Suzanne Whiston: Everything We Know About Karl Pilkington’s Partner
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Karl Pilkington has had a slightly unexpected rise to fame. After several appearances on The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm, he’s now known for TV shows including An Idiot Abroad and The Moaning of Life.
Behind the scenes, though, the man is extremely private, giving nothing away about his life outside the limelight.
This has got fans curious to know about Karl’s personal life, including who his long-term partner is.
So who is Karl Pilkington’s partner, Suzanne Whiston?
Who Is Suzanne Whiston?
We don’t know much about Suzanne Whiston, Karl Pilkington’s partner. She was sometimes mentioned on Karl’s Xfm show or on The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts, but they have not appeared in pictures together.
Suzanne Whiston and Karl Pilkington have been together since the 1990s, and are reportedly still together now.
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When his Sky 1 show The Moaning of Life was released in 2013, Karl got into trouble for calling Suzanne Whiston “plump” on screen.
The documentary sees Karl travelling around the world to see how other cultures deal with life’s biggest issues.
In the specific episode, Karl considers an arranged marriage and spends the night dating. He claimed that Suzanne Whiston was unlikely to see the episode, and wouldn’t be bothered by his comments.
He said:
“It depends how you use that word. I don’t see it as a bad thing. She’s not unhealthily thin, what’s normal these days? It’s just a word that came into my head. And she won’t be offended by that.”
In 2015, he bought a £4.2 million house in Sandbanks, Dorset, for himself and Suzanne Whiston. He also revealed he would rather spend his money on a house than marrying his long-term girlfriend.
Karl Pilkington’s Career
Karl was born in 1972 in Sale, Greater Manchester. He dropped out of school at 15 and later moved to London to join radio station Xfm as a producer.
Though firmly working behind the scenes, he was often invited on-air on The Ricky Gervais Show with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant starting from 2002.
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After a while, he joined Ricky and Stephen as a co-host, presenting segments of the show on his own.
After gaining celebrity for his appearances on the show, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant devised the TV show An Idiot Abroad, which followed Karl travelling to the 7 Wonders of the World and commenting on them.
The 2010 series was so successful that it was brought back for a second and third series. He has also acted in Ricky Gervais’ show Derek and has done extensive voice-over work.
Friendship with Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais has said that his first thought when he met Karl Pilkington was that he was “the funniest man I’d ever met.”
Karl has said that as soon as week three of producing Ricky’s radio show, he was being invited on-air.
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Their professional relationship has also developed into a firm friendship.
On his friendship with Karl, Ricky said:
“He’s a reluctant man outside his comfort zone; just like my greatest comedy characters, and we’re best mates
Though I remember someone asking him, ‘Is Ricky your best mate?’ and he went, ‘Yeah, Ricky is my best mate. But I haven’t got many mates.'”
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In 2018, Karl Pilkington debuted his first original series, Sick of It. It was written with Richard Yee, who also worked on An Idiot Abroad and The Moaning of Life.
In the show, Karl stars as his namesake Karl, a taxi driver, as well as Karl’s inner voice, who takes the form of a doppelgänger.
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The show returned for a second series in 2020, but Karl confirmed on Lorraine in March 2020 that it would be the last.
On the talk show, he also revealed that he’s been annoying his girlfriend, Suzanne Whiston, during the Covid lockdown.
He said: “I got really bored, was driving the girlfriend up the wall. I was letting things annoy me.”