Katherine Ryan became a mum-of-four last year, and has now admitted that she does, in fact, have a favourite child.
The comedian and her husband Bobby Kootstra are parents to Violet, 17, Fred, five, Fenna, three and Holland, who was born in October 2025, and in a recent chat with Davina McCall, Katherine revealed which one of her kids is her favourite.
Speaking on Davina’s podcast Begin Again, Katherine shocked fans when she admitted her favourite child, saying that people don’t like when you admit something like that.
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Katherine Ryan admits she has a favourite child
‘Violet’s my favourite, she’s my firstborn. I think people don’t like that, they think it’s a provocative thing to say,’ the comedian told Davina, citing her younger children’s privileges as the reason why she favours her oldest daughter.
‘I don’t worry about it hurting the other kids’ feelings because I go, guess what, those are nepobabies, Violet is my favourite. You get to go to private school, you get to grow up with a dad, that’s not fair, she’s my favourite…’
The video was shared on Facebook and Katherine faced backlash in the comments, claiming that she shouldn’t pick a favourite child.
‘No, absolutely not, you can not pick a favourite child. You love them equally for their own individual personalities,’ wrote one person.
‘Good luck when they grow up, as telling one of your children is your favourite has long-lasting effects on the others. The others will feel they are not good enough, which will feed into their future relationships,’ someone else said, while a third person added: ‘I felt really sad listening to this. Nepo babies can still be deeply hurt and damaged irreparably by their Mothers’.
Others understood where she was coming from, though, saying that it was natural to feel more connected to one child in particular. ‘She’s more protective over the eldest because she doesn’t have her dad in her life and they went on the journey together, whereas the younger kids got the better version of her that had already achieved success,’ one follower chimed in, and another person joked: ‘I rotate my favourite depending on whether they have or haven’t annoyed me that day.’
