UK's oldest stripper rubbishes claims hen dos don't want men doing Full Monty

Britain's oldest male stripper says claims hen dos don't want men doing the Full Monty are nonsense, insisting "there's no way it's going to die out".

Mike Stratton, 56, has been wowing crowds with his striptease routine since he was a teenager and says he's 'never been so busy' as he has in recent years.

His comments come after it was reported that brides-to-be have turned away from raunchy hen dos in favour of more more wholesome activities, such as escape rooms and axe throwing.

But Mike, of Wigan, says even though options are widening, there will always be a place for the male stripper.

He said: "Things are just developing - people who run agencies are coming up with more ideas to make money with life drawing models and things like that, but stripping is still popular. It's just people trying to think of the next thing.

"I'm quieting down a little bit – I'm getting too old for it to be honest - but there's no way it's going to die out. People have been saying it will since the 90s - it's just not true.

"Back in the day before the Full Monty came out, we never used to strip fully naked, but once that came out, if you didn't you would get booed."

Mike began taking his kit off for money as a jobless teenager in 1986.

Over the years, he's performed a Full Monty dance routine at a woman's funeral, had to have a tetanus jab after being bitten on the bum and was even once booked by the Russian Mafia.

Mike, who now runs his own stripper agency, added: “You can’t beat going on stage. The adrenaline buzz you get is incredible. I think that’s kept me young.

“I call adrenaline a ‘youth drug’. If you met and talked to me, you wouldn’t think I was a 55-year-old man. In my head, I’m still 25 and I’ll do my best to act it.

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