Eddie Izzard has revealed she would be ‘very happy to have children’ and confessed she’s open to falling in love again with a woman a.
The stand-up comedian, 62, – who likes to go by the name Suzy but doesn’t mind being called by her birth name Eddie – has often kept her love life fairly private.
However, she recently said that she has always fancied women over men and her last known relationship was with singer Sarah Townsend.
Eddie spoke to Gyles Brandreth on the Rosebud podcast and said: ‘I would be very happy to have children. But at the moment it’s not there. Never say never.’
She added: ‘I am trans, but I fancy women, I’ve always fancied women, never fancied boys or men, it just doesn’t work for me.’
Eddie Izzard – also known as Suzy – has revealed she would be ‘very happy to have children’ as she confessed that she’s open to falling in love with a woman again, (stock image)
The stand-up comedian has often kept her love life private and was previously in a long-term relationship with singer Sarah Townsend (both pictured together in 2010)
While discussing her love life and hopes for the future, Eddie admitted that she is not actively looking for love right now because she is ‘happy’ in her own company.
She revealed: ‘I’m not going to go into lots of relationships. It is tricky – having relationships if you’re a trans person that’s going to be tricky, but I’m quite happy with my own company.’
‘I’m very happy in the position that I am at the moment so I’m not looking. If someone comes along and we click very well – then absolutely.’
She continued: ‘But I’m not actively going to discos.
‘I do believe at some point the right person could be there and we could click.’
She also discussed the type of partner she wants in life, by saying: ‘It would need to be an intelligent person, great conversation, good sense of humour, attractive.’
It comes after the comedian candidly discussed the complexities of dating as a transgender woman.
She told Richard Eden from Daily Mail: ‘I would like to start dating, but it’s complicated with me being a trans woman.’
Eddie confessed: ‘I would be very happy to have children. But at the moment it’s not there. Never say never’
She added: ‘It’s going to have to be a very confident and strong-minded woman who has a relationship with me.’
Suzy was previously in a long-term relationship with singer, director, and producer Sarah.
The pair met at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1989 through a mutual friend and Sarah also directed the 2009 documentary Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story.
At onn point, she was rumoured to be Suzy’s wife from 1999 until they separated in 2002.
The pair reportedly remained good friends even after their separation.
According to previous reports, the entertainer has also dated Susie Church who tragically passed away in 2016.
