Matt Lucas has shared a video showing his parents’ heartwarming reaction to his surprise appearance on The Masked Singer.
The comedian, 51, stunned both the viewers and judging panel when he was unmasked as Emperor Penguin during Sunday night’s show.
And taking to his Instagram after the episode aired, the actor revealed that even his own mother was kept in the dark about his appearance on the show.
Matt shared a video of the moment that mum Diana and his stepfather learned the truth while watching Emperor Penguin remove his mask.
The Little Britain star sneakily filmed the trio sat together on the sofa using his laptop, captioning the clip: ‘My mum and stepdad were watching The Masked Singer with me tonight, blissfully unaware…’
The footage showed the pair jumping up in shock with their jaws on the floor as Matt revealed himself, with Diana turning to her son in delighted surprise and declaring: ‘I don’t believe it! You’re joking!’
Matt Lucas has shared a video showing his parents’ heartwarming reaction to his surprise appearance on The Masked Singer (seen with mum)
The comedian, 51, stunned both the viewers and judging panel when he was unmasked as Emperor Penguin during Sunday night’s show
Matt shared a video of the moment that mum Diana and his stepfather learned the truth while watching Emperor Penguin remove his mask
The actor smiled proudly as his parents broke into stunned laughter, with his stepfather insisting: ‘I said it sounded like you, it sounded like your voice!’
Still in shock, Diana asked Matt: ‘When did you do that?’ as he replied: ‘Last year, it’s a secret you’re not allowed to say!’
She repeatedly gushed: ‘I can’t believe it. That’s amazing!’ as Matt humbly declared: ‘Bit of fun isn’t it?’
His followers flooded the post with praise for the sweet video and Diana’s jubilant reaction, including several of his famous pals.
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies wrote: ‘Oh that’s beautiful ♥️’, while EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy and Coronation Street’s Sally Dynevor both commented a string of heart-eyed emojis.
While one of the Masked Singer judges, presenter Davina McCall, also took to the comments to gush: ‘Love this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’.
After his unmasking Matt told host Joel Dommett that it was ‘very, very hot indeed’ in the costume, explaining he had chosen to be a penguin because he ‘likes a chocolate biscuit’.
While he branded the judging panel’s guesses about his identity as ‘pretty poor’, after Davina, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan incorrectly theorised it was Peter Andre, Bradley Walsh or Sir Trevor McDonald behind the mask.
The Little Britain star sneakily filmed the trio sat together on the sofa using his laptop, captioning the clip: ‘My mum and stepdad were watching The Masked Singer with me tonight, blissfully unaware…’
After his unmasking Matt told host Joel Dommett that it was ‘very, very hot indeed’ in the costume, explaining he had chosen to be a penguin because he ‘likes a chocolate biscuit’
His followers flooded the post with praise for the sweet video and Diana’s jubilant reaction, including several of his famous pals
He impressed with his vocals earlier in the night with a rendition of The Who’s Pinball Wizard with his band the Antarctic Funkies, before joining the judging panel as a guest after being unmasked.
Viewers took to X to applaud Matt for his ‘amazing voice’, writing: ‘I’m shocked Matt Lucas was Emperor Penguin. I didn’t even think of him. He’s got some good pipes on him’; ‘My flabbers are ghasted’.
‘People who don’t know Matt Lucas can sing when he’s literally in Les Miserables regularly!’; ‘Matt Lucas has an amazing voice’.
Matt is well-known for his singing in musical theatre, particularly as Monsieur Thénardier in Les Misérables, while he also went viral during Covid for his charity song Thank You Baked Potato.
Sunday’s show gave fans a double unmasking after Teabag was also voted out and was revealed to be rapper Professor Green.
The judges decided to send Teabag home, but failed to guess his identity after throwing out names such as Mike Tindall and Judge Rinder.
After revealing himself to be under the mask, Professor Green, 42, admitted he was ‘petrified’ about taking part in the show.
He admitted: ‘To get to a point in my career where I can say, “yeah I’ll do that”. Where I don’t take myself too seriously. I don’t know if I ever did. I probably would have done this fifteen years ago to be fair.
He impressed with his vocals earlier in the night with a rendition of The Who’s Pinball Wizard with his band the Antarctic Funkies, before joining the judging panel as a guest after being unmasked
And it was a double unmasking after Teabag was voted out after being in the final two against Yak – and was revealed to be rapper Professor Green (seen)
Saturday night’s show revealed The One Show’s Alex Jones as the celebrity behind the Disc Jockey costume
‘I was petrified. I can’t sing. I was trying to sing in RP [received pronunciation], I can’t even talk in RP.
‘No one guessed. I got a judge, a rugby player, Sir Trevor McDonald but I think that was because of the clock, they thought The Ten O’clock News.’
For the new series, the ITV show has welcomed a brand new line-up of stars hidden beneath eye-catching costumes, all hoping to keep their identities a secret while taking on chart hits.
Saturday night’s show revealed The One Show’s Alex Jones as the celebrity behind the Disc Jockey costume.
Clearly relieved, the presenter, 48, explained she’d joined the show because her children were big fans.
‘I have had a lot of fun. We love this programme, as a family, and I just thought, it would be a lot of fun and that to do it for my children would be wonderful’, she said.
Alex continued: ‘And it’s the most bizarre experience of my life! Thank you. Teddy, Kit and Annie, this was for you. I hope that you’ve loved it.’
And the opening episode of the seventh series also featured a major twist when Anne-Marie was unveiled as Goldfish, marking the first time a celebrity had competed as part of a live band, No Trout.
