Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe - S7 EP26: James and Clair Buckley

Episode Date: October 20, 2023

Joining us this episode to discuss the highs and lows of parenting (and life) are the brilliant James and Clair Buckley. You can listen to their hilarious podcast 'In Sickness and in Health' wherever... you get your podcasts. And subscribe to their Youtube channel 'At Home with the Buckleys'. Parenting Hell is a Spotify Podcast, available everywhere every Tuesday and Friday. Please leave a rating and review you filthy street dogs... xx If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: Hello@lockdownparenting.co.uk INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell MAILING LIST: parentinghellpodcast.mailchimpsites.com  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production  Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello, I'm Rob Beckett. And I'm Josh Winnockham. Welcome to Parenting Hell, the show in which Josh and I discuss what it's really like to be a parent, which I would say can be a little tricky. So, to make ourselves and hopefully you feel better about the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting, each week we're chatting to a famous parent about how they're coping. Or hopefully how they're they're tha th hearing from you the listener with your tips, advice, and of course, tales of parenting woe. Because let's be honest, there are plenty of times when none of us know what we're doing.
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Starting point is 00:01:45 Do you forgive. And can you say Rob Beckett? Well, Beckett. Good job. Lottie, can you say Josh Whitakam? You can't. And can you say Rob Beckett? No. No. Okay, fair enough. There you go. Nice. So was that Josh. This is Quill his four years. Quill. It's good name, isn't it. Quil. that's a good. the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. the the the th. the the th. the the th. th. th. thin. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. the the the the th. the the th. the th. the th. th. th. the th. the the the the the tho. the the to. the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. J. to. J. to. enough. There you go. Nice. Who is that Josh? This is Quill, who's four years. Quill, is that short for something? Oh, we'll come to this. Hello, you sex and relatable gents. This is Quill, my four-year-old and Lottie three.
Starting point is 00:02:17 I had Quill in 2019 and naively felt pregnant four months. Oh, you filthy pair. Yeah, I can tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell tell th th th th th th th the the the the that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thi that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thi that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. Good Lottie, four months. You filthy pair. I can tell you now I wasn't that naive. There was none of that naivety with me. Respect, respect the hustle, straight back in the sack, pumping away for the next one. Yeah, well, that's too graphic.
Starting point is 00:02:36 So when lockdown hit I had a seven month old, I was pregnant with a sassy trouble maker. Safe to say your podcast was and still is safe haven for me. Thank you for your realistic episodes, especially the breakdown in the kitchen, never felt so soon. P.S. for your speculations, Quill was named after the Marvel character. Peter Quill. Who's Peter Quill? Who's Peter Quill? I'm not into Marvel. What is Peter Quill's power? He's got star power. I like it. This guy should go an X-Factor. Yeah, it says in brackets, he's a Star Lord. So there we go, thank you very much. We should, well, we don't need to,
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Starting point is 00:04:28 Peter Quill. Well done. Star Lord. Oh, he's the handsome one. That's Chris Pratt. Right, well, there we go. Peter Quill. So he recorded without the internet. Yeah, we've got, I'd say, the most low-fire setup we've ever had. You've actually got no internet at the moment. The internet's gone down for some reason.
Starting point is 00:04:50 So what we're doing is, we're locally recording on our microphones and our laptops, but I'm speaking to you through a three-way WhatsApp phone call. Yeah, what a world! I'm actually going to text my neighbor and ask if her internet's gone down. Pop round for a cup of gigabites. Could you lend me a cup of gigabites please? Is your internet down? She already took him on my keyboard this morning. It was delivered for my daughter. Oh yes, birthday keyboard. Well, time-wise, yeah, God.
Starting point is 00:05:18 Everything is all over the place. the buckleys I'm excited about Rob. We've already recorded it. Yes, they were great value, weren't they? I really enjoyed it. I actually, I'm a fan of their YouTube and stuff. They were, I'm gonna say, I came into it not knowing much about the Buckley's. They were great value. Great value, and I'd say very, very normal. I felt that they're chat. They're sort of a couple's, the the Hearing about other couples, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Hannah and Joel
Starting point is 00:05:46 Cooper Domit. Peter Crouch and Abbey. We should do a couple of spin-offs you and Rose and me and Lou? No thanks. What do you reckon? No. I don't think I've got enough time because when I watched I enjoyed seeing the Buckley's argue which you'll get to hear in a a minute. However what I enjoyed about it was it felt the the the the the the the the the the bu. the bu. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. I their. I their. I'll their. I'll their. I'll to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the trouc. true. true. truth. true. true. true. true. true. true. I'll. they. they. I'll. I'll. I'll. I, what I enjoyed about it was it felt real, it felt earthy and it felt like the argument was continuing after the record. I don't think that's healthy for a relationship to you? No, I don't need a new arena for it to spread from. Can I ask you your question? This was the area where I was really like, I want to ask about this. I was fascinated by him doing all those cameos. Yes, I mean because he's the cameo king on the website. He's had nearly 8,000 reviews, never mind
Starting point is 00:06:37 bookings. He's the most popular cameo giver there is I think. Would you do it Rob? Would you do came? Yeah? That's my question to you. Would you do cameo? Yeah, I'll do anything if I needed the money. I think you could clean up on cameo Rob. Yeah, yeah, what would I have to do? Bucket a hat on. Yeah, that's it. You're basically setting up a bin behind your house that looks like the bin and then you're putting the bucket hat on. Because he's good because he gets to, he talks about it, but what he gets to do on these cameo is play the character of Jay who is absurd and fun to play where you can go all right mate where's the client and you're disgusting and it's mad and it's a fun experience. What I would do on cameo is transport myself back to what was, let's face it, a viral social media
Starting point is 00:07:21 hit but probably one of the most awful moments of my life from a sort of drink and health point of view is probably the heaviest I've been the most drunk I've ever been and I'm lying on a floor by a bin pretending to give advice drunk of chicken. So in order for me to give an authentic cameo I would need to twice a day drink 12 points of laga and eat chicken. Yeah I just don't think it's a good idea. Because I'm a method guy where James can slip into Jay and he can go upstairs, do that, but it would involve me becoming a fully-fledged alcoholic with some sort of chicken-based
Starting point is 00:07:54 eating disorder, which I don't think is what I need currently. However, if the money's right, but they're brilliant and really funny and they've got two kids that are a bit more grown up. They're sort of for us, they had kids quite young, which is quite interesting. They were like 22. They're younger and us and their kids are much older now. So it's interesting to hear that point of view. But yeah, they're really funny, really good and it's a great episode.
