Alan Carr: Comedy probably stopped me having a breakdown during difficult year

The comedian admitted he feels he needs to ‘sort myself out’.

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Graham Norton Show – London

Alan Carr has admitted his comedy “probably stopped him having a breakdown” when his marriage was collapsing and his dog was “slowly fading”.

The 46-year-old comedian announced at the beginning of the year that he and his husband Paul Drayton were separating. They had been married for three years but were together for 13 years.

Carr has opened up about how he got through this difficult period which also saw his beloved dog Bev die in May.

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Alan Carr (left) and Paul Drayton (Jacob King/PA)

He told the Daily Mail Weekend magazine: “All this stuff at home was happening, and even writing about it was hard because things were changing.