Ant McPartlin has reportedly confirmed to pals that he is set to become a first time father with wife Anne-Marie Corbett, after sharing his long-time desire for a family.
The TV host, 48, is said to be ‘beyond delighted’ by the news as he told his Britain’s Got Talent co-stars this week and revealed Anne-Marie, 46, was due in June.
According to The Sun Ant had already confided the news in close friend and onscreen partner Declan Donnelly following weeks of speculation.
Anne-Marie, who has two children from her previous marriage, is believed to have already had her five-month scan which allowed the couple to confidently let the cat out of the bag.
A source told the publication: ‘This is the news everyone wanted. Ant and Anne- Marie are beyond delighted’.
Ant McPartlin, 48, has reportedly confirmed to pals that he is set to become a first timne father with wife Anne-Marie Corbett, 46, (pictured together in January)
The TV host is said to be ‘beyond delighted’ by the news as he told his Britain’s Got Talent co-stars recently and revealed the little one was due in June (pictured together in 2021)
Ant had already confided the news in close friend and onscreen partner Declan Donnelly following weeks of speculation (Anne-Marie pictured in December)
‘It’s no secret that Ant has always wanted children, but that it may never happen for him was something he had, sadly, come to terms with’.
They went on to describe Ant as a ‘wonderful doting father’ to Anne-Marie’s children and said the couple did everything they could to keep the news a secret.
Adding: ‘To be having a child two years short of his 50th birthday, with the love of his life, is the stuff of dreams for Ant’.
The TV star credits his wife, who who he married in 2021, for getting him through his alcohol and prescription drug addictions.
There have been rumours swirling for some months that the couple might be expecting – particularly after Anne-Marie decided against flying to Australia to be at her husband’s side as while he hosted ITV’s I’m A Celebrity.
Instead, he was there alone while his on-screen partner Dec was joined by his wife Ali Astall and their two children, Isla, five, and Jack, one.
The couple set tongues wagging when Anne-Marie was seen arriving at Heathrow airport in December on the way to a New Year break to Dubai, appearing to be several months pregnant.
Dressed in a loose black dress and yellow woollen cardigan, she smiled as she pushed her luggage towards the terminal.
Anne-Marie, who has two children from her previous marriage, is believed to have already had her five-month scan which allowed the couple to confidently let the cat out of the bag (pictured together in 2023)
They went on to describe Ant as a ‘wonderful doting father’ to Anne-Marie’s children and said the couple did everything they could to keep the news a secret (pictured at their 2021 wedding)
The couple set tongues wagging when Anne-Marie was seen arriving at Heathrow airport in December on the way to a New Year break to Dubai , appearing to be several months pregnant
One onlooker said of Ant: ‘He couldn’t stop smiling, he looked like the happiest man in the world.’
The pair got together after meeting while she worked for Ant and his former wife, Lisa Armstrong.
Friends previously told MailOnline’s Katie Hind that Lisa would be ‘very upset’ if her former partner’s happy news was confirmed – because she too was desperate to become a mother.
In fact, it is believed that she and Ant tried for a baby for several years and she was devastated when their marriage ended in 2018, still childless.
For make-up artist Lisa, who shares a brown labrador named Hurley with her ex-husband, what has made it harder is that Anne-Marie worked for them as a PA before she began dating the I’m A Celeb star.
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