Starting point is 00:08:16 to enjoy it, Josh. Do you want to add anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything anything to add to add to add to add to add to add to add to add to add to add to to to to to to add to to to to to their their to to to to to to to to add to to to add to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their their. their. their the watch the in-between as it's really good guys. Yeah, it is. I actually think it's underrated. Even though people go mad for it, I got it on DVD and watched it all in one night and I was like, this is gonna change my life. It didn't. It was just a great night. Really funny stuff. All right, here on the Buckley. Enjoy. Right, Josh, you want to do the intro? Hello, James and Claire Buckley, that's the intro. Rob always says, do you want to do the intro? Not a lot to say, is there?
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Starting point is 00:09:27 a subscriber straightway, but your video's kept on popping up on the algorithm. I was like, oh, this is a good one because it's spreading. Ah, thank you. Just keep throwing enough shit at the walled, some. No, no, I like it. Beaten into watching it. I liked it. And you got your podcast as well now, haven't you? Yeah. You're listening. I wanted to see how this podcast thing played out before I decided to, you know, get involved. Give out a good 10, 15 years.
Starting point is 00:09:56 Yeah. Yeah. if you and the Inbetweeners lads had started a podcast straight after the Inbetweeners. Don't get me started, Ron. Don't even get me started. Just those four lads chatting. I'm just saying, it must have crossed your mind. There was a little conversation that I may have mentioned to the boys. Listen, they're like me. All four of us, the thing that we've all got in common the most is we hate leaving the house. Yes. So if we the the their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. th. thogether, me and the other boys, it would turn into a whole curb your enthusiasm situation where we'd have to definitely find the exact equidistant between each other's houses and... You can do it from home though, can't you? We're literally doing this from home. I don't even think Simon Bird has a television. Really, okay. He's got books where his TV should be. I think he's one of those guys. He lives near me, doesn't he? I sometimes see him in the park.
Starting point is 00:10:46 Mm, we're just wandering around on his own. Looking for a podcast host. Your podcast is much easier to edit than a YouTube video. It is for us because we don't edit the podcast. That's why I like doing the podcast. Editing stuff is awful on On the YouTube channel everything's done by us, which is the, yeah, all right. What's that? Claire? Claire's pointing herself though. Yeah, I just is a strong one. So who does it, Claire? So, I've done a lot of editing. You've done some, but I do most. Yeah, that's why I wanted to do YouTube. I wanted to just do whatever. Yeah, that's why I wanted to do YouTube that. That that. That to do that. That to do that. That to do that. That's to do that. That's that. That's that. That's to do that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that's what I that's what I that's what I's what I was that. that's what I's what I's what I was that's what I was. that's what I was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I was. Yeah. That's what I was. Yeah. That's what I was. Yeah. That's what I was. That's what I was. That's. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that's that's what I was. that's what I was. that's why I was. that. that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was that's why I was the that's why I was. And you were a trained editor, Claire, or have you taught yourself? I trained you.
Starting point is 00:11:25 I train you. James showed me once. The very first video we did, James sat with me and showed me how to do it. So I just sort of learned while doing it, learned on the job. But I'm all right now. I mean, I'm very basic. It's just YouTube videos, isn't isn't th isn't th isn't th isn't th isn't th isn't th isn't th isn't videos, isn't it? Listen, any good stuff that I'm going to come up with, I'm going to see some money. We're not putting our best stuff out on the YouTube channel.
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Starting point is 00:12:30 our life isn't it? How things have panned out for me personally he's tose in between us. So don't how you've dragged me in there? Yeah, yeah. No, no, no, no, no, I I I I I I I I I I I I I's, no, no, I's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's to to to to that's to to that's to that's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to really. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, we like to really. Yeah, we like to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's that's that's th. that's th. the. the. that's the. that's the. that's that's to the a to to to to though, your personal life, you've got a lovely family though, James. That's the light of your life now, isn't it? Surely. Personal life's great. I've got no complaints. I've made two little mates they get to play video games with and wrestle and beat up. Not beat up.
Starting point is 00:12:58 Not about. We fight. You've got to be careful the to be careful the to be careful to be careful to be careful to be careful to be the to be the to be to got to be careful about everything you say, isn't it? Because that can just be printed that. James beats up his kids. That doesn't look good. Yeah, and you've actually said it, so you wouldn't have a leg to stand on call. Absolutely, would you?
Starting point is 00:13:12 And how old are your kids? How old are they, Claire? Go on 10. Yeah. to the 10. So you had two under two for a bit then? Yes. What's the gap? 21 months. 21 months. That's a quick turn around that, isn't it? Do you feel like you're a bit out of the woods now? Well, with certain stuff, you know. Yeah, but they do sort of start to become more self-sufficient, didn't they? Yeah, maybe let me finish that since. Yeah, you just shouted bumm and then. And they they they. And they they they they. They they they they they. They they're. They they. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're. They're th. They're th. They're, th. They're, the th. Yeah. They're th. They're, th. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They do. They do. They do. They do. They do. They do. They do. They do. They th. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they they they they they they they they they do. So, they they they said bum really loudly and then nothing else. Yeah, you just shouted bum and then James started talking. I didn't know what happened. I didn't know if he was trying to save you from something. I was going to say like the bum wiping,
Starting point is 00:13:50 the tantrums, that sort of stuff. But weld from parents that are a bit further along the line than us to enjoy the time now because pretty soon they're not going to want to talk to and stuff like that and just go to their room and that's going to really break my heart. Yeah. We do keep talking to Harrison. We're like, were you promised not to be a stroppy teenager, like still hang out with stuff. And he's always like, yeah, no, of course, of course. But sometimes, like, when I've started more recently, getting him up for school in the morning, you know, sometimes you can just tell he hates me right now.
Starting point is 00:14:37 Yeah. He does not have time for me at all right now. And you really see that little shift happening. And then obviously once they discover wanking, you're never gonna see him for ages, are you? Oh God. You won't see him again. No, they won't do that.
Starting point is 00:14:50 They won't do that. They won't do it. They won't do it. You're gonna have the only two teenage boys in the world that. I'd say that would be more. that. that. to see someone about that. Yeah, you get to 21. You've ever had a wank? Oh my God. Who the hell would you send them to see for that? I don't know, but I'm at, well, there's people, careful, careful.
Starting point is 00:15:09 You can put the word out, someone should be able to help. Also, yeah, they're going that, you don't really want a twelve-year-old saying, clunge. They're very aware of the end-betweeners. Yeah, of course they are. They've never seen any of it for obvious reasons. They're not saying and they're not supposed to watch it. So our eldest has started secondary school now. Yeah. He's getting a little bit of street cred. Is he? Is he? being Jayne. He's not. I was talking to Blake Harrison about it, played Neil, I swim at a UFC thing and it's like it's so ingrained it's like a cultural thing more than just a popular show. It's like people of a certain age know everything about that show so it goes beyond just being on tele for a tel for a bit and it will sort of be around forever because it was such a big. But I didn't know if it was carrying on with younger audience members as well.
