Joel Dommett

Joel Dommett

Date of birth: 01-06-1985
Known to TV viewers as host of The Masked Singer and the Masked Dancer, Joel Dommett started stand-up in the mid-2000s. In 2006, Dommett appeared on the reality television show Survivor: The Amazon, where he finished in second place. He then went on to participate in theI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016, where he finished in third place. Dommett's othe TV credits include Impractical Jokers UK and The Russell Howard Hour plus acting roles in The Job Lot and Skins. In 2020, Dommett released his book It's Not Me, It's Them: A Memoir of Improbable Adventures, which is a collection of anecdotes from his life and career.
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Joel Dommett writes a script about his catfishing scam

Comic says it's 'cathartic' to write about blackmail attempt

Joel Dommett is writing a TV script based on the time he was blackmailed in a catfishing scam.

About a decade ago, the stand-up was famously tricked into sending a video of himself masturbating to a woman he believed was called Staci Taylor. 

And when he got his big break in the 2016 series of I’m A Celebrity, the criminals demanded money. He refused and they posted the footage online. But Dommett turned the incident into stand-up.

And in a twist, the comic later met the woman whose face had been used by the extortioners, and they ended up dating.

‘I think it’s a really interesting story to tell,’ Dommett told The Mirror. ‘I’m actually finding it a cathartic, therapeutic experience to write about a decade on from when it happened even though, at the time, it could have finished my career.’

The father of two, now married to model Hannah Dommett-Cooper, added: ‘I’m part way through writing the scripts for the show and won’t be rushing to submit them to a TV company - I would prefer to have a really good product before I give it to people. But I love the idea of doing a comedy drama about my own life with myself in it.’

And he revealed that he hasn’t settled on a title yet, suggesting it might be as simple as I Got Caught With My Dick Out.

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Published: 18 Sep 2026

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