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BAFTA TV Awards host Rob Beckett reveals suicide horror and mental health struggles

Rob Beckett is known for his hilarious jokes and funny take on parenting - but the star who will host this weekend's BAFTA TV Awards has shared his mental health struggles

But despite being known for his hilarious jokes on sold-out stand-up tours, frequent TV appearances and hit podcast Lockdown Parenting Hell with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe, Rob has previously revealed a traumatic past. He has spoken about losing friends to suicide, as well as his own mental health struggles, and detailed how tough it was breaking into comedy from a working-class background in his autobiography A Class Act. Rob couldn't afford to get to or from the comedy venue when he arrived in Adelaide, could only manage to buy cereal to eat, and had no money for sunscreen or to see the doctor when he got a chest infection.

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