Starting point is 00:16:05 Is it still growing me the younger lot as well, James? I get loads of kids coming up to me and I'm like, mate, he must have been three when we started making it. Like what is going on? James is getting the thing now that really hurts your heart a little bit where it's like, oh I grew up watching you. Yeah, and the bloke is about 34 or something. We're the same age, what are you talking about? I said, oh, I grew up watching you. And I'm like, do you have a paper around on the end 25 or something? I suppose it's a great show for like, if a dad who's in his 30s is try to connect with a teenage boy. Like if you're a th 30 th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. thi, th. th. thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, th. I's, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. th. th. I, th. I's, th. I's, thi, thi, thi, thee, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, you're 15-16, the in-between is the funniest thing of all time ever.
Starting point is 00:16:45 And if you loved it as when you were that age and then you're trying to find something to watch with your kids, that is a great show to watch isn't it? I wouldn't watch it with my kids. I wouldn't watch it with the kids. I wouldn't watch it. Yeah, would you sit down and watch it with the boys while James sits in another room? No, no, thank you. No. I've heard it's very funny, but nah. It's too weird. Obviously I've seen clips and stuff a bit. It's too strange. Do you find that people are like, what? You've got kids, but you're only like 18 because you're kind of like, it's like you've been
Starting point is 00:17:21 locked into this thing, do you know what I mean, where everyone sees you at this stage. Definitely in the beginning. Yeah, in the beginning. I mean, I suppose in this day and age we did have our children quite, we were in our sort of early 20s. I suppose that's quite young these days to have kids. How old are you? I'm 36. So yeah, you were pretty young. But yeah, there was a lot of like comments online and stuff. It's like, kids having kids, absolutely terrible. Like, it was only 16. I'll be paying for those kids as well. So how involved are you at school and the drop-off? And how do you split the, because your work is very sort of ad hoc isn't it? You work together, you can
Starting point is 00:18:08 film when you want, so how do you split the parent and is it 50-50 or does it swing more one way? Annoyingly I used to do because they're now both at different schools so we both on the school run now. Right okay it's terrible it is terrible it's thoing. It is awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's awful. It's a the school, it's a the school, it's the th th the th th thi. It's, it's their their their their, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi. Oh, thi's, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. It's awful. Because it... What took us through the school run? Well, it used to be that you... I would do the school run. If I wasn't working, I would do the school run. Because I feel like I can handle that. I know where I am.
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Starting point is 00:19:11 Is James taking a lead on that? No, I think so. I'm desperately trying my hardest not to turn up to like assemblies and things and like that. Really? It's great and everything and get to see my kids in a song or something like that, but it's 30 seconds of watching my child do something and about two hours of sitting there, bored out of my, like honestly, during sort of post-COVID when we had to wear masks. Yeah. I love that because I could just sit there yawning. Without offence and all the other parents. Now you've got to be on the WhatsApp groups these days. To be th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. I, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to, to, to, to, to, to-I. to-I. to-I. to-I. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. these days. To be honest, the WhatsApp groups are more helpful than the actual school because you get these cryptic emails about all these different things throughout the year.
Starting point is 00:19:54 And like, there's always those couple of moms who really know what they're talking about. They're organized, they're ready to go. I'm always like, what's that thing? What do they need? When is that? And then like one of the organized moms will just tell you what do they? It's because they've done away with the letter.
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Starting point is 00:21:21 That was the first time Rob's ever done a joke that to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to go, that was a good one. Yeah, I enjoyed that. I'd take the next five minutes off. That's the first time Rob's ever done a joke that led to the guest doing a little dance. I enjoyed that. There you go, that's the level of humor. Perfect, perfect joke. Do you remember when we worked together't remember exactly what it was for. It was for like a teaser, like a production company who was giving some development money to shoot a part of a film. Yes, no, I remember I was playing like a gangster and I held you up against a wall in an acting job.
Starting point is 00:21:56 What? I can't remember much about it. It was so long ago and I knew while I was doing it, I had no idea what I was doing. I thought you were going to go, I knew while I was doing it, that you were going to be a star. I thought, I thought he was going to say. No, I knew that. This guy, he's got star quality. Don't you worry about that. Yeah, I was a gangster roughing you up.
Starting point is 00:22:13 Yeah. to be, I was like, I'm not right for this part. This isn't me. Yeah. So I did get an inevitable phone call saying, we're going to go ahead with a film, but we're going to not use you.
Starting point is 00:22:34 Well, I didn't even get the email. Rob until today, they didn't realize the film we made. mate. Yes, no idea. What was it called? I can't remember what it's called. He's got Ron Perlman in it, I think. And I look a bit like Ron Perlman. What's his name? Ron Weasley? Oh, Rupert Grin. Rupert, Grin. Oh, we got done by Perlman and Green? Is it a moon? Yeah, it was about faking the moon landing? Yeah, is it called Moon Walker? Why was I dressed as a 50-I g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g ga th. R th. R th th th as a trying to get Stanley Kubrick to make the moon landing, to fake the moonland. And they're all involved in gangsters and stuff like that. Moonwalkers film. Right, okay. Release date, 2015.
Starting point is 00:23:14 So yeah, Ron Weasley got it off you. I actually really looked like Ron Perlman, but I don't think he's like a general in it or something. I quite enjoyed doing that because it meant I could be angry and not smile and I was all clean shame and I looked a bit weird but that's quite fun that. I just remember you were really funny I don't remember acting with you or doing the scenes or anything. No no no I'm talking about in between takes. All right. Just sort of having our lunch and stuff. I mean, I'd already had kids by that point, so there was no way I was ever going to make a new friend. But I was like, oh, I'd love to hang out with Rob a bit more. He was really good.
Starting point is 00:23:50 That was great fun. I was petrified though, because I didn't know what I was doing. But yeah, I think Kevin Bishop got my role. He looks like the gangster than than tan tan tan to to to to to to to to to to than than to to to thian. to thin. thin. thin. thin. I thin. I thin. I to to thin. I was thin. to to to to thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the thi. the thr. the thr. throoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I tho. no sorry I was pregnant at 22 I had Harrison at 23 pregnant at 24 I had the next one at 25. How old you when you met? 22. Yeah it wasn't long. Okay you just thought look I found the one let's not mess about was that their thought process? Yeah just hurry up, bosh them out, get married, get a house, and just... Get you done.
Starting point is 00:24:28 Get you done. If you're gonna do it, do it. Well, you married at that point, I married after. They're married at 21 before they've met. I said, not a judgment or aren't a wedding. So the numbers don't numbers you you you you you you that that that that that that that thu numbers that thu numbers thu numbers that that that that thi number to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. they're they're thi. thi. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. te. teat teat teat teat te. te. teat te. te. today. te. today. to to the theythen we got married in 2012 and then our second came along in 2013. So you got one bastard? And he is a little bastard as well, don't there?
