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Jeopardy! UK host Stephen Fry, 76, has been married to husband Elliot Spencer, 36, for 10 years — however the couple are so not often noticed collectively their final public outing was in 2018. Now, Fry is revealing why.
Whereas discussing his new Jeopardy! function — a place that he referred to as a “horrible … pretty mistake” — Fry revealed on The Jonathan Ross Present that he and Spencer aren’t fixtures within the Hollywood scene and as an alternative favor to have a quieter nightlife.
“I used to be on The Morning Present. I had dinner with my American agent, he stated, ‘What do you do once you’re not referred to as on set?’ and I stated, ‘My husband and I, we do not go to Hollywood events a lot, we have now an early supper, watch Jeopardy! go to mattress…,” the long-lasting comic shared, per the Daily Mail.
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In truth, it was that nightly routine between Fry and his husband that led to his new internet hosting gig.
When his agent requested Fry if he watched a U.Okay. model of Jeopardy!, he responded: “‘We do not have it within the UK.” Two weeks later, Fry acquired a cellphone name from stated agent.
“He telephones and says: ‘ITV London is thrilled you are going to do Jeopardy!‘” he recalled.
Fry — who was knighted by King Charles earlier this yr — started his tenure as Jeopardy! UK host in 2024.
As for his relationship with Spencer, the couple wed in 2015, three years after assembly.
“We met at a pal’s home and I knew just about right away that this was somebody I wished to spend … the remainder of my life with,” he advised Jonathan Ross on the time.
One of many final instances the pair have been noticed collectively in public was at Princess Eugenie’s October 2018 wedding ceremony to Jack Brooksbank, Fry shared a uncommon public tribute to Spencer by way of Instagram on their 10-year anniversary in January.
Alongside a black and white photograph of him and Spencer, Fry wrote: “Ten completely satisfied years to the day since we have been joined in marriage. I am a fortunate man.”
