Comedian Frank Skinner has revealed he secretly married his longtime partner, Cath Mason, in a low-key ceremony on Monday.
The 68-year-old - who began dating Cath in 2001 when she was working as a receptionist at his management company Avalon - declared that they tied the knot “on the stairs” at Camden Town Hall in London.
Skinner and Mason’s wedding was attended by just one guest - their son Buzz who acted as a witness.
The TV presenter begged his friends not to “take offence” at not bagging an invite and admitted he “feels bad” for excluding them and wants to hold a larger event later down the line.
“Can you brace yourselves? You’ll never guess what I did on Monday – I got married. I got f***ing married!” he said on his podcast, Frank Off The Radio.
Skinner told his co-hosts Emily Dean and Pierre Novellie: “Don’t be offended, we didn’t invite anyone. Buzz was a witness. We got married not in a room but on the stairs at Camden Town Hall.”
The former Absolute Radio host revealed he had proposed to Mason but she didn’t want to have a big wedding.
He recalled: “I said to Cath, ‘Will you marry me?’ and she said, ‘I’m not having a f***ing party! I don’t want a load of guests. I’m not going in a church. I don’t want a ring. I’m not wearing a stupid f****ing white dress.’
“So it went on, ‘I’m not doing this!’ I said, ‘Oh, forget it.’
“And then about two weeks later I said, ‘Okay we’ll do it your way.’ I felt bad for the friends. I would have invited everyone.”
The Room 101 presenter added that he’s not trying to persuade Mason to have a party so they can celebrate their union with their friends.
Skinner and Mason welcomed Buzz in 2012.
The comic, who has been sober since 1986 after battling alcoholism n his 20s, previously opened up about how being teetotal helped him be a better parent.
“I do think, I’ve got a kid now and that means I haven’t even been back to it,” he said on Lorraine in 2018.
“ think a teetotal parent is a very good gift for a child. People talk about secondary smoking but secondary drinking, you can have a parent who gives you a horrible life because they drink a lot.”
