I'm A Celebrity and comedy legend shares rare snap of ‘giant' son as they hang out with close pal Robbie Williams

The Irish Sun

11 hours ago

A COMEDY legend and I'm A Celeb alum shared a rare snap of his 'giant' son while meeting up with pal Robbie Williams.
The three men were all smiles as they stood posed for a photo together.
4
Tommy Cannon shared a snap of himself and "giant son" Luke with Robbie Williams
Credit: Instagram
4
He is best known for comedy duo Cannon and Ball
Credit: Rex
4
It's not the first time Tommy's highlighted Luke's height
Credit: Instagram
Tommy Cannon, 86, is best known for being part of
comedy
double act Cannon and Ball - alongside the late Bobby Ball.
On Instagram, Tommy shared a photo of himself, Robbie Williams and his "giant" son, Luke.
Tommy penned: "Posted about it already, but want to thank @robbiewilliams for an amazing night, honoured to call this man a good friend of mine, and was lovely to reminisce about the old times of
comedy
and what he was raised on.
"A fantastic and lovely man, a true showman, let me know when you want me to sing 'My Way' with you Rob (yes that is my giant son)."
Read more on I'm a Celebrity
One follower commented: "Hi Luke your the Giant son bless x."
Another added: "Bet Robbie was buzzing to meet another legend."
While a third shared: "Love this bless so sweet xx."
Tommy's legendary
comedy
career spans over five decades - with Cannon and Ball active from 1974
Most read in News TV
Their variety show, The Cannon and Ball Show, ran on ITV for nine years from 1979 to 1998.
In 2005, Tommy and Bobby Ball both entered I'm A
Celebrity
Get Me Out of Here.
Bobby Ball's comedy partner Tommy Cannon tears up saying he'll 'never get over' his death as a 'big chunk of me is gone'
However, Tommy was first to be eliminated - although the second person overall to leave camp after Elaine Lordan withdrew.
Meanwhile, it's not the first time that th
Last year, the two posed together as Tommy asked Gary Barlow whether he could join "the giant son club".
It followed the Take That singer's eldest child
T
aking to X, formerly
Twitter
, the 5ft 11 star
joked: "@GaryBarlow can I join the giant son club?"
While Luke, whose mum is Tommy's second wife Hazel, later took to the platform with a solo photo.
He wrote: "This is overwhelming how much my tallness has taken!
"Thank you for the follows and likes, guess being 6ft6 has its perks! Sorry dad @TheTommyCannon."
He went on to share another shot with his famous father, writing: "Another picture to clarify how tall I actually am @TheTommyCannon #TallSonClub #CannonandTall."
4
Cannon and Ball entered I'm A Celebrity back in 2005
Credit: Rex