Shaun Ryder’s son is one of the new faces on Teen First Dates hoping to find romance after being matched by the experts to go on a dinner date.
The Happy Monday star’s son appeared to be hoping to use his father’s star power as a chat up line, however it sadly fell flat.
The teenager admitted he was proud to ‘name drop’ his father, but his clueless male date admitted he had never heard of the Manchester-born star.
A clip from the date shared on the First Dates Instagram page, shows him saying: ‘I’m doing the bane drop. Have you heard of a band called the Happy Mondays?’
His baffled date shook his dead and admitted he didn’t know who he was.
Looking for love! Shaun Ryder’s son is one of the new faces on Teen First Dates hoping to find romance after being matched by the experts to go on a dinner date
Famous dad: He admitted he was proud to ‘name drop’ his father, but his clueless male date admitted he had never heard of the Manchester-born star
Shaun’s son attempted to explain further, adding: ‘So my biological dad is Shaun Ryder, who is the lead singer of the Happy Mondays.
‘I don’t know if you know him from I’m A Celeb, years ago, he came second. Queen Stacey won though, as she should.’
His date awkwardly replies: ‘You’ve properly opened up there, but I don’t know who that is.’
However, he took it as a positive, explaining that his dad had previously come up in quite a cringe-worthy situation.
Explaining: ‘That makes me so happy. Because I was seeing a guy and we was passionately kissing.
‘He pulls away from the kiss and goes “wow, you do look like your dad!” And then he pulls back in, and I was like “so what we’re not going to do, is that.”
Shaun first rose to prominence in the 80s with his band the Happy Mondays, alongside late brother Paul and their friends Mark Day, Paul Davis, and Gary Whelan. His friend and bandmate, Bez, later joined the band as a percussionist.
As well as his singing career, Shaun has also enjoyed successful stints on reality television.
You’re twisting my melon! Shaun first rose to prominence in the 80s with his band the Happy Mondays, alongside late brother Paul and their friends Mark Day, Paul Davis, and Gary Whelan. His friend and bandmate, Bez, later joined the band as a percussionist
A clip from the date shared on the First Dates Instagram page, shows him saying: ‘I’m doing the bane drop. Have you heard of a band called the Happy Mondays?’
In the 90s he was also the lead singer of another band, Black Grape, and has since reportedly amassed a fortune of more than £2.5million.
Shaun has been married to his wife Joanna since 2010 and they share two children, Pearl and Lulu.
They had a surprise wedding during Lulu’s christening, which turned out to be a double celebration at a court house in Worsley.
Shaun has four other children from previous relationships, one of whom is his son who appeared on First Dates.