J.K. Rowling to Pay Tribute to Peter Kay

Radio Times is reporting that J.K. Rowling is to her good friend, Peter Kay. Kay is known as one of the best stand-up comedians in the world. Celebrating his “20 years of Funny,” Kay is obviously very good at making people laugh, holding a 2012 Guinness Book of World Records certificate for biggest stand-up show, selling millions of tickets on tour.

J.K. Rowling will be paying this tribute to her friend on a BBC1 special program, dedicated to Kay, airing on Christmas Eve. Radio Time states:

If you are going to have someone sing your praises then one of the most successful writers on the planet is probably as good a person as any…

Rowling is an old friend of Kay’s and in 2009 was pictured dancing with him at a charity ball.

And in 2011 she was spotted watching Take That perform at Glasgow’s Hampden Park with the comedian. 

The profile show, Peter Kay: 20 Years of Funny, will chart the Phoenix Nights and Car Share star’s life from his childhood growing up in Bolton, via the places and people who have influenced him, to his rise “to become a household name and national treasure”.