Alex Horne has revealed the one big reason why he thinks he ended up working in comedy.

The Taskmaster star and funnyman, 46, spoke on the Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett where he opened up about being the middle child.

Alex is married to Northern Irish newsreader and journalist Rachel, 45, and they share three children Thomas, Barnaby and Dara, and he has now spoken about how his own upbringing influenced his career.

He said on the podcast: ‘So, I am the middle of three boys, and I’ve got three boys as well. And my middle son is so comfortable, he- ’cause the oldest one, all the pressure’s on them, the younger one are babied all the time. 

‘Middle one you do what you want. I loved it. Honestly, I think that’s why I’m a comedian, so I’m in this band and three of us are the middle of three boys. 

‘We all grew up together. And we all felt like we were ignored-in a good way, sort of just left to get on with it. So, I recommend it.’

Alex Horne has revealed the one big reason why he thinks he ended up working in comedy

Alex is married to Northern Irish newsreader and journalist Rachel, 45, and they share three children Thomas, Barnaby and Dara

He added: ‘I loved it. I really did like it, I recommend it. But if you are the second born and you can encourage your parents to have another. Then do that.’

Alex has become one of the richest hosts on television since the huge success of his comedy show creation, Taskmaster. 

He created the concept for the notorious Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 and managed to score a deal with Dave TV to create a show from 2015. 

Alex might co-host alongside the well-known actor Greg Davies but accounts posted by his company, Shakey Productions Ltd, show that he has greatly benefited from the show, leaving him earning £7.5million in a year. 

The father-of-three is now said to be in the same league as household names Ant & Dec and Jack Whitehall. 

In 2019, Taskmaster was scooped up by Channel 4 and has since completed 20 successful seasons.

The show has been nominated for a BAFTA four times, winning in 2020 after beating The Last Leg, The Graham Norton Show and The Ranganation. 

At the time the country was still facing lockdown restrictions, causing most of the award ceremony to be hosted via Zoom calls. 

The Taskmaster star and funnyman, 46, spoke on the Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett where he opened up about being the middle child

It was revealed last year that Alex has become one of the richest hosts on television since the huge success of his comedy show creation, Taskmaster (seen with host Greg Davies) 

Taskmaster provides lots of laughs by making five famous contestants take part in head scratching challenges in order to win their forfeited possessions. 

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The show has seen a wide variety of celebrities including Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Katherine Ryan and Joe Wilkinson.

Despite the huge success in the UK, the show flopped when a US version was created. 

Shortly after winning the 2020 BAFTA the show was cancelled after only one episode aired leaving ratings extremely low. 

The comedy show debuted to a 0.1 rating among adults 18-49 and only 212,000 viewers, according to Variety.

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