Professor Jonathan Van-Tam wants to 'go back to being a normal human being', he said on Good Morning Britain.
England's deputy chief medical officer joined Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid to answer questions from viewers mainly on vaccines.
But the hosts of the ITV show quickly heaped praise on 'JVT' and asked how he felt his new 'celebrity status'.
Prof Van-Tam said his family find it "quite amusing" but that he wants to "just go back to being a normal human being".
And Piers didn't waste an opportunity to ask him about a topic he has been raging about across two episodes of GMB - tattoos.
But the deputy chief medical officer revealed he is primed for questions about whether he has a tattoo.
"I'm primed for this because I think you're very clever. I get up at seven o'clock and see what mood you two are in and see how much of a bashing I'm going to get at eight o'clock," he said.
"Seriously, on tattoos, the subject does come up quite regularly in the Van-Tam household.
"But it's about whether, when the moment is right, when all this pressure is finished and maybe I'm in a quieter phase of my career, I'll have a little left deltoid BUFC (for Boston United Football Club)."
He also said he does not mind being called ‘JVT’ by government ministers - often during Downing Street press briefings.
"I don’t mind… in actual fact, behind the scenes, everyone calls me JVT.
"It is just what I'm known as within the whole Government ecosystem, but really going years before that, that’s kind of professionally how I've been referred to, and it's absolutely fine."
GMB viewers were quick to head to social media and praise Prof Van-Tam.
"JVT: Clear, concise and answers every question ... how refreshing. Good man," wrote one.
Another said: "Well isn’t JVT a thoroughly wonderful chap?! #GMB."
"Please can JVT just provide a daily briefing alone? He is so calming, I think he could tell me anything and I’d feel better #DailyBriefing #GMB," a third pleaded.
A fourth added: "I could listen to JVT all day. So informative, open and honest #GMB."
