alex horne being awkward particularly around that gender for 10 minutes straight

[@TheHutchy01]

The man looked more comfortable being tortured by Rhod on multiple occasions...

[@Isthisastep]

Wouldn't even raise his heart rate for the man

[@onothankyou]

Excellent 1-2 here. Rhod's face was fully in his lap, and they touched naked bodies. Neither bothered him like a passing glance from a lady. I feel understood.

[@Azeria]

Alex’s commitment to his character is honestly the best bit of this show

[@Isthisastep]

"Character"

[@rosestar7078]

I don’t think it’s all character.

[@Azeria]

@@rosestar7078 ofc not but he definitely plays into it as much as he can

[@Aldaris1234567]

Same as Gregg really.

[@spicybiscuit88]

​​@@Aldaris1234567 I think Alex might be closer to Alex Admin than Greg is to the Taskmaster, probably. I think Greg goes into teacher mode but I'm guessing teachers are only like that temporarily, as a sort of survival mechanism.

[@summersalt3629]

9:08 love how jo brand said "im not wearing a bra" and david baddiel said "im wearing a bra" at the exact same time 😂

[@iliketrains3495]

Even though they changed the teams for that task, David and Jo still felt like teammates in that moment

[@cinaralin]

Jo is one of my top favourite guests (and a very frequent one) on QI before it went to shit. They should have accepted whatever terms Stephen requested to keep going, I don't believe he would be unreasonable. Jo could be a permanent panelist.

[@fromthegamethrone]

​@@cinaralinI think Sandi does a great job in Fry's wake. She has big boots to fill and it'll never be the same, but I wouldn't say it's "gone to shit"

[@spicybiscuit88]

Alex's 'totally cool with holding these bras' poses are brilliant.

[@Matatabi6]

Love how he gets the cameraman with the miracle joke

[@mertenbohn5952]

It was a really good joke

[@jodda1796]

​@mertenbohn5952 that's how he got the guy in the back like that

[@SonGoku-tp8gb]

Oh that was the cameraman! I was wondering who was laughing lmao

[@arnoudh6203]

Oh I thought it was johnny who was laughing 😂 but didn't look like it

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

​@@arnoudh6203 He was and marwan.

[@rustee4247]

Saw a comment somewhere saying that Ed having absolutely zero awkwardness around the whole bradmin situation is a prime example of a man raised by a single mum, and while I can only go off experiences in my own life, I'd say that's 100% true 😂

[@Isthisastep]

The pride I felt when my 10 year old brother asked our mum in all sincerity if she'd remembered her glasses and tampons before we went out for the evening 😭😂

[@Saluno375]

Haha, now that is relatable. Having grown up with a mum and two sisters it still baffles me every time other men pull a face at the mere mention of lady's toiletries.

[@Caricanalisis]

Ed? Bradmin? can you explain please

[@Caricanalisis]

oh nevermind, is at the end 9:25

[@lazthegreat10]

he's also incredibly extraverted

[@olynodren]

Gamble knew exactly how to stoke the fires in series 9. He found the exact way to make Little A. Horne uncomfortable every time and bradmin was just the cherry on top.

[@Squashylemon]

Alex has committed to this character for so long I can't tell who "real alex" is anymore.

[@eggchomp]

I saw him at the Horne Section last Sunday and I totally agree. It’s even harder in person lol

[@Squashylemon]

@eggchomp legit it took me multiple seasons to realize Alex and Greg weren't actually together lol

[@petrolhead0387]

Same goes for Joe Wilkinson, I have only seen the real Joe when he was doing a Sean Lock tribute interview.

[@amanul_2474]

I quote "Any person or woman" all the time and NOBODY catches it, at all 😭

[@goblinmunda]

do you think he's like this naturally or do you think the fear is learnt

[@Isthisastep]

I think it's a mix of being born like it, it probably being reinforced by his upbringing, but then absolutely leaning into it for the show haha It's been brought up by multiple different mates of his that he is genuinely awkward and flustered around things like this so there's definitely an element of truth

[@M077Y]

Nature vs. Nurture is quite the debate! However in this case, I think acting is the main point.

[@Bman1878]

He's definitely naturally awkward, but also knows how to exaggerate for comic effect. As the series' went on, he might have gotten a bit more used to it, but I always felt that with the mask-eating task with Katherine Ryan... I don't think he's putting _any_ of that awkwardness on whatsoever. He looked so genuinely uncomfortable with that one

[@M077Y]

@@Bman1878 The mask thing was pretty fucked up though to be fair.

[@rmb6037]

He's from a family of three boys and his best friends growing up were two other boys who were each also from a family of three boys. He then attended a boarding school as a kid where he would have lived with like 50 other boys for the better part of at least five years. He himself has three sons, and he's been with his wife since like his early twenties. I absolutely think he's uncomfortable around women because apart from his mom, he was never around them when he was young!

