Comedian Katherine Ryan knows exactly how Valentine’s Night will pan out for her and her husband next week.
‘I prefer to stay home for any commercial holiday. I haven’t been out on New Year’s since I was about 17, and now we’re all at home anyway, so we’ll just be cooking,’ says Katherine. Or rather, her husband of just over a year, Bobby Kootstra, will be cooking. ‘He cooks every day. He genuinely is the world’s best husband.’ Katherine sighs: ‘I had no idea married women loved their husbands before — most are always complaining about everything. But I love everything about him.’
Coming from the razor-sharp 37-year-old, such a gooey pronouncement is jolting to say the least. After all, this is the woman who not only made her name with withering put-downs on shows such as QI and 8 Out Of 10 Cats, but also for her vocal celebrations of single motherhood. Two years ago, she had a sold-out West End stand-up show, Glitter Room (now on Netflix), with sassy one-liners such as: ‘I love men, but I feel they are like dolphins in that they are best enjoyed while on holiday.’
Katherine Ryan, 37, reflects on reuniting with her childhood boyfriend Bobby Kootstra (pictured), after returning to her native Canada to make an episode of BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?
Far from struggling to bring up her 11-year-old daughter, Violet, from a previous relationship, Katherine made it clear she relished the situation.
To underline her stance, Katherine wrote and starred in hit Netflix sitcom The Duchess. Her role? A cool, single mother who refuses to move in with her devoted boyfriend and wants to have a second baby on her own.
‘I was so tired of seeing women portrayed in rom-coms as wanting a boyfriend to have children with. I wanted to show it isn’t always like that,’ she explains.
Yet before The Duchess started filming, Katherine had returned to her native Canada to make an episode of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?. While there, she…
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