JASON MANFORD FANS ALL SAY SAME THING AS CRYPTIC PREGNANCY JOKE 'BACKFIRES'

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.

2025-11-16T19:19:39Z