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Peter Kay has been secretly living in Co. Tipperary since 2017 "He is a very funny, but down-to-earth bloke - and his family are his world. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. The Bolton funnyman is our nation’s most lovable comic and it …

One said: “Peter is a born ­entertainer, but while he has many famous pals he has always preferred to live life out of the spotlight. The source added: “This has been a long time coming, but it will be worth the wait.”, We pay for your stories and videos! He said at the time: “Due to unforeseen family circumstances, I deeply regret that I am having to cancel all of my upcoming work projects... My sincerest apologies. Two days later he smiled for ­photographs at the final performance of Nativity!

And it was to be another eight months before he was pictured again, last December. The atmosphere was so happy and positive; it really is a great way to raise money for the worthiest of causes... All people have to do is turn up and dance.”. And his family are his world.

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"So when faced with a choice between focusing on his family or his career, there was never any question which he would choose."

He also used his social media account to slam Channel 5 bosses who aired a show titled as his life story “in his own words” — despite him not being involved at all. The TV favourite — who is listed in Guinness World Records as the most successful stand-up comic of all time — was at the top of his game when he disappeared in 2018. Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun?

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Most people only ever saw him passing through.

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Peter Kay announces comeback, three years after scrapping stand-up tour Comedian cancelled 100 Irish and British dates after ‘unforeseen family circumstances’ Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 11:09 This decision has not been taken lightly and I’m sure you’ll understand my family must always come first.” The comedian added that he had always tried to protect his family’s privacy. But locals in Co Tipperary told how Peter, 46, actually escaped to a secluded house near Lough Derg. All rights reserved. Peter Kay 'escaped to secluded house in rural Ireland and kept a low profile' after cancelling his £40million tour. But residents were shocked to ­discover that the unfamiliar face belonged to none other than multi-millionaire funnyman Peter Kay. Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Peter Kay has announced his surprising return to comedy after a two-year absence from showbiz, The comedian seemingly went off the radar after cancelling his £40million tour, There were rare sightings of him as he kept a low profile - fans spotted him in Blackpool riding a vintage-style tram with his wife Susan Gargan last year, Now locals in Co Tipperary have revealed that Peter actually escaped to a secluded house near Lough Derg, It's said he rarely went out and 'did everything he could to avoid attracting attention to himself' while staying in the Irish countryside, Peter's mother Deirdre O'Neill was born in Northern Ireland, A source says 'Peter is a born ­entertainer, but while he has many famous pals he has always preferred to live life out of the spotlight', Apparently he was faced with the choice of focusing on his family or his career, and there was 'never any question which he would choose', He made a brief reappearance when he slammed Channel 5 bosses who aired a show titled as his life story 'in his own words', despite him not being involved at all, However his big return came when he announced he's doing a Dance For Life charity tour this spring, Peter Kay makes huge comeback hosting Dance for Life shows to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). And we can reveal Peter retreated to the Irish bolthole shortly before he announced the cancellation of a £40million tour, citing “unforeseen family circumstances”.

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To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. "But when he did, everyone saw him coming a mile off because of that Range Rover.

If he didn’t want to be noticed, he definitely picked the wrong car to drive around in.”.

Kay said in a statement: “I’ve honestly never had so much fun as I had working on Dance for Life. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. He has already hosted 14 of the danceathons, which raise funds for Cancer Research UK. The events are to be held in Manchester, Liverpool and London in April and May. British comedian Peter Kay is to star in a new Irish comedy. The Movie Quiz: Who was the first filmmaker to win three Oscars for a film? The 46-year-old, star of the television comedies Phoenix Nights and Peter Kay’s Car Share, is to take part in six Dance for Life charity shows. AT first glance, the man striding along the road in rural Ireland could have been a local on his way to the nearby shop. Now the fear is leaving dance behind’, What I (Don’t) Know About Autism: A riveting celebration of difference, Medea: The once-otherworldly sorceress as a worn-down, bitterly jilted woman, ‘Carers become these non-entities, because they give up so much of their own lives’, This week’s theatre highlights: Druid’s production of The Cherry Orchard. Billie Eilish: would she be body shamed if she looked like a ‘sexy young thing’?

Peter Kay: the comedian is to take part in six Dance for Life charity shows in April and May. In a blog written to promote the event, he spoke movingly of having experienced the charity’s work “first hand”. COMEDIAN Peter Kay has broken his silence months after cancelling his British and Irish tour. “You’d never see him in the local pubs or restaurants, and he always seemed to be alone.

Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. He had been due to host Dance for Life shows in early 2018 in Liverpool, Manchester and Coventry, but he called them off in late 2017, along more than 100 stand-up shows across Ireland and Britain.

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Accounts for the comic show that the money ­continued to roll in ­during his absence, with his fortune in cash and investments growing to £32million. PETER Kay is now worth an incredible £32.4m and made £3k an HOUR last year – even though he hasn’t worked since 2017. But despite his best efforts to go unnoticed, he remained ­conspicuous thanks to his giant Range Rover.