Frank Skinner gets married after four rejections

Frank Skinner has revealed helium has joined his woman Cath Mason aft 24 years together.

The comedian and presenter shared the quality connected his podcast, Frank Off The Radio connected an occurrence broadcast connected Friday morning, alongside co-hosts Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie.

"You'll ne'er conjecture what I did connected Monday, I got married", the 68-year-old said, adding: "Don't beryllium offended, we didn't invitation anyone".

He confirmed that their lone witnesser was their lad Buzz, who was calved successful 2012, and that the matrimony took spot astatine Camden Town Hall.

Skinner antecedently said during an interrogation with The Sun successful 2024 that helium had asked Mason to wed him 4 times, but she had ever declined.

"Maybe it's immoderate unspeakable idiosyncratic crushed that I don't cognize about," helium said, "that she doesn't really similar maine arsenic overmuch arsenic I deliberation she does.

"Her parents got divorced, truthful she got a spot cynical astir it and thinks if we get joined it would beryllium similar a flimsy curse connected the thing," helium went connected to add.

Skinner, who met Mason erstwhile she was moving for his absorption company, says their wedding was not a accepted 1 astatine her request.

"I don't privation a load of guests, I'm not going successful a church. I don't privation a ring," helium says she told her.

He added: "The happening that nary 1 ever says astir getting joined is it's rather embarrassing. How tin I enactment it? It's a spot basal getting married."

Instead of a achromatic dress, Skinner says "she wore a flowery dress" and they walked down the aisle to Lie Dream Of a Casino Soul by The Fall arsenic the Manchester post-punk radical "meant truthful overmuch to maine and Cath erstwhile we were successful our aboriginal days".

He says Mason besides kept her ain sanction and does not deterioration a ringing present that they are married.

When helium was asked wherefore they had decided present was the close time, helium said: "I don't cognize why. I conscionable thought, "Maybe I've got excessively overmuch money, I'll springiness her fractional successful astir 5 years time!" and denied that it was "a taxation thing", adding "I'm not readying connected dying anytime soon".

Skinner, whose existent sanction is Christopher Graham Collins, is astir apt best-known for penning the lyrics and singing connected shot opus Three Lions, with David Baddiel and The Lightening Seeds, and for his TV and vigor work.

He hosted The Frank Skinner Show connected Absolute Radio from 2009 to 2024, earlier moving the format implicit to the podcast.

He besides hosted The Frank Skinner amusement for 10 years connected ITV from 1995 to 2005 and Room 101 connected the BBC betwixt 2012 and 2018.