Mo Gilligan defends ex as he breaks silence on love baby after welcoming child with accomplice
Mo Gilligan has damaged his silence after being known as a ‘deadbeat dad’ by his ex-partner.
Again in July, it was rumoured that the comic had welcomed a son with mannequin Selina Christoforou in January 2024. It is believed that Christoforou fell pregnant in Might 2023, throughout a quick relationship with the previous Masked Singer decide.
Christoforou would later affirm the information on social media and accuse Gilligan of being an absent father, claiming that he had ‘ignored’ his son’s existence.
The 34-year-old additionally reacted to the information that Gilligan was anticipating a second baby along with his fiancée, Taia Tulher, including: “Might you not simply take care of the one you’ve got bought. Try to be a dad earlier than you might have one other one.”
Tulher is known to have given beginning to her and Gilligan’s baby in the summertime this yr.
Gilligan has now damaged his silence for the primary time about Christoforou’s feedback, publicly confirming that he’s the daddy of her baby.
Talking at a work-in-progress comedy routine, the 37-year-old referred to the teenager as a ‘very pretty boy’ and defended Christoforou.
“He’s a really pretty boy. A really, very pretty boy and regardless of no matter you see on social media, his mum is an effective mum,” Gilligan stated (via The Solar).
“I’m not right here to disrespect. That’s the mom of my baby.”
He continued: “And I might by no means disrespect her publicly as a result of she’s elevating my son. He’s very well mannered.
“He’s very sort, he’s very loving.”
Gilligan beforehand acknowledged his paternity over the kid, named Rudi, earlier this yr by sharing a quick black-and-white video of the tot on social media.
He additionally made a joke about supporting the kid financially in the course of the routine, including: “When you lot see me on Antiques Roadshow, you’ll be like, ‘The hire is due’.
“The minute you lot see me on Strictly in some pink shirt, going, ‘Preserve dancing’, you lot can be like, ‘Ooh, his child mama’s not taking part in’.”
Gilligan additionally opened up on life after turning into a dad extra usually, calling it an ‘superb pleasure’.
“As a lot as life goes left and proper and your profession can go totally different locations, I sort of all the time do it for my household as a result of they preserve me probably the most grounded,” he stated.
‘It’s so bizarre being a dad now, as a result of the concerns I used to have have been so small.
“It’s a tremendous pleasure. It’s fascinating. You don’t consider this pleasure till you even have youngsters.
“I really feel like now I’ve a way of function.”
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