Choked back

I had a rude shock this morning. I went over to a blog I look at regularly, and what should I find but the blogger's wife posting about what a marvellous guy he is. He loves his readers and will always put them first; she knows him and can assure everyone of it. Next thing, it's the blogger's mother. She also knows him and is telling us how gentle and caring he is, and that he's her little boobaleh and she really loves him. Well, I'm not going to embarrass this blogger by telling you who he is, but I raised an eyebrow and choked back what could have been a sob - or maybe not a sob.