SIR Billy Connolly delighted fans today during an appearance on Lorraine's chat show to plug his new book.<\/p>\n
Viewers raced to Twitter to cheer on the 78-year-old comedy legend who chatted about his revealing autobiography from his home in Florida.<\/p>\n
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Billy, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease nine years ago, has been the subject of two books by his wife, Pamela Stephenson, a psychotherapist and former comedian. <\/p>\n
But his autobiography, Windswept and Interesting, is out this week.<\/p>\n
One viewer tweeted: \"Shock horror! A book that I'm definitely buying. Love Billy, looking great!\"<\/p>\n
Another wrote: \"Billy Connolly, what a legend!!\"<\/p>\n
While a third added: \"I was putting the kettle on but I think I heard Lorraine #lorraine say she's got Billy Connolly on.\"<\/p>\n
The Big Yin told Lorraine there are \"good days and bad days\" now, adding: \"The good days outnumber the bad days.<\/p>\n
\"So I've got nothing to complain about. Someone once told me if you're not feeling well think of the kids in the cancer ward.\"<\/p>\n
Within the pages of his new book Billy reveals how a nude bungee jump in New Zealand and stripping off in the Arctic Circle rank among his top life experiences.<\/p>\n
He penned: \"I like being naked in public.<\/p>\n
\"I discovered this made me happy when I was only four years old. It wasn't so much the willy pointing, more a lovely sense of naked freedom.\"<\/p>\n
The Glasgow-born comic added: \"As an adult I have danced naked all over the world.<\/p>\n
\"Over a hundred million viewers have seen my willy. Not many people can say that.<\/p>\n
\"I have a close relationship with my willy, but I still never minded sharing it with strangers.\"<\/p>\n
The Scottish icon recently admitted he would be \"cancelled\" if he was starting out as a comic now because of woke culture.<\/p>\n
He said he feared his material would be too edgy and hit out at TV bosses for bowing to political correctness.<\/p>\n
Asked if he would face a backlash over his classic routines in today's climate, he said: \"Absolutely. You can't decide to be fearless, you're either fearless or you're not and you go about it. Because of political correctness people have pulled in the horns.<\/p>\n
\"I couldn't have started today with the talent I had then. There's a show in America with all black comedians, men and women.<\/p>\n
\"They are totally ruthless and without political correctness.<\/p>\n
\"They have me on the floor howling with laughter. It's just the cheek of them and the bravery of it.\" But he added: \"There was a comedian who had a television series and the suits were going to take it off at the first commercial break.<\/p>\n
\"They have no bravery. We need people who give people time and a chance to develop and all of that stuff.\"<\/p>\n
Connolly shot to fame in the 1970s but upset religious groups with routines like the Last Supper and Crucifixion, where Jesus begins his last days with a booze-up in a pub in the city's Gallowgate.<\/p>\n
Connolly retired from stand-up in 2018 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's, but is filming new TV series Billy Connolly Does... for the Gold channel.<\/p>\n
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