The 1% Club’s Lee Mack stunned contestants after he revealed his real name in the middle of an episode of the ITV programme.
TV presenter Lee, 56, who has presented the quiz show since 2022, shot to fame in the 90s and has been a huge name in the industry over the past 30 years.
But the comedian shocked fans when he made a secret revelation that Mack isn’t actually his real surname.
In an episode that originally broadcast last May and was recently repeated, the telly favourite opened up when one of the player’s revealed their own surname.
A contestant on the third series of the programme explained that their surname was McKillop, and Lee went on to confess that that was his own moniker too.
The revelation left the live audience and players lost for words.
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The 1% Club’s Lee Mack stuns contestants as he reveals his real name in middle of ITV show
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TV presenter Lee, 56, who has presented the quiz show since 2022, shot to fame in the 90s and has been a huge name in the industry over the past 30 years
Since being in the public eye, Lee has been known as Lee Mack.
However right at the start of his career, while taking part in the So You Think You’re Funny competition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1995, he used the name Lee McKillop.
Lee’s full name is Lee Gordon McKillop and Lee Mack is simply his stage name.
Over the years he’s had his own shows, including 2010 sitcom Not Going Out and stand-up series Hit The Road Mack in 2013.
The star has also appeared in various shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie To You? Have I Got News For You, QI, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Taskmaster.
He’s also acted in Doctor Who, Brassic and Outnumbered.
Meanwhile he has film credits for Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans and Bad Tidings.
Lee has won various gongs including A BAFTA TV Award, for Best Comedy Programme or Series, as well as British Comedy Awards for Best Male Television Comic and Outstanding Male Comedy Entertainment Performance.
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Lee’s full name is Lee Gordon McKillop and Lee Mack is his stage name – but in the 90s he used his real name
Lee has been married to his wife Tara Savage since 2005.
The pair share three kids.
Earlier this month 1% Club viewers were left baffled when 12 players crashed out on a ‘suspiciously easy’ number question.
It read: ‘What’s the largest four-digit number you can type using just the number keys on the bottom two rows of this calculator without using the same number key twice?’
After 30 seconds, presenter Lee commented: ‘We lost 12 on that one, lets have a look at the answer.’
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The 1% Club fans were left baffled when 12 players crashed out on a ‘suspiciously easy’ number question. Pictured: Host Lee Mack
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The 30% question read: ‘What’s the largest four-digit number you can type using just the number keys on the bottom two rows of this calculator without using the same number key twice?’
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After 30 seconds, presenter Lee commented: ‘We lost 12 on that one, lets have a look at the answer.’
The correct answer was ‘3210’.
However, despite it being one of the final few questions of the game, some fans were surprised by how many got it wrong and thought it was ‘easy’.
Many viewers took to X and posted: ‘3210 How is this a 30% question #The1PercentClub.’
‘Quite easy…’ another commented.
While someone else penned: ‘How did 12 go out???? It’s 3210 #the1percentclub.’;
‘#The1PercentClub The calculator question seems suspiciously easy.’
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