Starting point is 00:24:53 And he's a bastard, don't know. Yeah, I've got one bastard. He's an angel. Are they still a bastard? Are they just a bastard until you get married? I'm making this up but I'm going to say once you're married they're not anymore. I'll go back to what I just said. You still is. A reformed bastard? A reformed bastard. Do you get the annoying, because I've got two daughters, I'll get the annoying, oh are you going to go for a boy question? Do you get the or are you going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going going to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to to to to to to to what to to what to to what to what to to to what to to what to what to what to what to what to to what to what to what to what to what to to what to to what to to what to to to to to to to to what to to to to to their. to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. to to to to to what to what to what to to go for a girl question? We did for a long time and funnily enough because I was never the little girl or the sort of teenage girl that was desperate to be a mum. I was like maybe if it happens like
Starting point is 00:25:33 but I did always use to say if I do have kids I'd love to have two little boys and then obviously we had them quite quickly and when they were two boys we both just sort of like I think this is us I th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thus thus thus th th th th th. thi th. thi. their their their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi thi the the the to to the the to the tooooooo teeeean tean tean. theeean the an the the the to quite quickly and when they were two boys we both just sort of were like I think this is us I think this is what we want I went through a phase of being like I'd love a girl you did a little bit yeah love a daddy's little girl it's on a little girl I can spoil and it's not too late guys oh it is well see this thing then you're adding another 18 years on to the sentence then exactly and also Lou has to the the to to the the to the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the the the th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. I thi. I'm the. I'm tho. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I was th. I's th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I I I I th. I I I I I I th. I th. I I th. I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm the. I'm the. I'm the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. I'm the. I'm th sentence then. Exactly. And also Lou has to have sex with me as well. That goes on top of that as well. It's a double whammy. It's an 18 year sentence to freedom, isn't it essentially? Yeah. Listen, we've played it all right. By the time the kids are 15, 16, 17, we will be 42. You've got another whole life to live. Like my plan is to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to to to to to to the to be able the to the the to to the the the to be the life to live. My plan is to be able to go, we're fucking off the weekend.
Starting point is 00:26:25 We're gonna go to the places that we never got to go to. We're gonna go and see Berlin for the weekend. Yeah. Make sure the house looks like this when we get back. Yeah. That's it. Do you feel like that you missed out on anytoday. Because that's where you go that's where you go that's where you go that's where you that's where you that's where you that's where you that's where you that's where you that's where you that's you feel that bit having kids so young? I don't feel like a mistake on anything. No I don't. I mean from 18 to 21 obviously I was going out
Starting point is 00:26:53 you were clubbing every night of the week and crawling into college during the week and stuff but I think that me and James weren't really made for that anyway like we were knackered by the time we met. I think that's why we were just like, should we just get married and sit in the huss and watch the TV and we were like, yeah. Yeah, I was born falsely. I wouldn't be able to have a kid now, I don't have the energy. So fucking tired all the time.
Starting point is 00:27:21 We were so young though that all that all that all that all that all that all that all that all that everything that everything that everything We were so young though that everything was fun as well. Like we didn't and obviously James's job at that time, I mean it's still your job but you were working quite a lot back then. He was like, because like, the films and stuff were coming out in between the first and the second. Jude was really young when you were making the second one. He was like three months old. So I was sort of the second. Jude was really young when you were making the second one. He was like three months old. So I was sort of the stay at home mom doing all that and James would be working on and off, but obviously because of the nature react and you would spend a lot of time at home as well. And it was just, we were young, it was fun, we had so much energy, we were constantly taking them out. And yeah, can't be asking them out. the to their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. t. t. t. te. te. their. the the the the the the the the the their. their. their. their. their. their. their. taking them out and yeah I can't be asking like no I just think I'm ready to
Starting point is 00:28:05 to be fair right taking them out when they're a baby is putting them in a seat on wheels yeah but I'm also thinking about toy-clothing yeah but now a day out with our kids now is you have to go somewhere where you have to climb a wall or yeah but we don't have to do it with them. They can do that stuff themselves now. We just sit. What kind of day outs do you do with them? They love a trampoline park. They love rock climbing, like indoor rock climbing.
Starting point is 00:28:35 There's other thing, they love going to the cinema. You hate the cinema. Why do you hate the cinema? I love going to the cinema. I'm a th th th th th th th th th th th going to the cinema to watch films and popcorn and the whole pageantry of it. What else you're doing there if you're not watching a film? Go there for the sweets and leave? It's the kids films. I keep falling asleep. Yeah. I enjoy the sleep. I go there for a tip. When they're ten or eleven. What kind of films are they watching at that stage? Spider-Man, Superman, Supermaria. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:06 No, they don't really like the Marvel. Spider-Man, there's the Miles Morales stuff, which is the sort of newer one, they're really into that. Which, those films are all right, actually. I don't mind them. You didn't come the last one. No, I'm just boycotting that you just said I don't have come like it costs a fortune to go there You're gonna be like a grumpy old man of the stereotypical grumpy old dad Claire can ask question has he got a chair in the living room that no one else is allowed to sit in it no they're not coming in the room they got to get up no No I do it I've got no no I do it actually does sit in it do you know the only other person who sits in that the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the chair I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. I I they. I they. I they. I the they. I the the the the the the the the the only other person who sits in that chair is the dog? It's either the dog or James.
Starting point is 00:29:47 You've got your own chair. Yeah, but if they weren't allowed to sit it when you weren't there, that is fucking mental. That's like a dictator. But you make him get up, son. the oldest is 12, right? Yeah. Cut through 16, is in your chair, you're walking, get up son. Get up son. And he goes, no, not today dad. It happens, doesn't it? Yeah, talk me through it.
Starting point is 00:30:09 Which is something harder than you. I'm in training already. Hi, okay, what are you doing? Okay, what are you doing? I'm doing a lot of cycling at the trade. I don't run away. the decline, I'm declining constantly. That's it, we're going to cross paths and I'll no longer be leader of the pride. Can I ask you a work question that I'm absolutely fascinated about? Because you're the king of cameo. How many are you knocking out a day and when you doing it and how? I do at least 25 a day. Sometimes I do a bit more.
Starting point is 00:30:46 Every day. It's really easy. Yeah, I don't. I don't take long. Do you say to Claire, I've got to go upstairs and do my cameos or are you doing like, fuck it, I'll do a couple. A couple there. I can't do a couple. five at least because if it looks like I've done an odd number of them that hurts my brain.
