oh here he comes! Oh hello, Josh. Do you want to take a seat? Come on, sit down Josh. We’re on air. So, you’re late, 10-minutes late.”
JW: “Urm, 11.”
TT: “Haha! Hello, by the way.”
JW: “There’s absolutely loads of you.”
RB: “A lot of people in here.”
JW: “All on time.”
RB: “All on time. All these people managed to get here. Like, you know, I've travelled in from the countryside. Where do you live, Dom?”
DB: “I live in Hertfordshire, out in the sticks.”
RB: “What about you guys? Still living in London are you? Can you see what I mean about looking just like he's just been found?”
JW: “Well, I've run. I had to get out of the car and run.”
TT: “Good morning, Josh. How are you, mate?”
JW: “I’m good, yeah. Yeah, I'm a little puffed out.”
TT: “Well, I’m sorry you’ve had a stressful morning.”
