Gogglebox dad-to-be Pete Sandiford broke down in tears on Friday’s instalment as he watched a heartbreaking programme with his sister, Sophie.
Pete is expecting a baby with fiancee Paige Yeomans, and was watching documentary Baby Surgeons, about pioneering surgeons performing life-saving surgery on babies inside the womb.
In one heart-wrenching scene, a surgeon managed to save a baby’s life by removing a tumour while she was still in the womb.
But the parents had to wait in terror to find out if it was successful, and listened desperately for a heartbeat – sobbing with relief when they heard it.
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And Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie, as well as Jenny Newby, who was consoled by pal Lee Riley, all cried along too.
Pete sobbed: “Oh bless her. Why am I getting upset, she’s all right!”
Wiping away her own tears, Sophie said: “It’s because you’re going to be a bloody dad.
“And I’m crying because I’m going to be a bloody auntie. It’s because it’s so close to home.”
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One viewer tweeted: ” # Gogglebox has had me in floods seeing @Petesandiford so upset over the little baby. Pete, you’re gonna be a cracking dad.”
Another wrote: “nah bc why am i crying at pete crying over the baby surgeons show bc he’s having a baby now #Gogglebox “.
“Bless Pete , nothing wrong with crying #Gogglebox,” added a third.
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“Pete will be an amazing Dad bless him #gogglebox,” penned a fourth.
Pete confirmed his happy baby news on Gogglebox in April, showing Sophie the baby scan on his phone.
He told her: “Here we go, look at this!” as he confessed he could not believe he was going to be a father.
As she gazed at the images, he revealed he didn’t know what he and Paige were having as he said she could be expecting a niece or a nephew.
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Pete said to his sister: “Innit mad? I am actually going to be a dad to somebody.”
“Crazy. Life’s coming at you fast,” Sophie replied, referring to the couple’s recent engagement.
Sophie commented that her unborn niece or nephew was a “proper little baby now”, hinting this wasn’t the first scan she had seen.
* Gogglebox airs Friday nights on Channel 4 at 9pm
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/gogglebox-dad-pete-sandiford-bursts-24021342