Gender reveal balloon bursts seconds after father-to-be takes it out car [Video]

‘I didn’t pop it!’ Gender reveal balloon bursts seconds after father-to-be takes it out of his car in hilarious doorbell footage

  • Anthony Cole, 29, brought home a gender reveal balloon for a family party
  • But seconds after getting it out the car the balloons pops to reveal blue confetti 
  • The hilarious clip shows dad-to-be Anthony in dismay at the accident while wife Lois falls about laughing


Hilarious video shows the moment a couple’s gender reveal balloon spontaneously burst just moments after it was taken out of the car.

Doorbell footage captured Anthony Cole in complete dismay after the £30 balloon exploded just seconds before it was brought into his home in Bristol two weeks ago.

The 29-year-old had only just picked the balloon up from the scanning studio for he and his wife Lois’s gender reveal party later on that day.

In the clip, Anthony is seen on his Ring doorbell camera taking the balloon out from the back of his car and holding onto the base of the balloon as he walked towards the front door.

But in a sick twist of fate, just as the soon-to-be dad is about to walk in, the balloon bursts – leaving hundreds of pieces of blue confetti on his doorstep.

Just as this happens, Lois, 27, can be heard screaming ‘no’ after watching the whole blunder happen from the doorstop.

Looking completely defeated, HGV driver Anthony says: ‘I didn’t pop it.

‘F*** sake.’

Focussing on their exciting news, Lois then laughs and says: ‘It’s a boy.’

Hilarious video shows the moment a couple’s gender reveal balloon spontaneously burst just moments after it was taken out of the car

Speaking today, Anthony said of the anti-climactic gender reveal: 'The reveal was rubbish to be fair, as we couldn't lie at the end. We told them what happened' Pictured: Anthony and Lois

Speaking today, Anthony said of the anti-climactic gender reveal: ‘The reveal was rubbish to be fair, as we couldn’t lie at the end. We told them what happened’ Pictured: Anthony and Lois

Despite Lois seeing the funny side of the situation, Anthony appears less than impressed by the mishap.

He can then be heard saying: ‘what a f****** joke’, before walking down the driveway in disbelief.

He says: ‘that was not funny’ before paralegal Lois, who is due in July, replies: ‘Not funny but it’s a laugh.

‘What did you hit it on? Clear it up.’

After kicking the driveway, Anthony replies: ‘Oh yeah, clear it up. It’s f*****g everywhere.’ 

Anthony posted the video onto TikTok last week, captioned: ‘When the gender reveal goes wrong.’

Speaking today, Anthony said of the anti-climactic gender reveal: ‘The reveal was rubbish to be fair, as we couldn’t lie at the end. We told them what happened.

‘We showed them [family and friends] the video and they all laughed. They said it would only happen to me.

‘Lois was happy and found it funny.’

The clip has received over 1.1 million views and over 78,000 shares on the video platform.

Thousands of viewers left comments on the post after feeling sorry for Anthony.

One social media user said: ‘At least it was caught on camera showing that he didn’t do anything. She wouldn’t have ever believed him otherwise. 

Another wrote: ‘You’ll look back and laugh, that’s all that mattered.’

One viewer said: ‘Emotional damage, that man was hurt’

While another said: ‘Just show the video to everyone when they turn up.’

And another viewer commented: ‘He’s pretending to be p****d off because he had one job and he doesn’t want to get in trouble.

‘But you can see he’s thrilled.’

Anthony replied: ‘So true, over the moon it’s a boy.’