That was proven by the rapturous applause he got at the Crucible after beating Ronnie O’Sullivan at the World Snooker Championship.
Fans would have been even more taken by his reaction afterwards, when he fought back tears in his post-match interview.
But during lockdown, the 47-year-old Essex lad scored a whole new following thanks to social media.
The younger TikTok generation were enamoured by the whacky videos he shared online.
Many of them involved plenty of booze, a staple prop for his comedy.
However, in one amazing clip he wore his wife Michelle’s dresses, as they swapped clothes for a hilarious skit.
Dressing up for the occasion
While Joe Wicks was getting us to exercise during lockdown, Bingham had other ideas.
He got into TikTok and played around with its features.
In one vid, he swapped clothes with the missus – who donned his snooker attire, including a bow-tie, waistcoat and swimming cap to pretend she was bald
