Jimmy Carr says he tends to only eat once a day to stay ‘trim’

Comedian Jimmy Carr has told a podcast he only tends to "eat once a day". Photo / Getty Images

Jimmy Carr “only eats once a day” because he is “very conscious” of his weight.

The 53-year-old comedian – who has been candid about the cosmetic procedures he has undergone in the past, including filler, Botox, teeth veneers and a hair transplant – doesn’t think he has an “eating disorder” but he is aware his view of his body is not “the healthiest”.

Speaking to Katherine Ryan on her What’s My Age Again? podcast, he said: “I’m pretty body conscious as it is. I mean, I would say not like I think I’ve got an eating disorder, but I think I’m very conscious of weight, very conscious of staying sort of trim...

“In a way that’s probably on balance, maybe not the healthiest, really. I think the sort of body dysmorphia sort of thing was, was always associated with women with, you know, bulimia and anorexia.”

Asked if he does intermittent fasting, Carr admitted: “I sort of naturally do that, like I tend to eat once a day. [I’ve only had] Black coffee. Water. Yeah.”

Ryan then asked the 8 Out of 10 Cats host when he would first eat something and he said: “Uh, maybe this evening.”

Carr confessed to being partial to McDonald’s, but explained he favours the fast food chain because he knows what to expect, wherever he is in the world.

He said: “When travelling I love a McDonald’s. I love them...

“Well, because their hygiene system is the same globally. So sometimes if you’re somewhere, you don’t know what the good restaurant is in this crazy Eastern European town you find yourself in... You go, ‘Well, I know McDonald’s will be fine. I know I’ll be fine.’”

But the comic doesn’t treat himself too often.

“Oh, like once every couple of weeks, I guess. Something like that. That sounds reasonable. The poison’s in the dose, I think with all of these things.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Carr offered a “spicy take” on legalising drugs, explaining he thinks they should be banned for younger people but “mandatory” for the over 50s.

He said: “I’ve got a spicy take on drugs. Here’s my take on drugs, like, certainly for marijuana... weed I think should be illegal for the under 30s. I think it’s a performance-inhibiting drug. I think especially so many young men that are just sitting in basements smoking weed and they’re doing nothing...

“And it robs people of their ambition in the crucial years. I think it should be legal 30 to 50. And then I think over 50 mandatory… Well because old men are taking all the cash. And the redistribution of wealth would be aided by men going slow down.”