In December 2020, Izzard appeared on Sky Arts series Portrait Artist of the Year, in which the show’s host Stephen Mangan and contestants referred to Izzard using feminine pronouns.
Eddie Izzard has shared the unexpected way she decided to reveal she had changed her pronouns to she/her.
Izzard, who said she has been “promoted to she”, explained: “I prefer she/her, don’t mind he/him, and I’m going to be relaxed about it.
Izzard, who described herself as being “gender fluid”, recalled: “I went on a programme called Portrait Artist of the Year, Sky Arts, very nice, go on there.