Jay McGuiness: Strictly star addresses secret baby rumours as he ‘horrifies’ family

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Strictly Come Dancing’s 2015 champion Jay McGuiness, 30, sparked baby speculation in March after he posted a snap of his twin brother, Thomas’ newborn holding onto his finger on Instagram page. Now, The Wanted star has looked back on the “funny” moment in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.

I think a lot of them were horrified.

Jay McGuiness

Jay caused an online frenzy when he shared a picture of their new addition in his lap, with no mention of who the parents were.

He penned to his 183,000 followers: “…and the painted ponies go up and down.”

The singer’s fans were quick to speculate before he was then forced to confirm he had not become a father.

Four months down the line, Jay divulged: “It was momentarily funny. And my family got a laugh out of it.”

“I think a lot of them were horrified at the idea that I would even have a baby right now,” he revealed.

“I guess that comes with [it]. I mean, I probably should know better as anything you post on social media is going to be scrutinised.”

Jay, who rose to fame as one fifth of The Wanted, went on to discuss the type of father he wants to be in the future.

“Yeah, everything can be scrutinised. So I should have probably known better than to just post like a baby foot and not say anything,” he added.

“But certainly the day that I have a baby, everyone will know it’s mine. I’m never gonna just be an ambiguous baby guy.”

After Jay shared the picture online, his Sleepless: A Musical Romance co-star Kimberley Walsh confessed as to what her reaction was at the time.

She explained in an interview with The Sun: “It even came up on my alerts!

“I jumped into it because I was like, ‘I don’t know!'”

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Jay, who previously starred alongside Kimberley in Big: The Musical last year, went into detail about what it is like to work with the pop star.

“I think me and her are very similar, in that our backgrounds, we started in musical theatre then went into bands, pop groups.

“I think we probably both play similar roles in the band. I think we’re people pleasers. I think we like to make sure everyone feels good,” he shared.

“I think we feel uncomfortable if someone in the room is unhappy. So I think our natural tendency is to put out fires and have a laugh.”

Jay will play the character of Sam Baldwin, who was made famous by Tom Hanks in the 1993 film of Sleepless In Seattle.

Speaking about stepping into the Hollywood legend’s shoes, Jay admitted: “Last year I did Big, which was one by him as well.

“So I feel like at least on paper, people accept me being a version of a character he’s portrayed.”

He then remarked: “I just kind of remove Tom from the equation and just put myself in Sam’s shoes – typical actor answer, I just do what I can with how I feel the story should be for me.”

Jay McGuiness stars in Sleepless, running at the Troubadour Theatre Wembley Park from August 25. For more information visit www.sleeplessthemusical.com.

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