MO GILLIGAN has broken his silence on becoming a dad and defended his “secret” son’s mum, who slated him online.
The comedian — who had a daughter with his fiancée Taia Tulher in the summer — was revealed to have already fathered a little boy with an ex, Selina Christoforou.
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Comedian Mo Gilligan has broken his silence on his love-child
The comedian had a son with model Selina Christoforou in January 2024Credit: Instagram
The model revealed Mo as the dad of her 22-month-old tot on TikTok, and accused him of not being there enough for the little lad.
Mo opened up about it for the first time during a work-in-progress comedy routine at a South London pub.
He said on stage: “He’s a very lovely boy. A very, very lovely boy and despite whatever you see on social media, his mum is a good mum.
“I’m not here to disrespect. That’s the mother of my child.
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‘Amazing joy’
“And I would never disrespect her publicly be- cause she’s raising my son. He’s very polite.
“He’s very kind, he’s very loving.”
But Masked Singer judge Mo made a playful dig about how fans will assume any showbiz gigs he takes on will be to earn money for the tot.
He joked: “I’ll do certain things and people know it’s for the bag [money].
“If you lot see me on Antiques Roadshow, you’ll be like, ‘The rent is due . . . ’.
“The minute you lot see me on Strictly in some pink shirt, going, ‘Keep dancing’, you lot will be like, ‘Ooh, his baby mama’s not playing’.”
He added of becoming a dad for the second time with Taia, who gave birth to his little girl: “It just happened three months ago. I’m getting used to it.
“She’s lovely though, absolutely lovely.”
Revealing how fatherhood has changed him, Mo explained: “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.
“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.
“I feel like now I have a sense of purpose.”
Mo has welcomed a baby with his model fiancee Taia TulherCredit: Getty
Taia pictured when heavily pregnant with her and Mo’s first childCredit: Instagram
