On Sunday (November 16), Jason Manford uploaded a cryptic post on Instagram, which hinted at potentially expanding his family. In the post, the father of six was seemingly posed in a hospital waiting room and took a selfie underneath an ultrasound. The 44-year-old was instantly inundated with messages about expecting a new baby as he captioned the post: “Here we go again.” However, Jason soon admitted that the upload “backfired as he shared an article of him potentially welcoming a newborn, as he revealed the real reason he was in the hospital.
In the new upload, the comedian who underwent a vasectomy in 2023 shared a screenshot of the news article and insisted it was a joke. Jason penned: “Well, that joke backfired! Sorry folks, was just a scan for a potential hernia! (All clear btw!). bored on a Sunday!” The star currently shares two daughters with wife Lucy Dyke, and has four older children from a previous relationship with ex-wife, Catherine.
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Jason then returned to his Instagram account to share a hilarious text exchange with Lucy.
In their conversation, he shared a screenshot of the news article and simply wrote: “Whoops,” underneath.
His TV producer wife responded: “YOU OWE ME CHLOE SHOES AND THE EXPENSIVE ONES.”
Taking to the caption, the comedian told fans: “This has not gone well! I didn’t even think but that the headline made it look like SOMEONE else got her pregnant! How much are Chloe shoes? Like £40?”
Fans took to the comments with hilarious responses to their exchange, while others shared their relief at Jason’s scan results, as one penned: “Oh! And pleased to hear your scan was ok.” Another echoed: “This all escalated so quickly. Glad to hear your scan was clear too.”
A third said: “Someone stop my laughter please. Oh… It's not easy being a superstar!”
“Sorry to hear about your boring hospital visit. I was going to congratulate you on your next child, but now you admitted it was a joke. Plus in reality it was a lucky escape as you would have had to part-exchange your People Carrier for a Minibus,” added another follower.
Earlier this month, Jason made his eagerly-awaited return to the stage after being forced to postpone his tour after suffering an appendicitis.
In August, the comedian revealed he was in ill health with a selfie from a hospital bed and explained: “Appendix surgery all went well. I am now in recovery with my Vimto. They serve it in all Manchester hospitals.
“It was a bit of a scary and extremely painful 24 hours, but thankful to our NHS and my incredible nurse mum, who’s a godsend in a health crisis.
“My advice would be to not get appendicitis whilst driving at 70mph on the motorway,” Jason added as he apologised to fans for having to postpone the shows.