Russell Howard - Personal Life

Personal Life

Howard was born to Dave and Ninette Howard and has two younger siblings, twins Kerry and Daniel and has a cousin called Jade Howard. Daniel has epilepsy; a fact which Howard often references during his act. In April 2010, Howard ran the Virgin London Marathon for the first time with both his brother and sister, to raise money for the National Society for Epilepsy. He completed the 26-mile course in four hours and 15 minutes, beating his target time of 5 hours. Sponsorship has raised over £7,000 to date.

Howard studied Economics at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Howard supports Liverpool Football Club and says that he is "deadly serious" about football. "I still go down the pub and play football with my mates", he commented in 2010.

In terms of political views, Howard appeared at Friends of the Earth's LIVEstock comedy and music event at the Hammersmith Apollo in support of the green campaign group's Food Chain Campaign for planet-friendly farming, on 12 November 2009.

For Sport Relief 2010 he took part in the BT Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride with David Walliams, Jimmy Carr, Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Patrick Kielty and Davina McCall. They cycled from John O'Groats in Scotland to Land's End in 4 days trying to raise £1 million.

Howard lives with his girlfriend Cerys in Leamington Spa.

Russell was voted Heat Magazine's "Weird Crush of the Year 2013", with his friend and former flatmate Jon Richardson coming second.