Lockdown made Joe Wicks famous – but it was locks down that gave him attention he didn’t want as a young lad.
The body coach reveals he got fed up with boys asking him out – because they thought he was a girl.
Joe, 36 – the mane man for millions of online admirers in the pandemic – had luscious hair as a child growing up in Epsom, Surrey.
He says: “I had this feminine face and long ponytail and looked like a girl for years.
“So up until the age of 12, boys would ask me out.
"And if they weren’t brave enough they’d send a pal over.
Get all the latest news sent to your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror newsletter
"Some boy would come up to me and go, ‘my mate really likes you’.
“And I’d go, ‘p*** off I’m a boy. I’m not kissing him.’”
Now the millionaire YouTube influencer has his own children with model wife Rosie Jones, 31.
And they’re expecting a sibling for India, three, and Marley, two.
Joe said on Instagram : “Love you Rosie.
"Thank you for making me the happiest Dad in the world."
