Axel Blake hits back at critics says he financed the Amazon show
However, Axel’s win has been overshadowed by “fix” clams after it was revealed the Golden Buzzer contestant is already an established comedian. After Simon Cowell gave him the chance to go straight through to the live semi-finals, it was revealed Axel had a comedy special on Amazon Prime Video.
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Speaking on Lorraine about the controversy surrounding his win, he insisted he financed the series himself and didn’t know Prime Video would even pick it up.
“I put that show on myself,” he stated.
“I put my money where my mouth is and I achieved that, but it didn’t…
“It looks like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s Amazon Prime’ but if they saw the back end, it didn’t look like that financially, a lot of stress.”
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Axel went on to explain: “I had to borrow from other people, to say, ‘Listen, I need to do something, I’ve already put the deposit down and stuff.’
“Then after that, Amazon picked it up. So it wasn’t for Amazon Prime.
“I didn’t know they were going to pick it up. That was like a year later.”
The comedian went on to comment on whether he gets nervous telling the ITV host: “The nerves go after the first laughs come in - that’s it.”
He added he also entered BGT for his young son: “The reason I said that was because I just wanted him to see you can do anything you put your mind to.