ALAN Carr has claimed Prime Video bosses “measured him for a body bag” ahead of filming for his new series, The F*** It List.
The Celebrity Traitors star says he was troubled to learn what precautions needed to be taken for the upcoming show, which features fellow comics , and Jack Dee.
Alan Carr drew the line at certain bucket list suggestions by production Credit: PA:Press Association
In fact, was so fearful of his impending death, he refused to bungee jump in New Zealand.
Speaking on his Life’s A Beach podcast, Alan said: “They told me it would be going on the ‘Orient Express’… ‘swimming with dolphins’.
“They measured me up for a body bag and a parachute. I’m like, ‘No! No, I’m 50. Life’s dangerous enough. Going to the toilet could kill me.'”
The premise of the filmed road trip is to determine which experiences are “try before you die” and which should go on “the f**k it list”.
He added that he has had to say no to the most dangerous requests.
Alan said: “With TV, you get producers who ask: ‘Alan, right, I just want you to jump now into the waterfall. Can you, like, wrestle that shark?’
“And you’re like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
“I don’t know whether it’s because I’m turning 50 or something.”
Alan recalls turning down the opportunity to bungee jump in New Zealand.
“‘You bungee jump off there’ – I’m there unpacking my case, I can see people screaming, whizzing, past the window. I’m like, ‘How s*** is this hotel?
“That’s one of the things I turned down on this show. I didn’t turn it down. I went up there. I was all Billy Big B*****s. But it’s the tipping forward. I couldn’t do it.”
Filming for the series has also taken place on the Canary Islands, England and Scotland.
He is also working on a Disney+ series about renovating , which is expected to see him reunite with his
Alan was speaking to on the new episode of his Life’s A Beach podcast, which is released on Monday.
Alan is filming for a bucket list show Credit: Prime Video
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