Etiquette questions ... how to share a couch nicely on How Not to Behave. Picture: ABC Source: ABC

“I’M terribly guilty of over-texting. Walking along, not looking up. If I’m on the toilet, why can’t I be texting someone? I might as well be doing something while I’m in there, might as well kill two birds with one stone. I’m guilty of it, but I stand by it. People will try to tell you that it’s not OK but I’m here to tell you that it is.

I don’t like being involved in rounds at the bar. I hate this idea that I’m immediately indebted to someone, and I can’t drink at my own pace. All of a sudden it’s like, hey let’s buy espresso martinis! and I’m like, no, I don’t want to do that. You buy your drinks, whatever. I will just be over here buying what I want, whenever I want.

All this stuff, it’s like, at the core of my stand-up comedy, so I love that these discussions are what the show revolves around.

Gretel (Killeen, Okine’s co-host) has taught me so much in terms of how to host a show.

Two peas ... Matt Okine says his How Not To Behave co-host Gretel Killeen has taught him a lot about television. Picture: Supplied Source: ABC

I think people are going to expect me to be the naughtier one, but honestly, some of her jokes, I can’t even repeat them to you now. You just go ‘what? Really?’ They’re just jaw-dropping.

Working with an older lady, if I mention a relationship or money issue, she’s had the experience to deal with it. Apart from the fact that we now host a TV show together, it’s just awesome for me to have someone who can give me the world’s best advice. So I’d better not stuff up.

Before I started on the radio (Triple J brekkie), I wasn’t sure whether to take the gig or not. I called up (former presenter) Wil Anderson, who I call whenever I’ve got a dilemma or a question. He just said, ‘look, the main thing is, if you’re going to do the radio, make sure you keep living your life, mainly so you’ve got something to talk about still’. You have to, otherwise every morning you’ll be on the radio talking about last night’s episode of Selling Houses Australia. Which I could do, because I love Selling Houses Australia. And I want to keep my head in with stand up, because it is my home and I’ve done it for the last 11 years.

Tricky topics ... How Not To Behave probes questions of etiquette and good conduct. Source: Supplied

When I’m on tour, there’s the morning when I do radio, then I go home and sleep for a few hours, then there’s breakfast which is dinner, do your gig and come home, sleep for another four hours then wake up and have actual breakfast, do radio again. The amount of times I’ve woken at 5pm and thought it was am. It can be tiring.

I can’t say too much or guarantee anything, but certainly at this stage I want to keep doing it for a little while longer, while my body can still handle it. At the end of the day, I’m talking to a friend in a room for three hours. It’s not the hardest slog.

HOW NOT TO BEHAVE, WEDNESDAY, 8PM, ABC