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Hitchin comedian makes ‘cathartic’ sitcom about sexual abuse

O’Sullivan, 47, said it was not a case of laughing at the abuse or victims but instead finding humour in the darkness and the “ludicrous” things he encountered as a victim.

He said: “I’ve always used humour as a sanity valve as a thing to hep me get through the darker things that have happened to me. I’ve always tried to laugh where I can.

“I joke I’ve done lots of therapy the last 35 years, I’ve done it all… the thing that’s helped me the most is making this.

“I thought it might be cathartic and healing but had no idea how healing it was going to be.”

“There’s something about the act of making something which has been life changing for me,” he added.

O’Sullivan said he hopes that the documentary and sitcom will “normalise talking about [sexual abuse].”

“Because silence is fuel for this happening. It stops people speaking out about it. It stops people saying that’s wrong. So the more able to talk about it, the better,” he said.

The sitcom and documentary are available on Channel4.com, external


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