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Gervais recalled the struggles he endured in the years after he had graduated from the University of London in 1983. 

The future TV star was “on the dole” and had “no money at all” during that period, when he ate “a lot of rice and beans”.

He recalled living in a “terrible old flat” with his partner Jane Fallon, who he has now been with for 38 years. 

One day when their curtains were being taken down, he recalled asking “don’t them away” because he had other intentions for the material.

Through hysterical laughter, Gervais said: “I tried to make myself a suit out of these curtains.”

The comedian, reportedly worth around £98million, remembered sitting on the material and drawing an outline around his legs. 

He continued: “Then I sewed it up and of course I couldn’t get them on because you’ve got to leave a bit for the stitches, right.”

After the wannabe seamster’s slip-up, he decided upon a different plan for the remaining fabric.

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He continued: “Jane came in and went, ‘What’s that under the chair?’ and she found it.

“Honesty, she nearly died laughing at my attempt.