Great British Bake Off star Noel Fielding’s ‘feral’ childhood and wild parties with strangers sleeping on sofa

Great British Bake Off host Noel Fielding has spoken about his wild childhood – admitting there were few rules and his parents were ‘hopelessly bohemian’. Noel, 51, revealed his parents – Yvonne and Raymond – had him when they were just 18 years old. The Channel 4 presenter was mostly raised by his French grandmother after they split shortly after he was born. His dad Raymond went on to marry his step-mum Diane when Noel was three. They became more involved in his parenting after his mother fell ill and died when Noel was just 17. She reportedly passed away aged 37 due to complications caused by liver damage. Noel has spoken about his childhood, including the wild parties his parents would throw. Read more Noel Fielding’s major lifestyle change after serious health condition left him housebound The comedian, who is also known for his work on The Mighty Boosh, confessed he would often be stepping over strangers who had partied too hard the night before as he went to make breakfast. Noel previously said: “I was like a feral child. “I was like ‘I’m not eating dinner.’ ‘Yeah whatever cook your own at midnight.’ “‘Mum it’s midnight should i go to bed?’ ‘Wa, whatever you want to do.’ It was quite bohemian. “I think with my brother they were like… ‘we probably shouldn’t let him cook his own dinner of mash potato on toast at four in the morning. He’s like six.’ Yeah my mum and dad were pretty liberal about stuff.” He added: “They were just 18 when they had me…they let me stay up. They had their mates there all the time. They just let me eat when I wanted. I didn’t have to eat at the table.” He added: “I think they had a lot of parties when I was a kid…I remember my mum and dad having parties where you know someone would turn up and bring the taxi driver in and he would stay for two days…on the sofa.”