Starting point is 00:31:05 So I like to make sure I do to do chunks of them and yeah I do it's usually about the time when we finished dinner and all the plates need to go away and stuff I'm like I've got to get these that's when he's busy. Gotta get these today. Gail. I do have to get him done. He's got to get him done. He's on a turnaround Claire. Do you think sometimes, Claire, he'll say I've got to go and get these cameos done and there may not be cameos or there may be not that many and he's just all sat in a room not looking after the kids. Is that ever crushed your? Very possibly, but requests are really funny. Cameo, for people that don't know, you can send a request for you to read a message, video message to a friend for a birthday or something like that. Happy birthday, congratulations on getting married, things like that. Yeah, will you marry? Yeah, I get proposals. Oh my I've had a couple where I don't know whether they're serious or not where it's like,
Starting point is 00:32:02 all J. they're serious or not where it's like all right Jay is absolutely nice what they call me. Listen I've had an absolute Barney with my birds and I'm lost without her and I wanted to take me back and I just thought maybe if you could try and convince her. Oh my fucking God I don't think you're taking this relationship seriously right? If you're in trouble the missus I don't think sending Jay from the in betweeners in to try and butter her and to to to to to to to to to to to to them her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and butter her and to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their to their their to to to to to their to to their they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're they they they're they're they their their their their their their their their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to they're they're they're they're they're ouble with the Mrs. I don't think sending Jay from the in-betweeners in to try and butter her up is going to help your calls. Oh my god. Have you had to said no? Yeah, there's loads of stuff you've got to say no to. James, she've had 7,691 reviews. Yeah. Fucking hell that's unbelievable. But lots of people like them and they make people happy and I'm a bit sad. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. Yeah. the. the. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the. the. the., that's unbelievable. But lots of people like them and they make people happy and I'm a bit sad like that.
Starting point is 00:32:47 No, it's nice. If you're like on a night out with friends with a birthday or a stagggy and stuff like that and then you show it to, it gives the whole little group of bars the person's absolutely loving it. It's a lovely thing to do. I've seen a lot of reaction videos. to do is the congratulations I'm getting married during the best man speech or something like that and they put me on a projector and I get to see everyone reacting and I'll give the groom some tips and tricks on how to have a long happy marriage. So you're improvising as Jay basically? Yeah, come on. James here. I've just finished doing a YouTube video and uh...
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Starting point is 00:34:06 But it's not like you've got to play characters like hard work. Oh, imagine if you were doing 25 cameos a day as a character you resented. Yeah, that would be a problem. Oh yeah. Oh, Simon Bird with his little the year cameo day? Yeah, it's no problem. Look, I've had proper jobs. I didn't just turn up on set one day and I was in the in-betweeners. I know what working for a living is like and I fucking ate it. So I was like, I want to try and avoid this at all costs.
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Starting point is 00:35:26 but then Santa was very clever last year and brought them an electric one. So they can have their headphones headphones and but that's all they do together. The little one plays bass in drums and the big one plays guitar. Yeah, everything. So their playroom, they had a playroom downstairs and we just recently changed that into a sort of little music studio thing. So they're just in there, any chance they get, any time they don't have to go to school, they're just on the guitar. Have you gone to gigs with them? Yeah, loads. They had the little baby ear defenders and stuff like Harrison was three months old watching Weller and music music. their. their. their. their. their. their. They's. They's their. They's. They's. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and stuff like that. Like Harrison was three months old watching Weller and music is a big, the house is never silent. There's always either someone playing music or we're listening to music.
Starting point is 00:36:12 Like music's a big thing that we all share as a family. Yeah. Can you guys play any instruments or sing or anything? Oh, I can swittle about and the old guitar. Got a good voice as well. Come on, keep going. What else can you do, James? What else can you do, James? What else can I do? What else can I do? Are you into it, Claire?
Starting point is 00:36:32 If James isn't there, and Harrison wants to... What's it called? Have a jam? Yeah, I can do the drums a little bit. But not really. I always get the phone out. I'm just the mom. When you three are playing songs I'm always just recording them. Oh, that must be so fun to play music with your children. No one's taught them anything. Like I do play guitar and the house is full of guitars and stuff. I've got quite a big guitar collection, but if you leave a child in the room with like a keyboard or something guitar or something. Like I remember the afternoon Harrison was just like I'll play guitar now. Like left him in a room for an afternoon and they've got YouTube so they can just go oh how do you do
Starting point is 00:37:13 this and they just like ask YouTube how to do something you're leaving there for about six hours they come back and it's Santana sitting. They do have music lessons at school. They do now, yeah. Yeah, now, yeah. Once we were like, oh you're quite good at that, we should probably nurture this. Have you taken them to Glastonbury or festivals or anything? We went to Alex James' Festival. Oh yeah, we just did the big festival. The big festival, which was great. Really nice actually and I would definitely say if you've got kids, young family, it's a really really good one. Everyone's really friendly Just start having fun
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Starting point is 00:38:15 We're all drunk. We're all drunk. . they were off their face. It was in a tent or was you glamping or what's the setup for a commendation you take your own stuff? Well, we were in a posh hotel nearby. It was super posh, it was really, really posh. They were all wearing like little tweed blazers and stuff, all the staff and things like. And you can tell it's posh as well because we didn't know what anything on the menu, the menu, the menu, the menu, the menu, the menu, the menu, the menu, thia, thia, thu, thu, thu, thu, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was tho, was poshion, was tho, was, was, was, was, was, was th, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was. And, was, was. And, was poch, was poch, was poch, was poch, was poch....a, was poch.a, was poch.a, was pow.a, was pow.A.A.A.A.A. tsoso, was tososahahahs. tososk, tosk, tosk, tosk, tosk, was tosk, was tosk, was to to to to the menu? We didn't know, yeah, I couldn't read the menu, didn't understand what any of it said. Also, people were money, the reason
Starting point is 00:38:48 they've got money is because they don't get rid of it. So I tipped our waiter for giving us drinks and he nearly had a heart attack. And I was like, what's wrong? He's like, oh no one's given us a tip before. I was like their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. No their th. No thi thi thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No one's thi. No one's thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No the the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the reason the the the the the thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. No thi. thi. thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi. thi's thi thi thi. thi. thi thi. about, those posh lot, that cling on. Yeah, they love it. I get it, knock it out. That's the working class way, isn't it? But that's why they still got it for the next generation. And when do you do your podcasts then, in terms of your life? Are you, like, get the kids to school and then you sit down, you're like, and now we work th and you, and to, and to, and to work, and their and their and their and their and their and their their their their their their their, and their their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their work and their work and their, their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their work and their work and their work and their their their their their their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the we work together. Yeah, but we're in a studio. So we've got to do the school run, get home, quickly get some nicer clothes on, do the hair,
Starting point is 00:39:32 and then head out. But it doesn't take that long. It's not like if you're good, if you get into a rhythm quickly, we've had a couple of disasters where we've already had to go and re-record stuff because... Oh really? Well, the podcast is about sort of marriage and relationships and stuff. So there has been a couple of times where we've just ended up getting into a band. Yeah, because you know those coupley podcasts, they're quite popular at the moment, and they make sense.
