Frank and his partner Cath Mason tied the knot in London earlier this week
20:28, 16 May 2025Updated 20:35, 16 May 2025
Frank Skinner(Image: Getty Images for eONE)
Frank Skinner walked down the aisle to the dulcet tones of legendary Manchester frontman Mark E. Smith when he married his long term partner, after she had previously rejected his proposals on four occasions.
Stand-up comic Skinner, 68, revealed he has wed his girlfriend Cath Mason during a private ceremony in London earlier this week.
On his podcast, Skinner said: “You’ll never guess what I did on Monday. I got married. Don’t be offended. We didn’t invite anyone. We got married on the stairs, not in a room, but on the stairs at Camden Town Hall.
“What the thing that no one ever says about getting married is it’s quite embarrassing. How can I put it? It’s a bit basic, getting married.”
And he revealed that the pair walked down the aisle to The Fall’s 1981 single Lie Dream of a Casino Soul, by the Salford institution led by the late Mark E.Smith.
Mark E. Smith pictured in 1991(Image: Mirrorpix)
Skinner said: “That sounds gimmicky. That sounds like getting married by Elvis in Vegas. But in fact, The Fall meant so much to me and Cath when we were in our early days, so it was actually quite an emotional thing.”
In an interview last year, the comedian shared that he proposed and got rejected by Mason, a talent agent, four times. When she agreed to his latest proposal, he said Mason told him that she did not want to have a big party with lots of guests or wear a white dress but instead wore a “flowery dress”.
The couple share a son together, Buzz, who Skinner said attended the wedding as a witness. He said: “We had our child there. I think you have to have them now to a modern marriage, it’s like something old, something new, something boring, something blue and your children.”
When asked why they decided to get married, he said: “I don’t know why I just thought maybe I got too much money. I’ll give her half of it in about five years’ time.”