Steve Coogan has admitted that his fictional alter-ego Alan Partridge would definitely have voted for Brexit – and even compared him to Boris Johnson.

The comedian was speaking to BBC Radio 4’s PM programme when he was asked about Partridge’s political inclinations and if he would have voted to Remain or Leave in the 2916 Referendum.

Coogan has played Partridge on-and-off since 1991, first on the radio, then TV and even fronting his own movie. And to the surprise of absolutely no-one, it turns out the fictional character would have voted out of the EU.

‘Yes, he would have [voted Leave],’ Coogan said. ‘Because Alan is like one of those people who is very confident.’




Expanding on this point, he said: ‘There are lots of people in government actually who are very like Alan Partridge in that they are super confident and not that well informed.’

Well, he said it not us. The 54-year-old also didn’t stop there, comparing Partridge to the British Prime Minister himself.

‘Alan Partridge, his points of view and attitude is influenced by the likes of Boris Johnson,’ Coogan continued.

‘As Max Hastings said, Boris Johnson thinks he is Winston Churchill but he is more like Alan Partridge.’

Partridge will be returning to our screens next year (Picture: BBC)

That is certainly one way to put it!

It’s also been a hot minute since Coogan’s comic creation was last seen on our screens – his last appearance being the daytime-telly parody This Time where he seemed to take aim at Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid.

Piers was so seething with the programme, he lambasted the Ollie & Stan star, saying he had ‘disappeared up his bum.’

Hopefully, there won’t be such a vitriolic reaction to Partridge’s next project, a travelogue for the BBC which sees Partridge turn into a historical documentary maker, travelling the length and breadth of the country to learn about the history of the British Isles.

Coogan himself recently managed to avoid a six-month driving ban by claiming he would have to cancel the upcoming series if he couldn’t drive.

‘I’m producing a travelogue follow on TV series where I’m basically driving around Britain. ‘The whole nature of the series is that it is a travelogue and it’s an artistic thing that he drives and that defines his character.’

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