Mo Gilligan has opened up on fatherhood and explained how having a son with his ex Selina Christoforou and a daughter with his fiancée Taia Tulhe has changed his life
Mo Gilligan has revealed his secret love-child is a “very kind” toddler as he defended the child’s mother who previously slammed him online.
The stand-up comedian, 37, welcomed a daughter with his fiancée Taia Tulher – but he previously had a son with his ex, Selina Christoforou. However, the model took to TikTok to accuse Mo of not being present enough for their 22-month old.
Despite this, Mo said during a comedy routine at a South London pub that his son is “a very, very lovely boy” who has “a good mum”. He told the crowd: “I’m not here to disrespect. That’s the mother of my child.”
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He added he would never disrespect his ex as she is raising his son, before joking that fans will now assume that any showbiz gigs he takes on will be to earn money for his son, The Sun reported. He also said he is “getting used” to being a dad of two, after his partner Taia gave birth to their little girl.
He said his daughter is “absolutely lovely” and explained that fatherhood has given him “a sense of purpose” he didn’t have before. “As much as life goes left and right and your career can go different places, I kind of always do it for my family because they keep me the most grounded,” he said.
“It’s so weird being a dad now, because the worries I used to have were so small. It’s an amazing joy. It’s interesting. You don’t think of this joy until you actually have children.”
Mo and Taia got engaged in August, shortly after news emerged that he had a secret son with Selina. After his daughter was born, a source said: “Mo and Taia have their baby and are in a bubble of bliss. She gave birth quite a few weeks ago now and she has been getting back to normal life.”
“They are keeping their baby’s gender and name for just close friends and family but they’ve been sharing the news of the baby’s arrival with people now. Mo and Taia couldn’t be happier,” the source added to The Sun.
The engagement came after Selina posted an explosive video on TikTok in which she described Mo as a “deadbeat dad” and she insisted you “can’t make someone be a dad.” Mo initially stayed silent on the claims but later shared a post featuring their son Rudi.
Selina hit out at Mo in a viral post as she fumed: “I just finally posted on Instagram about my son’s dad so for your information, if you don’t follow my Instagram I don’t blame you. Um, Mo Gilligan is his dad. Very much in quotation marks.” A source added at the time that Mo sees the baby “semi-regularly”.
The insider said: “She found out she was pregnant in May 2023 and it was quite a shock for them both because they’d been fairly careful. But she wanted to have the baby, despite the fact they weren’t actually a couple. She adores their son and Mo sees him semi-regularly.
“Now he’s about to become a dad for a second time and he’s over the moon. He has been with Taia for quite a long time now and he feels ready to settle down.”
Source: Mirror
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