Mrs Brown’s Boys’ Brendan O’Carroll explains why he hates having to dress up as his character as the BBC series makes a comeback

Mrs Brown’s Boys actor Brendan O’Carroll has revealed why he would never dress up as his famous character when the camera’s stop rolling.

The actor, 67, who is returning with a long-awaited fourth series next week for the first time since 2013, said he hasn’t missed transforming into Mrs Brown.

Brendan insisted he has never appeared on a chat show or interview as Mrs Brown because he doesn’t think she would ‘have anything to say’.

He also revealed he can’t stand the taste of lipstick and doesn’t understand how women can wear tights, but has a ‘huge admiration’ for them’.

He told the Mirror: ‘Jesus, no, I don’t miss her at all,’ laughs Brendan his his thick Dublin accent. I don’t know how women wear tights, or survive with mammaries. I have a huge admiration for women, honest to God the stuff they have to go through.

Opinion: Mrs Brown’s Boys actor Brendan O’Carroll has revealed why he would never dress up as his famous character when the camera’s stop rolling

Pictured: The actor, 67, who is returning with a long-awaited fourth series next week for the first time since 2013, said he hasn’t missed transforming into Mrs Brown

‘And here’s the thing – I can’t stand the taste of lipstick. I hate it, it tastes of soap. If you watch the show you’ll see that I never lick my lips, never. So as soon as the show’s over it all comes off straight away and I put her back in her box.’

‘Mrs Brown doesn’t leave the theatre ever. I’ve never done a talk show as Mrs Brown, or an interview as her. She has nothing to say. What would you ask her? How’s the family? I have no inkling to take her onto the street. Everyone will recognise her, Jesus I’d be battered. It’s hard enough being Brendan O’Carroll. If it wasn’t for me doing Jonathan Ross no-one would know me. And I’d have no problem with that.’

The hit sitcom has been a fixture of the Christmas TV schedules for over a decade but the upcoming episodes will mark the first new series since 2013.

And now the return date for the series has been revealed, with Mrs Browns Boys hitting screens again next month.

The BBC have confirmed that the series will return for four more episodes on Friday September 8 at 9.30pm.

The episodes of the popular show will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

It’s back! The series is set to make a comeback to screens for the first new series in 10 years

Back on screens: Now the return date for the series has been revealed, with Mrs Browns Boys hitting screens again next month

Earlier this year, show creator Brendan – who also leads the cast as matriarch Agnes Brown – admitted the show has been ‘thwarted twice’ due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it was originally scheduled to hit screens in 2021.

Speaking of the new series, the 67-year-old comic said: ‘This mini-series was actually planned for 2021.

‘Having been thwarted twice, firstly by Covid-19 and then by a post-Covid shortage of studios, it’s fantastic to, at last, have the chance to make it happen. 

‘Fasten your seatbelts and hold on to your hats!’

BBC bosses are delighted to have the show back, with Josh Cole, head of comedy at BBC Studios, and Steven Canny, executive producer, said: ‘There’s no one quite like Mrs Brown. 

‘An absolute force of outrageous wit and slapstick that has audiences hooked and belly laughing. It’s great to be back.’

Jon Petrie, director of comedy, added: ‘BBC Comedy are pleased to announce that after a decade since the last full series of Mrs Brown’s Boys, millions of viewers around the UK will be thrilled to hear that Brendan is bringing Agnes and the family back together for a brand-new mini-series of his award-winning show.’

It comes after Mrs Brown’s Boys has left BBC viewers fuming as they claim the show’s Christmas special has once again ruined the festive period. 

Confirmation: The BBC have confirmed that the series will return for four more episodes on Friday September 8 at 9.30pm

Popular show: Mrs Brown’s Boys is returning to TV for a new four-part series, the BBC has confirmed

Yay! The hit sitcom has been a fixture of the Christmas TV schedules for over a decade but the upcoming episodes will mark the first new series since 2013

Only 2.4million tuned in to BBC One to watch the Christmas episode, titled Shining Mammy, with viewers claiming it’s now ‘unwatchable’.

The last full series of Mrs Brown’s Boys aired in 2013 but since then it has returned for a number of festive specials. 

The show follows the life of Dublin matriarch Agnes Brown (played by O’Carroll), her family and friends. 

The special episode featured daughter Cathy and her creepy boyfriend, who Agnes’ friend thinks might be a vampire. 

‘It’s unwatchable’: Mrs Brown’s Boys left BBC viewers fuming as they claimed the show’s Christmas special has once again ruined the festive period

Trailing behind: Only 2.4million tuned in to BBC One to watch the Christmas episode, titled Shining Mammy, with viewers claiming it’s now ‘unwatchable’

It was slammed by viewers, with many taking to Twitter to voice their opinion on the show. 

One user wrote: ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys has gone beyond being stupid, it’s now unwatchable not funny in the slightest, turned off after 13 minutes’

Another penned: ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys has arrived to ruin Christmas again’

While a third said: ‘Christmas has just been ruined as I caught a bit of Mrs Brown’s Boys because the batteries in my TV remote died’

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