The comedian took to social media to jokingly suggest his wife, Lucy Dyke, is pregnant with his seventh child, in a post that “backfired” and infuriated his other half
Jason Manford took to social media to jokingly hint that his wife, Lucy Dyke, is pregnant with his seventh child, unenthusiastically commenting “here we go again”. He later admitted the joke “backfired” and that he “didn’t even think” about the impact on his wife.
Earlier on Sunday (16 November) the comedian and father of six took to Instagram to share a post of himself looking tired and miserable in a hospital waiting room, underneath a picture of a baby scan. In the caption, he wrote: “Here we go again”.
Fans immediately flooded the comments with congratulatory messages, and some also showed surprise, as Jason already has six children. “No way…” one wrote. “6 sounded hard work when you were talking about your family at Derby gig the other night. Congrats.”
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Others pointed out the comedian had a vasectomy two years ago, and wondered how it was possible that he was expecting another child. One fan penned: “I was thinking then, how did that happen! He’s had the [scissor emoji] you b*****! Hope the scan goes OK Xx.”
Just two hours later, Jason had to head back online to apologise to fans, admitting it was a joke and that he was actually waiting to have a scan for a hernia. “Well that joke backfired,” he admitted. “Sorry folks, was just a scan for a potential hernia! (All clear btw!). Bored on a Sunday.”
Many fans commented laughing emojis in the comments, suggesting they found the joke funny. This included fellow comedian Asim Chaudhry who followed his emojis with the words: “You potent prankster you!”
Just an hour after that, Jason revealed his wife’s furious reaction to the posts. He shared a screenshot of texts between them, in which Jason sent Lucy a screenshot of a Daily Mail article about his joke and commented underneath: “Whoops”.
Lucy responded with an angry demand. In all capitals, she wrote: “YOU OWE ME CHLOE SHOES AND THE EXPENSIVE ONES”. Designer fashion brand Chloe sells trainers, heeled shoes, boots and sandals as part of its footwear collection, with prices ranging from £390 to £2,290.
In the caption of the post about Lucy’s reaction, Jason admitted he didn’t think about the impact of his joke on his wife: “This has not gone well! I didn’t even think.”
He then jokingly asked how much Chloe shoes were, and suggested £40, a price much lower than any of the shoes listed on Chloe’s website.
Jason married Lucy in 2017 and the pair have two children together. He has four children by his first wife, Catherine, whom he married in 2007, but got divorced from in 2013.
Source: Mirror
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