Mo Farah's adorable son steals limelight during dad's Sports Personality of the Year interview

Francesca Gillett18 December 2017

Entertained viewers have jokingly called for Mo Farah’s son to be named Sports Personality of the Year after the two-year-old took centre stage during his dad’s live TV interview.

Adorable toddler Hussein appeared to be oblivious to the limelight as he crawled all over Sir Mo’s lap during an interview on BBC One on Sunday evening.

The hilarious moment happened shortly before the star of London 2012 was crowned this year's Sports Personality.

Gabby Logan grinned as she asked for the youngster to be taken off camera by his older sister, Rhianna, so they could continue with the athlete’s interview uninterrupted.

Gabby Logan asked for Rhianna to take little Hussein off screen.
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“Look, look, look,” the Olympian told his son as he tried to get him to settle down and pay attention to the camera, as host Logan joked: “Mo, did you get any of that?”

The audience laughed as the youngster continued to climb over the long-distance runner and muffled out his response to the question.

“I think Hussein’s getting more airtime than you at the moment,” joked the presenter before asking if Rhianna could take him off camera.

Somali-born Londoner Mo Farah, who is one of the contenders for tonight’s prestigious accolade, has never won Sports Personality of the Year despite being nominated five times.

He was interviewed via video-link from the capital’s St Mary’s University, which has named an athletics track in honour of the Olympian.

Little Hussein was a hit on social media, with many people asking: “Can Mo Farah’s son with the main prize?”

“Can’t stop laughing at Mo Farah’s son being dragged off the sofa,” a woman called Danielle wrote.

Someone else said: “Mo Farah’s interview being upstaged by his needy son is my TV highlight of today.”

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Sir Mo, 34, won his third consecutive world 10,000 metres gold this year. He also received a knighthood from Buckingham Palace in November.

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