[@Truffle_Pup]

"Oh you have taken off your clothes" 🤣

[@rams6527]

i think about Katherine Ryan's gender comment very often

[@Isthisastep]

I always say Katy's one liners are underrated but Katherine also has some of the best too I think... _"I chaaaanged it!"_

[@Tess-tube]

​@@Isthisastep Combine the two: "What's your gender?" Greg: "... Male" "Not anymore... I chaaanged it!"

[@Bman1878]

​@@IsthisastepI've heard a lot of people complain about Katherine Ryan over the years, saying she's not at all funny and that. I genuinely don't get it, she's one of my favourite comics going round "the circuit". Also love how her and Jimmy Carr pay each other, and themselves, out constantly for the amount of cosmetic surgery they've each had.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Katherine Ryan is one of the people I hate the most on tv

[@cazzabojangles]

@@therunawaykid6523 Oh dear! Try not to watch her then

[@f.faucon6681]

3:35 Even the cameraman can't hold their laughter 🤭

[@fabian6087]

You can really tell how committed he is to the show and his character (that he both came up with btw) by him repeatedly worsening his own situation for comedic effect. He didn't have to sit on her lap facing her and you can see she herself wrestling her composure for a split second.

[@barnaclefelching4079]

This is my new favourite video, it is truly awful. (You are such a good one)

[@sleepybean21]

"Where I'm from, Alex, this is we call elegant." (c) Aisling Bea, famous last words.

[@augustliu7976]

Been waiting for bradmin for the whole video

[@Isthisastep]

It was between that and the nudie lady pen for the last clip but bradmin won due to Greg’s last line haha

[@LavroseRovender]

Which season and episode was that

[@iainjames03]

This wonderful compilation deserves an update since the 2024 new years special when Melanie Blatt kissed him 🤣

[@marianolaguzzi]

5:41 that was not the taskmaster whistle, that was Alex's rape whistle

[@benglaser1345]

New years treat gave us a crowning moment for this compilation

[@PurushaDesa]

I think it's okay for him to be awkward while eating food off someone's face!

[@FullmetalDE]

To be perfectly fair to Alex: "that gender" isn't making it easy for him most of the time

[@Hendrixium]

Felt so sorry for him with the Alice Levine slip of the rosette. He clearly felt so uncomfortable, and so was she. Uncomfortable all round.

[@Isthisastep]

@@Hendrixium I think it was an uncomfortable moment that Alice absolutely delighted in making even more uncomfortable each time as punishment for him being such a naughty boy

[@jamesbartholomew1481]

@@Isthisastep agreed. Alice is very good friends with Alex and his wife outside the show. I’m almost certain she was “punishing” him.

[@Vtarngpb]

@@jamesbartholomew1481oh yea, his PIN number 😂

[@NovaBlueNova]

I know a lot of Alex's character is a bit but this aspect feels so real.

[@tjs8433]

I'm giggling to myself in the wee hours of the night

[@Dave_In_Boston]

I think Alex is a genius and a national treasure and I’m not even British.

[@Pfannkuchen07]

this was so funny, very nice compilation. xDDD (and didn't he but rose's bra on top of greg's painting at the end? I don't think we've seen him do it, but it magically appears there, I think? lololol)

[@Isthisastep]

Haha yeah after Greg tells Alex to put the bra down Ed asks him to hang it on the portrait coz he wants it to look like they've had a crazy night 😂 Would've included it too but had to cut the clip down a bit due to copyright!

[@phayroent9742]

Not showing the Sally Phillips segment makes this entire thing nearly pointless.

[@Isthisastep]

@phayroent9742 you'd think but he didn't seem awkward watching it back, he was having a lovely time!

[@user-zp4ge3yp2o]

@@Isthisastep As would any of us.

[@Phr8]

Best compilation.

[@tedioustotoro4885]

NYT 2025 gave a new one for this

[@YurikRoss]

10 min of Alex Horne being sexually harassed lol

[@Isthisastep]

@YurikRoss if it were that I would've had Sally in here haha

[@Vtarngpb]

⁠​⁠@@IsthisastepI was going to ask! 😂 Also, no Lucy ?

[@Isthisastep]

​@Vtarngpb tbh watching the clips, Alex seems baffled by Lucy more than anything, and with Sally he's too busy having cake shoved up his armpits or being birthed to act awkward (imo anyway!)

[@junbh2]

Funnier when you know that he's the one in charge. He chooses the tasks, and OKs everything that happens. So if it's true that he's not entirely faking the embarassement, then he's either a bit of a masochist or he just knows just how hilarious it is and is willing to sacrifice himself.

