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Charlie Brooker shares concerns about son amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘I was worried’
Presenter and screenwriter Charlie Brooker, 49, has been in lockdown with his wife Konnie Huq, 44, and their two children Covey, eight, and six-year-old Huxley during the coronavirus pandemic. Opening up on what life has been like during lockdown, he said he’s been trying not to scare his kids about the virus, but also feared his son would get picked on at school because of his name.He explained: “I hope we’ve done a good job of not scaring them, while impressing the need to wash their hands, and explaining why we can’t get in the car and go to the woods or whatever.“Our eldest is called Covey, which sounds uncomfortably close to Covid.“So I was worried he’d get picked on at school.