Manford talks One Show exit

Jason Manford has admitted that he found hosting The One Show ‘harder than he thought it would be’.

The comedian, who quit the magazine show in 2010 after revelations of a sex text scandal, also revealed that he only planned to stay with the show for one year.

He told The Mirror: “It wasn’t me really. I miss the team and Alex [Jones], but for a comic it was quite constrained… harder than I thought it would be.
“It was good experience. But when I flick it on and see Matt [Baker] and Alex I think, ‘These two are better’. They look right. I felt like I was wearing my dad’s suit and was a little bit constrained.
“My mind as a comic works at a different speed to other people’s and you just say what you think and try to get a laugh. I don’t think it would have been a long-term thing anyway. I would have done the year and got out.”

Manford now plans to limit his TV exposure and will instead focus on his stand-up career.