Marcus Brigstocke children are Alfie, Emily, and Billy Brigstocke. Marcus has two sons and one daughter from his two relationships.
Marcus is a well-known name in the comedy sphere, he has worked both as a standup comedian and an actor.
His work can be seen on television, radio and in muscial theatres. He has been a constant part of many BBC radio and television shows.
At age 19, he worked as a podium dancer and used his earnings to travel. This helped him acquire inspiration for a stand-up routine.
During his time in Bristol, he regularly performed in the comedy trio Club Seals.
He released his first stand-up comedy DVD titled Planet Corduroy in November 2007.
The comedian has enjoyed a lucrative career throughout his life; however, he has had a turbulent love life.
His first wife, Sophie Prideaux, divorced him after discovering he was cheating in 2013.
Marcus Brigstocke Has Three Children
Marcus Brigstocke children are Alfie and Emily from his first wife, Sophie. His youngest child, son Billy, is from his second wife, Rachel.
Oldest son Alfie Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke son Alfie is the first child of the comedian and his then-wife Prideaux.
The young man was born in 2002 and is 20 years old. He spent most of his childhood in Wandsworth, London.
In 2006, when Alfie was just a kid, the family moved into a 1930s four-bedroom semi-house in Wandsworth.
The house had huge glass windows looking into the beautiful garden.
While his parents’ room was on the middle floor, he and his sister had their room on the top floor, where they had their bathroom.
Daughter Emily Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke daugter Emily is the only daughter of British comedian Brigstocke. She is 17 years old.
Growing up in Wandsworth, London, she and her brother studied in a private school.
Her dad spent £100,000 on a green makeover for the family in their house in Wandsworth.
Youngest Son Billy
Billy, the youngest son of the comedian, was born in August 2021 to his second wife Rachel. He is one year and six months old.
Referring to their son, the delighted mom wrote, “He’s our miracle,” in her book titled Advice From Strangers: Everything I Know From People I Don’t Know.
When the baby arrived, the pair held hands and cried. The midwife who had been with them throughout her pregnancy and delivered the baby also cried.
Parris has bravely spoken about losing their first baby to miscarriage during the lockdown.
Appearing on the White Wine Question Time podcast, she said, “It was really the darkest thing that we could have imagined happening with our pregnancy.”
Brigstocke Met His Current Wife Rachel At A Comedy Festival
Marcus Brigstocke met his current wife, Rachel Parris, in 2013 at the Edinburgh Festival. At the time, both of them were in different relationships.
The same year, Brigstocke was divorced by his wife of 12 years following his affair with former Coronation Street actress Hayley Tamaddon.
He had met Hayley in the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot.
After split with Hayley, he remained single for several years and later reconnected with Parris in 2018.
They got engaged on December 25, 2018, and wed on September 16, 2019, at Battersea Arta Centre.
They welcomed their first child, Billy, two years later in 2021.
Like Brigstocke, Parris is also an English comedian, actress, presenter, and musician.
She is best known for being the host of the satirical news show Late Night Mash, formerly The Mash Report.
She has performed solo at the Edinburgh Fringe, and her stand-up comedy has been featured on Live at the Apollo.
Moreover, she presented Thronecast, the fourth series of the Game of Thrones show.
Parris now lives in South West London with her beloved husband and son.
His First Wife Sophie Prideaux
The comedian married Sophie, a massage therapist, in 2001. They share two kids from their marriage, Alfie and Emily.
The former couple split after 12 years of blissful marriage in 2013 after Brigstocke had an affair with his co-star Hayley.
Prideaux learned about the cheating a month after he wrote a first-person piece in a national newspaper.
He gushed enthusiastically about his family life in the piece. The comedian said that his most precious weekends are those he spent at his home in Wandsworth, hanging out with his wife and kids.
Sophie is a professional birth and postnatal doula, doula trainer, body massage teacher, and feeding supporter.
She found her passion in the field after she gave birth to her first child in 2002.
Currently, she divides her time between running Nurturing Birth, the doula organization where she received her training, and supporting her clients through their pregnancies, births, and parenting journeys.