When Katherine Ryan was locked out of her house with her baby girl inside, she suffered every parent’s worst fear – but happily, she remained cool, calm, and collected while she thought out what to do.
The moment The Masked Singer UK star realised she couldn’t back into her house was recorded on her home surveillance camera, as she was holding her one-and-a-half-year-old kid, according to a film uploaded on Instagram.
In a subsequent video, the 39-year-old confirmed that her two-month-old baby was safe inside and that she could see her through the glass.
Katherine’s husband Bobby Kootstra posted the footage of her terrible blunder on social media, writing, ‘My wife locked the baby in the house to get me home from the golf course fast.’
The comic can be seen in the video going out of the front door and closing it behind her while holding her kid, before looking down at her keys and realising she’d made a mistake.
‘Oh my goodness. ‘Oh my goodness,’ she moaned, as her baby repeated her, ‘Uh oh.’
‘I did something really bad,’ Katherine remarked, gasping as she looked up at the camera, perhaps hoping that Bobby would see the live video and step in to help.
The singer looked to be deciding what she was going to do to solve the matter as she walked out from the front door at breakneck speed.
Katherine verified that everything worked out in the end in a follow-up video broadcast on her Instagram Story, as she informed followers while her newborn girl napped on her chest.
‘Sorry for posting yesterday’s dramatic video with no resolution. A lot of people, especially Gen Zs, are like, “How did he know you needed rescuing? How did he save you if you didn’t have a phone? What did you do?”’ she said.
Referencing her 13-year-old daughter Violet, she continued: ‘And we asked Violet after showing her the video, “What would you do?” She was like, “Throw a brick through the window.”’
Katherine vowed to reveal how she snuck back inside the house, but viewers would have to wait a little longer for the complete tale.
‘I will tell you what I did. I solved it in under 10 minutes, because I’m almost 40,’ she stated.
‘I’ll do it on my podcast, because I am hurting for topics. So you’ll have to subscribe to my podcast if you want to know how to save your child locked in a house.’
As a disclaimer, the comic also added: ‘By the way, she was sleeping and in a safe place, and I could see her through the window.’
After Bobby released the initial video, many people applauded Katherine for being cool while figuring out what she needed to do.
‘Did this a few months ago except locked both kids inside, baby crying and I was not this calm,’ one person commented.
‘Sweet Mama! We’ve ALLLLL been there. Bless you and your babies!’ another wrote.