Vic Reeves has revealed that he “never really speaks” to his former long-time comedy partner Bob Mortimer.
The pair formed their comedy double act Vic and Bob, also known as Reeves and Mortimer, after meeting in 1986.
Despite their success on shows like Shooting Stars, Reeves, whose real name is Jim Moir, admitted that the pair don’t talk on the phone and only see each other “now and then”.
In response to getting the double act back on TV, he told the Radio Times: “We’ve had offers from everywhere. But I’m not doing any more. I’ve given up. I’ve done that.
“We never really speak much. Bob and I have never been ones for talking on the phone. We’ll see him now and then and have a chat about things. It’s not a conscious thing; we haven’t discussed it.”
The funnyman added that viewers have often assumed their lives were “entwined” because they were comedy partners for so long.
Reeves continued: “People have always thought that with me and Bob. Do you go out in the evening? We always said no, we don’t.
“We see each other in the daytime, we film. We used to, when we were in our 20s, go out to the boozer, but we don’t really do that any more.”
In recent years, the TV star has turned his back on comedy and instead focused on painting, releasing artwork under his real name.
Last June, he revealed plans to retire his comedy character Vic Reeves after he finishes filming movie The Glove.
Speaking to BBC Radio Cornwall at the time, he shared: “Vic Reeves was a character that I invented when I was at art school actually, I put him on stage.
“And I haven’t done him for a while. Bob [Mortimer] and me wrote a film, about 12 years ago, which we keep threatening to do and we’ve been asked to do, so we might do that next year.
“And that will be probably the final appearance of Vic Reeves.”
