I read that book Fat is a Feminist issue, got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

Inside every fat person there's a thin person looking to get out - They've just eaten them.

I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.'

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.