Roy Keane left fans in stitches earlier this week when he took to social media to wish his wife Theresa a happy birthday.
The Manchester United legend often describes his children as his first born, number 2 etc, and couldn't resist a laugh by referring to his wife, who he has been married to for 24 years, as his "first wife".
Posting on Instagram, the former Republic of Ireland captain and TV pundit said: "Happy birthday to my first wife."
Keane also cropped his other half out of the photo, which appears to have been taken when the couple were on holiday.
Over the years, Keane has rarely spoken about his wife publicly.
Explaining why, he previously told The Sunday Times: “I don’t really mention her in public.
“But in fairness to her, she has been a rock in my life. Just brilliant.
“She reads me better than I read myself. I wouldn’t say Theresa likes every part of the package.”
He added: “She knows I haven’t got a halo over my head.
“Actually, that’s what she likes about me.
“She also knows I am not the nastiest person in the world.”
Earlier this year, Keane admitted that he hates being in the public eye.
He told Gary Neville on The Overlap: "Being in the public eye, I detest it. I hate it. People can be polite or stick a phone (up) and following you with a camera and then people think you're rude. I'm the rude one and you're coming up?
"I bumped into a United fan the other day and he showed me his tattoo and he said 'Alright, bye' and then walked on. That's a proper fan. People who invade you with your phone or (signing) your jerseys, you're just annoying.
"I think it's because people are busy and they see you as someone in the public eye and it's like 'can I have a piece of you?' or 'can you sign that?' Even City fans come up and want a photograph. You want a photograph of me? Why?
"To me it's a busyness thing. It's not a respect thing. People who respect you leave you alone."
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