Gogglebox's Pete Sandiford jokes he's 'marrying fiancée's mum' as he watches Megxit drama

Pete Sandiford is clearly excited about his impending wedding to girlfriend Paige Yeomans - but also last night came upon the realisation that he was essentially marrying her mum as well.

The 26-year-old Gogglebox star proposed to his girlfriend earlier this year and dropped the bombshell on the hit Channel 4 show in February.

But when watching Meghan and Harry's explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, Pete gave his own perspective on marrying into his fiancée's family.

"When I got with Paige, I'm marrying her mum as well," Pete said, but quickly backtracked. "Well, I'm not marrying her mum but you know what I mean!"

Pete had revealed the happy news of his engagement during a chat with sister Sophie last month, who let slip about the engagement.

Pete Sandiford joked about marrying his fiancee's mum (Channel 4)

Sophie had asked her brother: "Do you feel any different now that you've got engaged?"

"Yeah, I think," he replied. "I feel like an even bigger responsibility. I don't know why. I'm going to have a wife."

Yes, you're going to have a wife," Sophie pointed out.

Fans were left utterly stunned but flocked to Twitter to congratulate him on the news.

Pete in a rare photo with girlfriend Paige Yeomans and sister Sophie (Sophie Sandiford/Instagram)

One tweeted: "PETE GOT ENGAGED! Amazing #Gogglebox."

While another commented: "NO WAY PETE IS ENGAGED."

A third wrote: "PETE'S ENGAGED?!!! OMG!! #Gogglebox."

Sophie went onto ask who would be his best man.

"Well it's going to be my best wo-man, isn't it?" Pete responded. "It will be you."

Pete's engagement to Paige shocked viewers last month (Daily Mirror)

"Correct," Sophie teased with a smile. "Course it will! I'll not be wearing a tux, I'll be wearing my own dress."

Pete exclaimed: "Woah! You're going to have to wear a suit."

"I'm not going to be wearing a friggin' suit," she replied.

As he asked why, Sophie responded: "No way am I... listen! Right, actually I know your mates, I'm not copying any of them. I'll bring me own!"

Pete shared the first ever picture of his now-fiancee back in October last year as the pair snuggled up for a selfie.

He had captioned the picture: "My Mrs and best mate what more could I ask for, don’t worry @sophiesandiford1 you are a close second best friend."

*Gogglebox airs Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4