Jimmy Carr reveals Harry Styles and Jamie Redknapp did shots of Cointreau with Stephen Hawking

‘It was a really weird mix of people!’ Jimmy Carr reveals Harry Styles and Jamie Redknapp got Stephen Hawking DRUNK at one of his wild house parties

His wild house parties are a thing of showbiz legend. 

And Jimmy Carr has revealed that he and the singer Harry Styles, 27,  footballer Jamie Redknapp, 47,  and cricketer Freddie Flintoff, 43, got the genius Stephen Hawking drunk on shots of Cointreau at one of his A-list bashes.    

Speaking to the Spit or Swallow podcast on Friday, the comedian, 48, revealed that while the physicist, 76, couldn’t handle tequila, the unlikely group did manage to tempt him with shots of the orange-flavoured liqueur. 

Hilarious: Jimmy Carr has revealed that he, Harry Styles, Jamie Redknapp and Freddie Flintoff got Stephen Hawkins drunk on shots of Cointreau at one of his A-list bashes

Jimmy said: ‘Stephen Hawking used to come to a lot of parties at mine and we got him drunk a good few times,

‘He couldn’t do tequila but we’d get him drunk on Cointreau, he’d have shots of Cointreau,

‘When we first gave him shots it was me, Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff, Harry Styles, a really weird mix of people going, ”Yeah, let’s crack on.”    

Wild: The comedian revealed that he and the unlikely group of stars, including One Direction's Harry, tempted the 76-year-old physicist with shots of Cointreau (pictured in 2018)

Wild: The comedian revealed that he and the unlikely group of stars, including One Direction’s Harry, tempted the 76-year-old physicist with shots of Cointreau (pictured in 2018)

Stephen was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at just 21-years-old in 1963, and died in 2018 at the age of 76. 

But according to the comedian, he still liked to party hard despite his condition.    

Jimmy told the podcast: ‘His care team were so amazing because they’d been with him for years and they knew when he was bored. They could just tell. 

‘And if you were talking to him they’d be able to tell his anecdotes.’  

Drinking buddies: Footballer Jamie Redknapp was also among the unlikely group of party guests that has shots with the genius scientist, who died in 2018 (Jamie pictured in 2020)

Drinking buddies: Footballer Jamie Redknapp was also among the unlikely group of party guests that has shots with the genius scientist, who died in 2018 (Jamie pictured in 2020) 

‘I’ve had a very active social life,’ reflected the 8 out of 10 Cats host after sharing the hilarious story. 

The anecdote comes after Jimmy revealed earlier this month that he underwent intensive dental procedures and a hair transplant in a bid to match his real-life looks to his TV appearance.    

He said: ‘I think that thing of age is that people don’t really see what’s there, people are good at pattern recognition, that’s all they do, teeth and hair. 

‘Maintaining is the thing, I don’t think there’s anything you can do plastic surgery wise, or augmentation wise, that makes you look better, you can just sort it stay the same, that’s what you can hope for.’ 

‘It’s the illusion of being on TV – you see yourself in full make up looking your best and lit well, then you look in the mirror and go, ‘Oof, that’s disappointing,” he said.  

'They knew when he was bored': Jimmy praised Stephen's care team who ensured he still had a thriving social life despite his motor neurone disease (pictured in 2012)

‘They knew when he was bored’: Jimmy praised Stephen’s care team who ensured he still had a thriving social life despite his motor neurone disease (pictured in 2012)