Speaking on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud Podcast\u00a0<\/a>he revealed that he had been set up on dates by pals and while he is open to the idea, he currently has ‘no inclination whatsoever’ to get a girlfriend.\u00a0<\/p>\n Richard was married to vocal coach Joan or 38 years, before she tragically passed away in 2021 following a battle with cancer aged 74<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Asked if he was lonely since his wife’s death, he said: ‘Not lonely. I live communally because our daughter and her now husband chose a couple of years ago to come and live in our house’.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘So we all live together and I\u2019m kind of like a concierge. I do most of the shopping and the majority of the cooking because they\u2019re both very busy. And she\u2019s going to have a baby in June’.<\/p>\n Richard E. Grant has announced that he is set to become a grandfather as daughter Olivia (pictured together) prepares to welcome her first child with husband Florian Wirst this summer<\/p>\n He was then asked if he would allow himself to have a girlfriend, to which he replied that he had ‘not thought about it’.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I\u2019ve certainly been set up with people. And I keep being told by people \u2018It\u2019s four years. It\u2019s time. You must find somebody else.\u2019 But I\u2019m not consciously looking. But if I walked out the door now, a coup de foudre happened, I wouldn\u2019t be opposed to that’.<\/p>\n Gyles, 78, wondered if Richard would feel guilty finding love again, to which the actor replied: ‘No. But I\u2019ve not had any inclination whatsoever’.<\/p>\n Richard and Joan had overcome tragedy in their life and spoke publicly about how their first child together sadly died after just half an hour.<\/p>\n She suffered multiple miscarriages but had been determined they would keep trying after seeing how good her husband had been with her son from a previous relationship Tom.<\/p>\n Then in 1989 she fell pregnant with daughter Olivia after telling him ‘Fatherhood suits you. You’re very good at it’.<\/p>\n Richard had also previously shared that his ‘hilarious’ wife ruled out eligible women for him<\/a>\u00a0before she died.\u00a0<\/p>\n He\u00a0has been extremely candid about his grief in the years since Joan’s death and shared what made him realise his late wife really loved him.<\/p>\n The actor, 68, opened up about family life and the protect of finding love again four years on from beloved wife Joan Washington’s tragic death from cancer\u00a0 (pictured together 2019)\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Olivia wed financier Florian in a lavish home ceremony in 2023\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Richard](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/107107785-15642971-Richard_E_Grant_has_announced_that_he_is_set_to_become_a_grandfa-m-57_17734051232.jpeg\")
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