Starting point is 00:39:59 But usually there's sort of at least one cheerful one. Whereas I genuinely think that our podcast is an actual Real representation of two people that have been married for over a decade and how they talk to each other and We did have to re-record half of one because we just it was like oh mommy and daddy are fighting It was a ha ha ha ha ha. You don't have to get back into it but is there a certain issue that you could get back into it and we wouldn't stop you? I couldn't tell you you know sometimes you just disagree on something as a couple and... I feel like Claire's got a couple lined up now from the look on a face. There's no a podcast long enough, but I can't remember that I think we just obviously try and keep it light. It was a little section we do where we th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. their, the. the. the. the. thooooo. to to to to to to to to to to to thi. th a little section we do where we sort of make these
Starting point is 00:40:45 boughs to each other to try and do better. It's something that the other person needs. And then I think I said something and James was like, well, that's a bit much. Yeah. I think it just went disastrous. At the end of each episode we ask each other to change something about each. And we thought that was a good idea to begin with. to to th. But, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the th. th. the the th. tho. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, the, the, try, try, try, try, try, try, try and try and try and try and try, try and try and try and try and tho. tho. tho. tho. to change something about each other. And we thought that that was a good idea to begin with, but now that we're sort of a few episodes in and we're running out of the funny stuff. Yeah. Now it is just a bit, can you stop doing that? Because it hurts my feeling.
Starting point is 00:41:17 Thank you. Well, yeah, that's difficult. Because sometimes, me and the marriage is everything's flying, sometimes you be like, yeah you're fucking you're messing off a little bit here. We try and sort of avoid each other for the day just to give everyone a bit of space but if you're contractually obliged to come back together to record the conversation I imagine if it's not a great week that's their lot of the world. There's no one else on the planet who I'm going to enjoy spending more time with than those guys.
Starting point is 00:41:47 But you do, you want to, can you just fuck off for a little while? How far away are you from having separate bedrooms? We're sort of there or thereabouts, a lot of the time, because... When the kids come in, their times, when their the kids's, when the kids come, when, when, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, they. their, their, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can's, can's, can's, can's, can's, can's, can's, can's....... they.. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. their, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, can't, they. their. their. their. their. their. thooooooooomorrow, can't, can't, can't, can't tha. tha, can't, can't I can't do it, I can't sleep with the kids in the bed and they're still crawling in and stuff. Also they're big now as well. It's like I have a bloke in there. It is. You didn't like that the last time. I didn't know. No, there has been times when I have been other. I just feel silly. That's not true by the that that that that that th that th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi's thi's thi. thi. thi's thi's just, I's just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Yeah, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. It's like, they're just just like, I'm just just like, I'mthat you do a lot is, you pretend that you don't like it, but I know that
Starting point is 00:42:28 you do, you'll be like, oh, I'm going to stay up late and finish watching this. Or if you've been out and you come home, like, you don't even attempt to come in our bedroom. You just go straight to the guest room. And it's like, to 'clock and then eventually I will fall asleep but then I'll say to you in the morning I'm like and you're oh I didn't want to wake you up. I was like I heard you going in the kitchen at like eight o'clock what you're talking about? With your tub of pringos and your bole of cola living the life. There's nothing better Do you sleep in a different bed to loo much? No, not really because we haven't really sort of got a guest bedroom, we've got a room the sort of half playroom, half guest bedroom, but it's got like a sofa bed in it.
Starting point is 00:43:15 Because our mentality is you don't want the guest room to be too comfy because people come and stay. Yeah, the first thing James did was buy like a temper mattress for the guest room. There's a temper mattress in the guest room. That is unbelievable. Exactly. It's not comfy enough. I'll have to get like a sofa bed out. However, I think I probably would get in there if we had a nicer bed. If we are in the same bed though, I have my own blanket. Do you? I get the do of it. I've got got the the the th. I've got th. I've got th. I've got th. I've got th. I've got th. I've got th. I've got the th. I've got like an ill dog. What does a weighted blanket do? I meant to make you feel safe and secure. It's an anxiety thing, I think.
Starting point is 00:43:52 It is really heavy. It just keeps you in the bed. But it is really heavy. Because the sharing of the duvet thing, I find that if you both turn away from each other, you get this sort of duvey bridge where a through, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a th, a the, a the, a the, a threat, a threat, a threat, a threat, a threat, a to, a to, a to, a to, a to, a to, threatha, like,turn away from each other, you get this sort of duvet bridge where a through draft can come in and then you get a cold back and I hate that. I do think though it's nice to share a bed. However, I do think you need two duvets or two blankets. I have it in like Europe they have got two double duvets? No.
Starting point is 00:44:25 Because to be fair, you don't always use it. You've not used it for a little while, but we've got the normal bed duvets. But then sometimes James will have his little, I don't know if he's a distressful there, something he'll bring his weighted blanket. Yeah. dry is there, stressful day, Claire. If he's done like five to ten cameos, he may need that blanket. Yeah. But the problem as well is I'm a, I need a cold room. It's tough at
Starting point is 00:44:50 the top. You need a cold room? Yeah, I can join the winner. There's a gale blowing through the blinds and rattling and stuff. I'm like, Jesus, I'm chattering away, my teeth are clacking, and you're going, ah, it's too warm. You're supposed to sleep in a cold room. You are. Are you? What's it do, bring your heart rate down a bit more and especially a few degrees like and then that helps you sleep more. That's it. So why are we getting under duveys? Well because it used to be cold? Well because it used to be cold. the the the to be cold? to be cold, to be cold, the to be cold, to be cold, th. to be cold, to be cold, to be cold, to be cold, to be cold, the to be cold, to be cold, to be cold, th, to be cold, th. Well, to be th. Well, th. Well, to be th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the to be to be to be to be the the the to be the th, th, th, th. the th. th. th. the th. the the the th. the th. th. th th th th th thi, thi, that, that, the that, the that thrue toooooooooooooooooooooooooo the. th Modern insulation. Even just 20 years ago it used to be colder. Yeah. What's that all about then? The bus stop, waiting from my school bus.
Starting point is 00:45:30 I've never felt cold like it since in this country. I've never felt cold like it since in his country. You see what I mean? He's fucking eating. About once a week I do say this would be my last Christmas. Yeah. Don't buy me any new jump as there. I won't be here next winter. You're like, oh the kids are growing again.
