Showbiz
Lee Collins: 'I'll leave TV in two years'
Published Saturday, Dec 19 2009, 11:38 GMT | By Sarah Rollo
Rex Features
The host of Five's new gameshow Heads Or Tails explained that he can't understand why veteran stars such as Bruce Forsyth or Des O'Connor are still working in the industry.
Lee Collins, a father-of-two, told The Mirror: "I'd like to be ridiculously busy for the next two years and if I can make my childrens' futures secure I'm inclined to say, here and now, that I'll stop.
"I want to open a bookshop. We'll do teas! It would be lovely to retire before I'm 40. I look at Bruce Forsyth or Des O'Connor and think, 'Why on earth do you want to be doing this at the age you're at now?' "
The 35-year-old said that he would like to do more musical theatre before retreating to his home town of Bristol in a few years, where he will limit his show business work to a local radio station.
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