Joel Dommett gorged on a posh dinner while his wife was in labour.
The comic, 38, splashed the cash so Hannah Cooper could give birth to their first child in a private hospital. And to get his money’s worth, Joel ordered a top-notch duck dish – but it arrived at the wrong moment.
He said: “I’m unbelievably tight. This is the most money I’ve ever spent on anything in my life. I went across the menu and tried to order whatI thought looked to be the most expensive.
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“Then the contractions are happening quickly. And that’s the point where the duck and red wine jus arrives. My wife’s like, ‘What’s that smell?’ And I have to say, ‘It’s duck with a red wine jus’.”
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He went on: “I’m trying to eat as quickly as possible because I’m not going to get rid of it. She’s like, ‘What did you get for me?’ And I say, ‘A ham sandwich.'”
Joel later ordered lamb as Hannah, 34, slept, and said: “She woke up and started delivering the baby. She was
like, ‘Where’s my husband?'”
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The comedian explained: “And one nurse goes, ‘He’s next door having a lamb shank!'” The full interview and story can be heard on the Dish podcast.
Luckily for Joel, he didn’t end up missing the birth of his little baby boy. However, since the arrival of their precious bundle of joy Joel has confessed that being a parent is “mental” and “insane”.
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Speaking to the Daily Mail, Joel updated on their nine month old, he said: ‘He’s crawling around now. He’s got to this point where he’s started laughing, so my life is now consumed, as a comedian obviously I’m desperate to make him laugh.”
The married-couple met following Joel’s stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! when he was crowned the 2016 king of the jungle. He’d obviously made a good impression on Hannah as she decided to slip into his DMs.
Hannah sent Joel an eye-popping emoji face, to which he responded… and the rest as they say is history.
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