Starting point is 00:45:54 I'll go, don't worry, they can have my life stuff. I won't be here long. You are into your clothes, so how do you feel about and borrowing your nice stuff? Yeah, if they want to look good. Claire, their their their their their their their their to size different. And if they got the trademark hair cut? Well the oldest one used to but the boys have both got long hair, little sort of rockers. They're cool kids though. They dress quite cool. They dress. They wear flares and stuff like that. Yeah, really? So do you think they'll be in a band together? the band together? That's that's th. That's th. th. th. th. th. th. their their their they's they' they're they're their they're their they're their their their their their their their their their they're their their their their. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. they'll they'll they'll they'll their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. their. their. their. their. their. they've got their studio set up. They're all ready to go. Are we allowed to reveal the band name or is that under wraps?
Starting point is 00:46:26 I think we've seen it on the blog. You don't know what it is? No, no, I do. I just don't know why we wouldn't tell anyone. It's not a real band. It's not a real band. It's the good band name though. It's not a bad band name. Go on. It's the Squire Birds. The Squire Birds.
Starting point is 00:46:47 Oh, that's nice. I like it. Where have they got that from? Is that from John Squire? Yeah. They're big John Squire fans. Who's John Squire? He's in Stone Roses.
Starting point is 00:46:56 Oh. to have our dad in the band as well. Would you go? They'll never say that. I mean if they knew what was good for him they would. Listen I'm not being funny, they've written some songs clear and it's been just some of my cast off little riff. I chuck my son a little riff, I go, yeah, you can do that. All of a sudden it's in a song that he's written and then I go, well, who did write that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who that, who them, James, but in the character of Jay. Just making phone calls to nightclubs. It's just useless. It could be a sitcom where Jay comes back and he's the manager of the band and then his kids. And that's the way you launch the band.
Starting point is 00:47:38 Like Club 7 had their own sitcom that launched them. Yeah, that's right. So the Squirebirds the sitcom. They're very sensible and studious and care about the music and you're like, right let's get the groupies in let's order some drink and they're like no no no dad. No dad. No dad. Come on just not the groupies dad. Yeah, I'm wandering around I gave him that fucking riff. Yeah. I gave here, walking out on stage. Yeah, like Ocean Colour scene all over again. It is, yeah. I do like to crowbar my way on.
Starting point is 00:48:13 James, we went through, we're mixed with Steve Kradak, who is the guitarist from Ocean Colorsine and he invited us. Yeah, he invited us to a couple of gigs. And then suddenly, after maybe two or three, James just... Well, no, there was one time and I went, do you want to get up on stage and play a bit with us? I was like, yeah, of course, yeah. And then, from then on I was like... He always brought a guitar to a gig as that was in, isn't it? Oh, no. In the boot or did you walk into the venue with it? Yeah, I walked into the venue with it. Just, just chuck it to the sound guy. Yeah, get that all.
Starting point is 00:48:47 Are you two friends with Danny Dyer and his partner as well? Yeah, are you neighbors then? Is that or? No. Yeah, I've been mates with him for Channel 4, one of the comedy labs. Do they still do those? Was Blaps the name of it for a bit? E4 Blaps or something?
Starting point is 00:49:10 They do a version of that I think now for online. What did he play? A 50s gangster? No. It was actually quite a funny idea. It was a sitcom called Filth. Do you remember nuts and zoo? Yeah, basically the same magazine. I can't believe that they carried on side by side for so long. Cocaine on Pepsi. It was like one of them, it was one of those magazine.
Starting point is 00:49:33 And my character was like a guy that's been to journalism school, had dreams of willing pull it surprises and things like that. Basically writing for nuts, like how much stuff can you fit in your foreskin and things like that was basically writing for nuts like how much stuff can you fit in your foreskin and things like. Yeah, eight quid in coppers. Yes. And Danny Dyer played the sort of military correspondent. Sort of like he'd been on tour to Afghanistan and he had a column they would talk about sort of that sort of stuff. He's such a brilliant comedic actor that. Yeah, he's well funny. I don't think he knows that he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's he's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi's thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. to. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the thi. the the thi. the thi. thi. thi actor. Yeah, he's well funny. I don't think he knows that he's as funny as he is. We always say that, like when we go around and have a career or whatever, like he is just genuinely hilarious. And you wouldn't think it if you didn't know him personally, but he's so funny. And sometimes he doesn't know he's being funny. No, it's fucking hilarious. Do your kids get on all they different ages? Because he's got younger ones as well, hasn't he?
Starting point is 00:50:25 Yeah, they're little boy. He's actually a month younger than Judd. They're a little one, so they all get on well. They're all Roblox, friends, and all that sort of stuff. Yeah, I can't imagine Danny Dyer's son being. He's a great kid though, Artie. And his dad boys love, I. Artie's also very funny, actually. Yeah, he's funny. He's the kid where he'll just say it and you go, yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:52 Yeah. You don't mind saying what everyone's thinking at the room? Really? Amazing. Well, we always finish with the same question. It's quite exciting the same, the end question question, th question, th question, th question, th question, th question, th question, th question, It's quite exciting the end question for a couple. Yeah, so we'll normally have all one person we ask and what one thing their partner does that they think is absolutely amazing, they're so lucky to have kids with him, but also the one thing that drives a mad that they wish they didn't do as a parent and if they were to listen back, oh yeah, that's a fair point but you're going to be doing to be doing their..... their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin's thin's absolutely thin, thi's going thi's thi's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their one, their one, their, their, their, their, their, their one thing, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi. things. things. things. things, things, things, thi's thi. thi. thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi.thing about each other? You can decide who goes first. So I actually go, oh my God, I love him so much. And the other thing that's like, that toss my head in.
Starting point is 00:51:26 Just as a parent. As a parent, the way they parent the kids, yeah. Or if you want to go for his character as well, that's fine, Claire, that's up to you. I thin think the back. I'm just struggling for the good thing. Well there you go. You are the best mom. I could not imagine having a better mom for my children. My children have got the best mom in the world. You are the greatest. There's nothing you wouldn't do from, you know this. You know this. There's nothing you wouldn't do from you got all the patience in the world for him. However, cut to the chase. Here we go. There we go. It's that they are growing up a bit now and I really do feel like they need to be doing a tiny bit more for themselves, tiny bit more of
Starting point is 00:52:13 thinking for themselves and not coming to you at the like Harrison's in secondary school. He's my little project at the moment Harrison. I'm trying to get him to be a bit more sort of grown up and like I started taking him to the gym with me, you know, and stuff like that. I want him to know what homework he's got when he comes home. Just little things like that. Just him knowing what he's doing with his life a little bit more. Yeah. Whereas you're just like running around after him. I'm just like,. I'm like, right, this is what you got to do today. He needs to organize it. He needs to wake up in the morning, go, right, I need to know what books. You shouldn't be checking his timetable. You need your English and your science today. He should wake up. Look at his own timetable and go, right, pack me English, pack my sown. I just feel like that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will that will thi. I will come. I'll tho. I'll tho. I'll tho. I'll thi. I'll tho. I'll tho. I'll tho. I'll the to the to to the the tho. I tho. I the books. I tho. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'll th. I'll th. I'll th. I'll th. I'll the books. I'll the books. I'll thi. I'll the the thi. I'll thi. I'll to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the. the the th come. There's an old child on the planet that goes, oh, well I'm getting everything done for me, so should I start doing it myself? No, absolutely not.
