Dan, 23, has been compared to a lot of things recently, after The Sun published two audio clips of him being abusive towards his ex-girlfriend Megan Tomlin.

He and Megan, 22, have 15-month-old son Teddy together and his new girlfriend Jacqueline Jossa, also 22, gave birth to their daughter Ella in February.

Ricky, 24, thinks that Dan is well on his way to becoming like ‘Britain’s most shameless dad’, who has 40 children by 20 women.

Tweeting a snap of the newspaper’s front page, TOWIE star Ricky wrote: “Haha @DannyO this is gonna be you #superspunk #bantaaaaa [sic].”

Ricky was immediately slammed by one of Dan and Jacqueline’s loyal fans, who told him it wasn’t very fair on the EastEnders actress after giving birth so recently.

But Ricky hit back, writing: “Maybe if you didn’t @ her in it it wouldn’t be a problem.”

However the majority of Ricky’s followers seemed to think he had a point, with one reasoning: “It actually is though.”

What do you think – two friends having a joke, or did Ricky take ‘banter’ too far?