Big Yin ‘couldn’t be happier’ with Bafta
SIR Billy Connolly joked that he was happy to receive the prestigious Bafta fellowship “now my career is out the window” in a pre-recorded message at the Academy’s TV awards last night.
The 79-year-old Glasgow-born star lives in the US and was not able to attend the event in person but recorded an acceptance speech to accept the honour given to mark a career spanning more than five decades.
The Big Yin, who has Parkinson’s disease, said: “I am very proud to receive this. Life is good. I haven’t been on the stage for about two years. This is kind of nice. It suits me.”
After telling anecdotes illustrating how the world has changed in his 50 years of comedy, he added: “I went from strength to strength on television and here we are today getting this award.
“I couldn’t be happier. It has made me such a happy man getting these good attendance medals now my career is out the window.”