[James]

BB Pete to take the mic

by PETER DYKE

BIG BROTHER winner Pete Bennett has that he wants to become a stand-up comic.

And the 24-year-old Tourette’s sufferer claims he knows exactly how to handle boozy hecklers.

He’ll just shout his trademark curse “W*****s!” at them if they try to interrupt his stage act.

Wacky Pete had been scraping together a living as a frontman for glam rock band Daddy Fantastic before he entered the BB house.

However, during the Channel 4 show, he soon discovered how his comedy antics, impressions and stunts entertained his fellow housemates and millions of viewers.

He won them over by walking around with a giant flower pot over his head and jumping in the swimming pool, telling funny tales about his life and doing silly impressions of his BB pals.

Now Pete has confessed that, having split from his band, he is considering a career in comedy as well as becoming a solo pop artist.

The Brighton lad claims he would love to develop his comedy skills and tour the country making people laugh like TV funny men Russell Brand, 31, Peter Kay, 33, and Alan Carr, 30.

Pete said: “I’m looking into becoming a comedian.

“I’m figuring it out that you just have to be yourself when you’re on stage.

“And people laugh at me anyway when I’m being myself.”

The BB winner, who bagged the £100,000 prize money as well as a book deal and recording contract, would love to be as successful as his comedy idol – rubberfaced Hollywood actor Jim Carrey, 44, star of The Mask and Dumb And Dumber.

Pete added: “I used to look up to Jim Carrey as a kid. I thought he could give me some kind of hope because, to me, I think he’s a bit Touretty.

“That’s why I love him so much.”

And a pal added: “Pete would be great as a stand-up comic.

“He’s just a born entertainer.

“And if anyone heckles him, he can just shout ‘W****rs!’ at them and pretend it’s his Tourette’s.”

Daily Star

[Chrizzle]

There was a time when I thought he was funny.
But I just think hes changed. He hasnt been 'himself' on TV appearances.
Hes not the Pete which I voted for...

[SiMoN!]

TBH i wouldent think he could be a stand-up comedian
he is not that kind of funny

[MarkWaldorf]

[kirklutner]

Yeh right...he's not funny in the slightest ¬_¬

[Princess]

Pete in BB was the kinda funny that he had great one liners. Or he was just crazy funny. He isn't comedian funny.

[Mike]

The guy is not funny at all IMO - he might have come out with the odd funny thing whilst in the house but that was usually down to one of his tourette outbursts.

[J.C.]

I feel much of pete`s clowning around has developed as a protection from probably being teased at at a younger age.If he plays the fool then he feels comfortable at being laughed at. I once posted that I wished he could seperate his slap stick from his Tourettes.Imo this humour might not work for him as a stand up comedien ,but he is very creative and I think he could be brilliant at comic mime .I`m not trying to silence him but genuinely think this would work .In the house he spent hours on end infront of a mirror silently pulling faces. (Practice? and a spot of market research !!!)

Did I miss a spectacular jump into the pool? or has he just let slip that his pool fall was infact deliberate.??