Ex-England striker Ian Wright gobsmacked by viral photo of Gary Barlow’s son

Ian Wright was owed to sermon immoderate of the biggest stories successful the satellite of shot successful the institution of Manchester United legends Roy Keane and Gary Neville, but a viral photograph of Gary Barlow’s lad took precedence.

A wholesome household photograph from the Barlow clan has taken implicit the net this week, with societal media users amazed by the tallness of Gary’s eldest kid Daniel.

Daniel, 24, towers implicit his 53-year-old dad, his mum Dawn Andrews and 1 of his sisters – though galore person been shocked by his existent height.

Take That prima Gary Barlow stands astatine 5 ft 7 inches portion his lad Daniel, who is pursuing a vocation successful medicine, is believed to beryllium six ft 2 – 5 inches taller than the mean antheral successful the UK.

Wright was preparing to sermon the vocation of erstwhile Manchester United and West Ham manager David Moyes connected The Overlap alongside Keane, Neville and Jill Scott – but Barlow’s ‘massive’ lad was the archetypal larboard of call.

Shortly aft they entered the workplace and were astir to instrumentality their seats, ex-England and Arsenal striker Wright asked the group: ‘Have you seen Gary Barlow’s son?

‘The Take That singer. Have you seen the size of his son?’

Getting the photograph up connected his phone, Wright added: ‘Look astatine the size of him! Have you seen the size of Gary Barlow’s son?

‘Let maine amusement you it. Look astatine him. He should beryllium playing basketball, he’s a giant.

‘Look astatine the size of him. I can’t judge however large helium is. I emotion that picture, he’s massive, he’s truthful big.’

The household drawback was posted connected Instagram shortly aft Daniel completed an Ironman, which saw him tackle a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile motorcycle thrust and a 26.2-mile run.

Take That frontman Gary said: ‘We conscionable couldn’t beryllium prouder of our lad – unbelievable amounts of grooming and determination – erstwhile you enactment successful the enactment you get the results. Congratulations #ironman.’

Barlow, who has been 1 of the biggest popstars successful the UK for the past 30 years, has 3 children with his woman Dawn, a erstwhile back-up dancer connected a Take That euphony tour.

Gary antecedently revealed that his children had nary involvement successful pursuing successful his footsteps and had alternatively gone down world routes.

He told The Mirror: ‘The 2 oldest ones [Daniel and Emily] person benignant of gone into medicine and physiology – studying spot and conditioning – and my youngest one, Daisy, I’m not excessively definite what she’s heading for but again, she’s precise studious… dissimilar maine and my wife.

‘I don’t deliberation they volition travel successful my euphony footsteps but I wouldn’t person discouraged them though if they did privation to, it’s been a bully concern for me.

‘Every time I inactive bask what I bash and erstwhile you realise you’re making a surviving from it, it’s a great, large spot to be.

‘Many roles successful ‘showbiz’ are conscionable wonderful, there’s decidedly a overmuch harder satellite retired determination than the 1 I’m successful I think.’

As good arsenic becoming a planetary prima and 1 of the UK’s astir palmy songwriters, Barlow served arsenic a justice connected popular ITV amusement The X Factor and has been renowned for his foundation work.

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