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Adam Kay is busy man, fresh off the triumph of his bestselling book, Undoctored, his new memoir all about what happened after he hung up his scrubs as a medic and made a go of his comedy career.
The fact Undoctored follows on from his mammoth success with This Is Going To Hurt in 2017, which itself was adapted by Kay into a BBC TV series starring Ben Whishaw earlier this year, and he’s also found time to release follow-up Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, as well as few children’s books, would suggest that it’s all gone swimmingly well.
However, Kay’s career transition was anything but smooth, as he reveals in Undoctored, which gives an unflinching account of some of the most private and vulnerable moments of his life.
That he’s been willing to share his struggles in the early days has gone down very well with fans, finding comfort and inspiration in his slog.
‘I’ve had a bunch of messages from people who said, “I’ve read that book and now I feel empowered to press the ‘f**k it’ button”, to do the thing to blow up their life and leave the thing in their world that isn’t working for them,’ he told Metro.co.uk.