{"id":305441,"date":"2025-07-31T02:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305441\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T02:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:12:16","slug":"the-masked-singers-mo-gilligans-slammed-as-deadbeat-dad-by-mother-of-secret-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305441\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masked Singer&#8217;s Mo Gilligan&#8217;s slammed as &#8216;deadbeat dad&#8217; by mother of secret baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Masked Singer star Mo Gilligan has been labelled a &#8216;deadbeat dad&#8217; by a model who says he has rarely seen their 18-month-old son as he gets ready to welcome another baby with his current partner<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_ITV-Palooza-2022-VIP-Access.jpg\" alt=\"Mo Gilligan \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Mo Gilligan has been accused of being a deadbeat dad(Image: Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/mo-gilligan\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mo Gilligan <\/a>has reportedly secretly fathered a child &#8211; and currently has another kid on the way. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/the-masked-singer\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Masked Singer<\/a> star is currently getting ready to welcome his first child with current partner Taia Tulher, 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">While Mo, 37, is excited for his new arrival with his model partner, the mother of his first child has slammed him as a &#8220;deadbeat dad&#8221; and claimed he doesn&#8217;t see his first born.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">While comedian Mo never announced he had become a father, it&#8217;s thought he met model Selina Christoforou, 35, online and went on to have a baby. &#8220;She found out she was pregnant in May 2023 and it was quite a shock for them both because they\u2019d been fairly careful,&#8221; a source said.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/jess-glynne-slams-white-house-35647499\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jess Glynne slams the White House as they use her song for &#8216;sick&#8217; social media post<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/jeremy-vine-reveals-what-happen-35646591\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Vine reveals what will happen if Joey Barton fails to pay staggering legal bill<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Plaza-Suite-Gala-Performance-VIP-Arrivals.jpg\" alt=\" Taia Tulher and Mo Gilligan \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Taia Tulher and Mo Gilligan are expecting their first child together(Image: Hoda Davaine\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/36087564\/mo-gilligan-love-child-baby-tv-masked-singer\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Sun<\/a> they added: &#8220;She found out she was pregnant in May 2023 and it was quite a shock for them both because they\u2019d been fairly careful. But she wanted to have the baby, despite the fact they weren\u2019t actually a couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;She adores their son and Mo sees him semi-regularly. Now he\u2019s about to become a dad for a second time and he\u2019s over the moon. He has been with Taia for quite a long time now and he feels ready to settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753927935_749_0_INSTAGRAM.jpg\" alt=\"Selina hit out at Mo on social media\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Selina hit out at Mo on social media(Image: Semc\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, in a TikTok post that Selina shared on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> has added her take &#8211; and she is less than complimentary about the TV host&#8217;s involvement in their child&#8217;s life. Taking to social media, she fumed: &#8220;I just finally posted on Instagram about my son&#8217;s dad so for your information, if you don&#8217;t follow my Instagram I don&#8217;t blame you. Um, Mo Gilligan is his dad. Very much in quotation marks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753927936_155_0_INSTAGRAM.jpg\" alt=\"Selina Christoforou\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Selina says Mo has rarely seen their child(Image: Semc\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She went on to claim she knows how few times the star has met his son and insists she kept thinking things will get better for her &#8220;unbelievable&#8221; son. However, she said she understands you &#8220;can&#8217;t make someone be a dad&#8221; and said Mo had made it very clear he wasn&#8217;t wanting to be a dad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Like this story? 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