to The Times regarding the Baháʼí Faith leaders then on trial in Iran. Mack said in an interview with The Guardian that his first foray into comedy was doing Bobby Ball impressions at his school when he was 15. Ball would go on to play Mack's father, Frank in Not Going Out. Mack is a keen supporter of Blackburn Rovers and occasionally visits Ewood Park to watch games. At one point, he shared a flat with Noel Fielding. In July 2012, Mack received an honorary doctorate from Brunel University. He published his autobiography Mack the Life (). Mack is a darts fan, and regularly plays with his friend and former Not Going Out co-star, Tim Vine. Both men appeared on the debut series of Let's Play Darts, facing each other in the final, with Mack and his partner Martin Adams beating Vine and his partner Darryl Fitton. Mack held two Guinness World Records titles relating to darts. The first was for the most darts number twos in one minute, which stood until 19 November 2020 when Ricky Evans broke the record with a total of 25. Mack had also, on the same day of the first record, broken the record for the most darts in inner and outer bullseyes in one minute; that title was held for a year and two months, before it was broken on 23 September 2016 by professional darts player James Wade. In a 2015 interview with The Big Issue, Mack stated that he adheres to "left-of-centre" political leanings. Mack has been alcohol-free since 2016, and is an ambassador for Alcohol Concern. Mack has a phobia of flying, and travels by himself to holiday destinations. He travelled by train to Barcelona. He went around the world for Children in Need in 2009 with some other celebrities; however, he and Frank Skinner did not fly to Turkey. Mack said because the day he went home was his wife's birthday, he could not get the train back. He went on a flying course, which briefly helped for the flight home; however, he has not been on another plane since. Mack has taken part in several Soccer Aid matches to raise money for UNICEF. In September 2021, he scored for the first time, in a year that he played for the World XI team, due to his Irish heritage of his great-grandmother. On 12 June 2022, Mack returned for