MUM-OF-22 Sue Radford has been left fuming after her hubby Noel’s awkward late night blunder.
Late last night, Noel, the father of Britain’s Biggest Family, was left covering his eyes after struggling to put his posh electric Porsche on charge.
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After a snowy weekend away in their £40k motorhome and a day of filming their audiobook, Noel, 54, headed to his nearby charging point, as he attempted to put what appears to be an electric Porsche Taycan 45, worth £95,900, on charge.
And after numerous failed attempts, Noel called his wife, Sue, 49, to the rescue.
But the family’s matriarch was left furious at Noel’s error – as she stood angrily in her pyjamas in the car park.
The couple, who famously don’t rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income, gave the family’s followers a close-up look at Noel’s gaffe, as they shared a short clip, captioned ‘SOS from Noel’, on social media, leaving many in fights of laughter.
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As he filmed himself in the pitch black, Noel, who is from Morecambe, Lancashire, and stars in Channel 5’s 22 Kids and Counting, admitted: “So I’ve come out tonight to charge the car, I thought I’d get it done tonight and it’s all ready for the morning.
“Anyway, I’ve got here and I can’t do it. It’s just not working.
“I’m thinking, what’s going wrong here? Why can’t I do it?
“I thought it was my little card that you use, or the QR code wasn’t working. It kept saying, no, incorrect, incorrect.
“So I’ve rung Sue. She’s driven out here to help me out with her phone, with her QR code.”
Noel, who owns his own pie business, The Radford’s Pie Company, then panned the camera around to show a less than impressed Sue, as she snapped: “In my pyjamas.”
Following this, Noel joked: “In her jim jams, she’s come along, scanned the thing, there you go, all working.”
To which Noel then admitted that he had been scanning the wrong QR code and added: “I said, oh, no. I’ve got a bit of a confession.”
How many people are in the Radford family?
Sue and Noel Radford have 22 children and 11 grandchildren.
- Noel – 54
- Sue – 49
- Chris – 35 (married to Nicole Spencer and have three children: Maisie, seven, Jacob, five and Oaklyn, three)
- Sophie – 31 (married to Joe Bradley and have three children: Daisy, 12, Ayprill, 10 and Leo, nine)
- Chloe – 29 (dating Jake Wallace and have one child: Mila, two, and pregnant with baby number two)
- Jack – 27
- Daniel – 25
- Luke – 24
- Millie – 23 (married to Harley Passmore and have three children: Ophelia, four, Chester two, and Elodie, 16 months)
- Katie – 22 (dating Connor Carter and have baby Ronnie, three months old)
- James – 21
- Ellie – 19
- Aimee – 18
- Josh – 17
- Max – 16
- Tillie – 14
- Oscar – 13
- Casper – 12
- Hallie – nine
- Phoebe – eight
- Archie – seven
- Bonnie – six
- Heidie – four
Number of family members and ages are correct as of January 2025.
Sue then proudly replied: “That is the wrong one.
“I’m a woman, right? Us women are supposed to do stuff like that, not you men.”
I’ve had to come all the way out to sort you out because you scanned the wrong QR code. In my pyjamas
Sue Radford
Clearly not impressed, she explained: “I can’t believe you’ve done that.
“I’ve had to come all the way out to sort you out because you scanned the wrong QR code. In my pyjamas.”
How does family-of-22 the Radfords afford to live?
AS Britain’s biggest family, it may come as no surprise that Sue and Noel Radford must have some hefty bills.
Between them, they have a whopping 22 children and seven dogs, which often has some people wonder how they manage their money.
The Radfords support themselves with the proceeds of Noel’s bakery, The Radford Pie Company, which is located near their home.
On their website, it says: “We have owned our own lovely bakery since 1999 which is how we manage to provide for (and feed) our huge and expanding family as well as for the local people of Heysham and Morecambe.”
The family expanded their business to cater to online orders placed across the UK.
The business is a family affair, with Noel at the helm, and some of their children helping out.
The older kids, who are working at least part-time, don’t get a free ride as they’re made to pay a small amount of rent to their parents.
“Us older ones do pay a little bit of board. Granted it’s not a lot but I’m also trying to save up for my own house at the moment.” their daughter Chloe said in a video on the YouTube channel.
Sue added: “We’ve always said if you want to buy somewhere, renting is a bit of dead money, so we’d rather you saved that money up and stayed at home a bit longer.
“I also do believe they should pay board if they are earning. We’ve always been brought up by our parents that we had to pay board.”
Noel and Sue famously don’t rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income.
They also revealed they make money from brand partnerships on social media.
The Radford family stars in their own reality TV show 22 Kids and Counting – which has run for four series.
Brand expert Andy Barr believes Noel and Sue have been paid less than £10,000 for each show.
He told the Daily Mail: “The typical fee per episode is going to be in the thousands rather than the tens or hundreds of thousands that people often think is the case with TV shows of this nature.
“If they continue to get commissioned for a fourth or fifth season, then they are going to be able to command a higher fee.”
He estimates that the Radfords make £ 5,000 an episode.
To which Noel laughed: “So there we go. Note to self, it’s not that QR code, it’s the other one.”
Radfords fans in hysterics
The TikTok clip, which was posted on the family’s official account, @theradfordfamilyofficial, just last night, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 129,900 views.
Radford fans were left in hysterics at Noel’s blunder, with many eagerly flocking to the comments to express this.
Sue to the rescue
TikTok user
One person laughed: “That’s hilarious.”
Another added: “Sue you are a legend.”
A third commented: “Sue to the rescue.”
Whilst someone else joked: “Noel, ya sausage!”
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