Comedian Joe Lycett has said that infamous encounter with Liz Truss on the BBC last year gave him a “panic attack”. When she was running to be PM, Truss, pictured, gave an interview to Laura Kuenssberg while Lycett shouted from the sidelines: “Fantastic, Liz!”.
“I had a panic attack in the car on the way home,” Lycett said last night at a recording of The Political Party podcast. “But then generally when I’m having a panic attack I sort of know it’s because I’ve done something that I’ll later be quite proud of.” Lycett said he has fewer panic attacks since having therapy. The appearance led to a Daily Mail front page saying he was “mocking” Truss, which he has in a “massive gold frame” in his house.
