Jimmy Carr has opened up about the heartbreaking reason behind why he has had botox and undertaken a strict diet, and described his cosmetic procedures as ‘addictive’
Jimmy Carr has shared the real reason he gets botox and keeps to a strict diet. The comedian recently opened up about his struggles with body image, which he links to the death of his mother almost 25 years ago.
Jimmy’s mother, Nora, died aged 57 in 2001, after being diagnosed with pancreatitis. The stand-up comedian and TV presenter has said that he tries to stay as healthy as possible to avoid dying young like his mother.
On The Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth podcast, he told Gyles: “My mother didn’t look after herself, was maybe a little bit overweight. She was unhealthy and then she got sick and then she died. And that’s not lost on me in terms of, I’m very particular about trying to keep myself trim.”
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He admitted to having a “strange relationship” with food, but insisted he does not have an “eating disorder”. “I have something like – I don’t think I have an eating disorder – but I certainly have a strange relationship with food,” he said.
Jimmy added that he’s not just a fan of “tweakments” such as botox and veneers, but has found them to be “addictive”. He also told Virgin Radio: “I’ve had a little bit done, like a little bit of filler here and there, a little bit of Botox, a little bit. I had a hair transplant. That was kind of fun to do.”
Fans have noticed that Jimmy’s appearance, particularly his face has changed over the years. Jimmy himself has joked about his altered looks. He has previously said that “very little” of his original face still exists.
Back in 2021, he told the Happy Hallow Jeans podcast that being on TV had made him more critical of his looks. “It’s the illusion of being on TV – you see yourself in full make up looking your best and lit well, then you look in the mirror and go, ‘Oof, that’s disappointing’.”
Also on Gyles Brandreth’s podcast, Jimmy added that his mother’s death was the “catalyst” behind becoming estranged from his father. He also credited puberty with their “falling out”.
“[Her death] was the catalyst, I think, although, in maybe a more reflective tone, we talk a lot about the teenage transition and those teenage years that we go through in puberty,” he started.
Later, he continued: “And I think maybe around that age was when everything changed for me. My belief in God went. Everything changed around those years. And part of that was we had a falling out. And that’s fine.”
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