Overview
- Speaking on Capital Breakfast, Kay said Netflix sought to license the series last year but he rejected paperwork requiring a pre‑episode warning, calling the early‑2000s sitcom not very politically correct now.
- He said Netflix sent him a branded air fryer after the approach, which he joked was an attempt to sweeten the deal.
- Deadline reported that Netflix declined to comment on Kay’s account of the talks.
- Kay said the Phoenix Nights feature script is finished and relies on flashbacks that he wants to handle with credible de‑aging rather than makeup.
- He is extending his Better Late Than Never tour into 2026 and says profits from the final shows will go to 12 cancer charities.