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Joe Lycett has revealed how he would like to say farewell to the world when his time comes – but don’t worry, he’ll hopefully be back as Harry Styles.
The Birmingham funnyman – who once changed his name to Hugo Boss for a TV show – shared his fantastical funeral ceremony in which the theme tune of The One Show would see him out.
Labelling it as ‘unexpected and funny’, the 34-year-old listed the famous BBC tune as the soundtrack to his coffin’s journey to the crematorium.
Admitting he had already informed his assistant of his plans, the star that recently challenged David Beckham over his involvement with Qatar amid the World Cup continued sharing his thoughts around death.
Speaking with Kathy Burke for her podcast Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake Joe said: ‘I had this idea, and I actually told my assistant this to kind of note this down.
‘That if I die, you know where there’s that bit when the coffin goes in and then the curtains close and they play whatever it is… I’d love that to be the theme tune to The One Show because I just think it’d be so unexpected and so funny.’
Joe Lycett claimed he wanted to return to the living as Harry Styles (Picture: Matt Crossick)
Within the chat, the topic of reincarnation was also visited and the comedian opted to steal the identity of one of the world’s most loved musicians to return to the living as.
He said when asked what he would be reincarnated as: ‘Harry styles.
‘I’d just like to see what that’s like.’
Before offering up his answer, Joe contemplated taking on the life of a baboon: ‘There’s a type of baboon that greats the males of the species with what’s known as diddling.
The funnyman also shared details of his funeral service on the podcast (Picture: Getty Images)
Joe pledged to shred £10,000 for David Beckham to cut ties with Qatar (Picture: @joelycett/Twitter)
‘They just go and they tickle the c**k and bollies and they stick their tongue out kinda thing like that’, he explained mimicking the gesture.
The star carried on: ‘And I just think that would be great, I’d love to greet friends like that!’
Joe recently made headlines for promising to shred £10,000 if David Beckham didn’t withdraw his ambassadorship of Qatar amid the country’s human rights breaches.
Following the public announcement, the comedian revealed he in fact donated the money to LGBTQ+ charities rather than putting it through the shredder.
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