Gogglebox's Sophie Sandiford was flooded with messages after she posted a new photo alongside her boyfriend. The Channel 4 show's star was first spotted with her beau last month when she shared a photo to her Instagram page.
The snap got fans talking as Sophie posed alongside her mystery man, her co-star brother Pete, his wife Paige in the sunshine outside of Cleatham Hall, in Lincolnshire, at the wedding of their famous uncle, Paul Chuckle's, son.
Sophie, who has often joked about her dating life on the show, was soon flooded with comments about who they presumed was her new man, now known to be Irishman Ben McKeown. But last week, the 24-year-old confirmed her relationship while appearing on the Channel 4 show.
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Older brother Pete, 26, asked Sophie how her relationship was going during last Friday's episode (April 29). And she proudly stated that she had 'snared a hunk.' But Pete replied disbelievingly: "I still don't think he's six foot. I don't give a s*** what anybody says."
And he went on: "Until my tape measure says he's six foot.” Sophie then shared details of her brother and boyfriend’s first meeting, when Pete told Ben he thought that he would be taller. Sophie said: "You first time meeting him 'oh I thought you'd be taller' as you're looking up to him. You're looking up to him and then saying ‘I thought you were at least six foot’, when he is."
Pete retorted: "He doesn't look six foot." And then he sniped: “Lies. Already built on lies. Oh dear." Briefly pausing to take a sip from her mug Sophie joked back: "Just because he makes you look like one of The Borrowers."
Then, on Thursday night (May 5), Sophie took to Instagram with a snap of her and her boyfriend after they enjoyed an escape room date. "We got told to pull a scared face…. Not all of us got the memo," she wrote alongside the photo which showed Ben grinning for the camera and her pulling a face as instructed.
But the post was quickly being flooded with messages from Gogglebox viewers who still had Pete's comments fresh in their minds. @charlotteewardd commented: "Deffo is over 6foot!!
Whereas @peterpedroburgess commented: " Petes right he's only 5ft 4...." and @neilxfletcher echoed: "There is no way he is over 6ft."
@holden_7 agreed: "Pete’s right he’s never 6 foot!?" while @steviewinters replied: "Decent for 5ft 11!"