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Inbetweeners star Simon Bird reveals he became a father for the first time six months ago...as he admits his son has inherited his 'slightly judgmental air'

Published: 14:46 GMT, 12 July 2016 | Updated: 16:45 GMT, 12 July 2016

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Inbetweeners star Simon Bird has revealed he became a father six months ago.

The actor announced the happy news that he and his wife of four years Lisa Owens are parents to a son during an interview with his Friday Night Dinner co-star Tom Rosenthal.

Speaking to Heat Magazine, Tom was the first to let it slip, before Simon confirmed his baby boy is six months old.

Happy news: Inbetweeners star Simon Bird has revealed he became a father six months ago

Simon, 31, and Tom were discussing in the interview whether Simon had seen his co-star's other show Flat TV.

Tom revealed: 'Simon very cleverly watched it only after we finished filming Friday Night Dinner, because if he didn't like it, that would have made things very awkward.'

'It would be like me saying his kid is s**t. Luckily, his kid is actually bloody great. He's got this bobbing head. And he's got this 'Simon Bird' slightly judgmental air about him.'

Simon agreed, explaining: 'He is quite judgmental. He's six months.'

Letting it slip: The actor announced the happy news that he and his wife of four years Lisa Owens are parents to a son after marrying in 2012

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Tom - who also stars in Friday Night Dinner with Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter - added: 'He's only six months old but I feel like he's already patronising me. It's great.'

Simon married long-term girlfriend Lisa in 2012 after he popped the question during a romantic trip to Paris the year before.

The couple met at Cambridge University while they were performing a sketch - which was written by his good friend and Inbetweeners co-star Joe Thomas - about a couple having a row.

Meanwhile, fans will be seeing a lot more of the 31-year-old actor in the upcoming series of Friday Night Dinner.

Pals; Simon's Friday Night Dinner co-star Ton Rosenthal revealed the news during an interview as he quipped that Simon's son has inherited his father's 'slightly judgmental air'

He said: 'This is the first time I've ever got naked in Friday Night Dinner. Obviously, I've done it a whole load of times before in The Inbetweeners.

'It's a scene where Adam [his character] is ill and Jonny keeps giving me wedgies and the pyjamas get progressively more threadbare until they're ripped off by Jonny in the most embarrassing of circumstances.

'There's a lot of male nudity in that episode. Scenes where I have no bottoms on, Tom has no top on and Dad has no top on.'

New member of the family: Tom - who also stars in Friday Night Dinner with Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter - added: 'He's only six months old but I feel like he's already patronising me. It's great.'