[@athmaid]

​@@junbh2I think he's exaggerating for comedic effect but actually is a bit like that in real life. Just like Greg is playing up his teacher persona

[@paulbromley6687]

They were all getting the Horne.

[@nickbarnett5004]

Doesn't alex write these tasks? 🧐

[@jordanz2288]

0:08 is so real honestly and then also gregs face in response makes it better

[@alexflosho]

me and alex horne are the same person

[@alexentwistle1398]

Katherine looked so good! What happened?

[@TheJubess]

plastic surgery

[@TheJubess]

wich is sadly always the answer to that question

[@jonnykili777]

Is Alex supposed to look like a mini Greg?

[@owencampbell8799]

Think he was happy enough when Joanne McNally was with him.

[@ilikeexxs]

6:38 😂😂

[@YodasPapa]

As someone who never assumes gender, I have no idea what's going on

[@praalgraf]

katherine ryan trans arc would be something

[@Robespierre-lI]

Lol. She might be my favorite Canadian of all time

[@MrUbister]

It's crazy how Im awkward around women regardless if they identify as one!!!!!!

[@MadRedCarnelian]

Alex was deeply into all of those scenes, but like the most skilled perverts, pretended to NOT be into it, and deeply uncomfortable so that the other person is more likely to lean into the encounter. And people going forward are more likely to try to, "Make him uncomfortable', for the laughs. He didn't go for the lips because he thought he couldn't make himself appear not into that, so best to protect the persona of not being into it, than being outed as the closet pervert he actually is.

[@creatinker]

When someone states an opinion as if it were a fact, it is referred to as "asserting" or "making an unsupported assertion". In logical and critical thinking, it can also be considered a "false assertion" or "fact-claim fallacy", especially if the opinion is presented without supporting evidence. This type of statement can also fall under the broader category of a "rhetorical fallacy" or "misrepresentation."

[@MadRedCarnelian]

@@creatinker you mean like you just did? It's obvious to anyone with a cognitive function stack that includes Extroverted Feeling, and Extroverted Sensing. For more information look up Dr. Carl Jung's cognitive functions, Dr.John Bebe's 8 function model, Dr. Linda Berens interaction styles, and Dr. Sigmund Freud's 4 sides of the mind (also Platos 4 humours); pedant. Alex is an INFJ cognitive type, his virtue is integrity his vice is hypocrisy, his primary failing is Lust, and he wrote the challenges knowing these would be potential outcomes. Just because you're woefully unlearned in a thing doesn't make it made up. Try watching "The Behaviour Panel", you'll find people's actions, and emotional expressions, including the hidden ones, far less mysterious.

[@spicybiscuit88]

You seem to know quite a lot of detail about how perverts think and operate, for someone who is accusing someone of being a pervert, and who is themself totally not a pervert.

[@MadRedCarnelian]

​@@spicybiscuit88I never said, neither did I imply I wasn't a pervert. Though were I a pervert it would hardly make my assessment Less likely to be accurate, as it, "takes one", hey?

[@MadRedCarnelian]

​@@creatinkerwhat, you mean like you just did? Don't you just hate double-standards in other people. And what I've said is accurate, which is mlre than can be said for your bloviating pedantry. I hope you have a lovely day ❤

[@liamo6889]

Wow if what you put Alex through was done to a woman it would be called inappropriate. But then again people in the public eye are so lacking in awareness of people who are less confident or reserved than fame chasing narcissists

[@eggchomp]

It’s Alex’s show, he plays this up for a bit

[@junbh2]

It helps if you know he's in charge. He chooses all the tasks, and he OKs everything that happens. So he's either a masochist or he'd rather be funny than comfortable.

[@MasterHyperionMC]

He created the show and comes up with a lot of the tasks. He is also at least somewhat putting on a character, same as Greg Davies. It’s likely he is somewhat awkward and there’s definitely times he’s uncomfortable, but if it ever got to a point where he genuinely was too uncomfortable it would stop. He’s willing to go through some embarrassment for the sake of comedy.

[@perseus9428]

Is it part of the social contract to ignore it when women go ridiculously too far with cosmetic enhancements? Asking for a friend !

[@gz5405]

Eh, yeah usually pretty polite to ignore/not comment on stuff like that. It’s like not commenting on an obvious toupee/wig covering a bald spot or wonky veneers covering bad teeth. It’s clearly something they’re insecure about and it doesn’t really help to point it out.

[@canadianmoth]

Yea because you would add nothing and just make urself sound like a dick

[@eyeyayayay]

I would say it is part of the social contract not to bring up things that have nothing to do with anything in the comments section of a Taskmaster compilation

[@eggchomp]

@@eyeyayayay Yes that’s stated by Rousseau word for word

[@junbh2]

It's part of the social contract to be polite and to mind your own business about other people's appearance in general, yes.