Starting point is 00:53:12 I mean we could pull it that fucking thread with you. I do everything for you and all. Exactly! All my kids growing up as useless as me. I'm just trying to save them. Do you think that's a fair point, Claire? Or do you think, is it just a difficult transition period because it's only just started secondary school? I think a little bit of both. I think I could probably try and let him do a little bit more for his self, especially the older one.
Starting point is 00:53:40 But I'm just his mum like that. That's just what I do. Now, what about James? What's the positive and negatives as a parent? So the good thing. It's be the first time I'm all here in this. I can't leave my luck. This is gonna be great.
Starting point is 00:53:55 It's actually really sweet getting to watch this, but I think this part might be less sweet. But anyway, the good thing is you are a really good dad as well. Yeah. You don't have as much patience as me. The positive slipped into a negative second sentence. But you are very good at the fun stuff. You're a fun dad. Yeah, I'll have a laugh of them, didn't I? You can take things that maybe if I'm sort of trying to give them into trouble for something or like you, you're quite you you're you you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're you're that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that to that to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to rying to give them into trouble for something or like you you're quite good at spinning things into a positive I would say. Okay I don't know what any of that meant. Well I just mean like if something's a little bit intense is this
Starting point is 00:54:33 really hard to listen to? No it's absolutely glorious it's the best pit we've ever done. Something's a little bit tens you're quite good at cracking a joke and cheering everybody up and making... Now would be a lot lot th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thing. things th things th things things things. things. things. things bit tens, you're quite good at cracking a joke and cheering everybody up and making... Now would be a good time. Make lighter stuff. Yeah, I'm making light of stuff. But you are a good fun dad. I am good. Because I do want to be close to my kids, I want them to feel like they can talk to me
Starting point is 00:54:56 about anything and vice versa. Well, that's what I mean, as well, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, th, th, th, th, recently did sort of sex education stuff. And I was trying to be very like, yes, that's right. And do you have a question about that? And sort of did that, whereas you came in and just sort of laughed because he was talking about testicles and stuff. Yeah, it was hilarious. Like, you're quite good at that stuff. I was, why are you working?
Starting point is 00:55:19 Harrison was on the phone. you were like, oh Harrison once talked to you and was like, Dad, I started doing sex education today. He went, I've got some questions. I went, I've probably got some fucking questions for you as well. He didn't swear. But it's funny. Yeah, you're good at that. Stuff doesn't have to be serious or awkward and stuff like that. And the negative claim. If you could just give us one, that would be great. Maybe. You should just just to to to to to to the the to the to the to the to the to the to the to the the to to the the to the to the to the to to the to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the to quest to quest some some some questions some questions some questions some questions some questions some questions some questions the the the the the the the questions some questions questions questions questions questions the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. quest the. quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest quest to be quest to be to be to be their their the negative Claire. If you could just give us one, that would be great. Maybe. You should just try and help it a bit more. Just in general, just everything. With what? What do you need out with? Claws, dishes, dinners. I've got you already, I've got you already. Because you're one of these people, Claire.
Starting point is 00:55:59 And then as soon as someone else you go, you're not doing it right, I'm doing myself. Say so, I don't know, fucking what do I do? So next one. Try hard. I mean, because I only say that because you piss about and you do it. And I know that you're one of these people who have. 15 love. You do it terribly so I don't know where stuff the kitchen. And you've mastered that. Well, what's it?
Starting point is 00:56:23 Where does she go? I don't know where stuff goes. There's stuff in the kitchen that I don't know where it goes sometimes. So do you think, Clay, he's doing it badly on purpose to get out of doing it? Yeah. What's it called, weaponized incompetence? Oh, we've had that mentioned on it before. That's a big doing. I'm taking that as a compliment. I mean that you think I'm being incompetent on purpose.
Starting point is 00:56:46 No, no, no, there are people this stupid. You're not stupid. Maybe we'll set up a little like orienteering day in the kitchen. I think that'll be a great YouTube video where you go. Okay, so here the jobs I want to help with. One is the dishwasher. I'm going to show the the to show the the to show. the the the. th. thia. thia. thia. thoom. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. they. they. they. their. their their their their thi. they. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. thi. th. th. th. thi. thi. they. on camera so you know. This is the clothes, this is where they all go, that's how we do it and then. Refer back to the... Exactly.
Starting point is 00:57:09 I wouldn't have a problem at at all. My argument would be is what's wrong with asking me? I've got to be intuitive. I've got to be like, I've got to be like to be like to be have to do it, you should want to help me. I don't know what you want. Just go. Oh, can you put that life on it? But having to come, but it's the same thing every day and night we do. It's not as if it's like a new thing.
Starting point is 00:57:32 Oh, these plates need cleaned. Before we use them again, they need cleaned. The dish was the last 10 minutes is the best advert for a podcast I've ever seen in my life. In sickness and in health is available on all the usual podcast. I feel like we should send some sort of marriage counseller around now once we leave the zoom where you do just go be with each other all day after that. This is actually like sort of all right. I've been enjoying it. This is neling it on for you like we, it gets much one. That's brilliant. Thank you so much for coming on the show guys. Good luck with the YouTube
Starting point is 00:58:10 channel and the podcast and obviously we look forward to seeing your kids headline Glastonbury in a few years time. Yeah with their dad on drums. I'll be there. They'll be there. Yeah, James Buckley is dancing beside them. James Buckley and the Squirebirds. Doing a few cameos between the songs, Kavitameen. Cheers guys, thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks for having us. The Buckleys. I enjoyed that. That was great, wasn't it? Because I do actually watch that. Their relationship was really funny because you can be wingy and Claire takes no shit so they just argue on their YouTube channel quite a lot which is pretty funny. Oh so I love, it's a great example of someone to be level-headed where when you have played such
Starting point is 00:58:52 a big character like that you can let it that to be level that you can let it get in your head but he's very much embracing it and enjoying it and having a great life. more than that but if you play something that resonates so many people you just have to accept it don't you? Exactly Rob exactly you've got that character Rob Beckett and you're sticking with it. Exactly it's done me well right Josh I've got a go just been text someone said I've got a flat tire so that's good news oh good have fun all right cheers by I speak to you about you about on Tuesday bye Hi guys, Fatty at Elgory here. Quick question, brother. Do you like to laugh? Do you like to give money to good causes? Course you do, bru, well listen, on Thursday the 2nd of November Hackney Empire, I'm hosting a comedy night with a star studied lineup. Heard of Rob Beckett,
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