Katherine Ryan shocks The Masked Singer UK panel as she is revealed as a Pigeon… after filming while pregnant and just a month away from giving birth
Katherine Ryan was revealed to be the celebrity behind Pigeon on Saturday night’s The Masked Singer.
The 39-year-old Canadian comedian, who gave birth to her third child in December and said she was about a month away from giving birth during filming last year, ended up in the last two after starring alongside co-star Jacket the Potato received the fewest votes when the episode aired this weekend.
And after the judges decided to save the latter, Pigeon was revealed as a funny woman before leaving the show.
Unmasked: Katherine Ryan, 39, was revealed to be the celebrity behind Pigeon during Saturday night’s The Masked Singer
Fawn, Rhino, Phoenix, Knitting, Jellyfish and Otter all made it through to the next round of the show when it returns next weekend.
Before Katherine was unmasked, panelist Jonathan Ross guessed it was actress Liza Tarbuck in the Pigeon costume, while Rita Ora predicted model Jodie Kidd, Davina McCall said Loose Woman Nadia Sawalha and Mo Gilligan guessed actress Emily Atack .
Katherine joked that some viewers thought it was former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins appearing as Pigeon, saying: “I can only speak kind of an Essex accent because I watch so much reality TV. “
Born to perform: The Canadian comedian, who gave birth to her third child in December, said she was about a month away from giving birth while filming last year (pictured with host Joel Dommett)
Back then, as Katherine prepared for the birth of her third child, she said, “I’ve got a month left.
“I feel like I have a baby’s foot in my lungs most of the time and it’s actually harder than I thought it would be.
“But you can’t tell my daughter because she’d tell the whole school, so she’s going to find out with everyone else!”
Judges Davina McCall, Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan opted to save Jacket Potato from the bottom two and sent her through to the next round, but neither of them correctly guessed Katherine’s identity.
Katherine ended the show by performing Cheryl’s Fight For This Love, which she performed earlier on the show.
The next installment of the series will feature a “world first” in the form of a double elimination.