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Britain's Got Talent star on 'mad moment' he scolded Simon Cowell during audition
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Got Talent comedian Alex Mitchell, who has autism and Tourette’s, scolded Simon Cowell from the stage when the judge laughed at an inappropriate point during his routine
The 23 year old primary school teacher, who has autism and Tourette’s, impressed the judges and the audience at his original audition with his honest and very funny brand of comedy, and even managed to get away with scolding Simon Cowell after the mogul laughed just at the moment Alex displayed one of the tics he has that is associated with Tourette’s – but before the punchline to his joke. Speaking just hours before the semi final on Friday 31 May, Alex said: “I’m terrified, it’s just nuts, the whole experience is bonkers, it’s so out of my comfort zone and is really scary but I’m loving every minute of it.” “It probably took me longer to tell Mum and Dad I wanted to be a comedian than it did to tell them that I’m queer to be fair, but they have been incredibly supportive and allowed me to go and pursue that dream and see me rise from doing tiny gigs with no one there, to slightly bigger rooms and earning maybe 20 quid here and there, to doing Britain’s Got Talent,” he said.
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