ITV star reveals she ‘feared being dropped from This Morning’ over pregnancy

Sian Welby has revealed she had fears over being dropped from This Morning (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock)

Sian Welby has revealed that she hid her pregnancy from This Morning bosses over fears that she would be dropped from the presenting team.

The TV host and radio presenter gave birth to her daughter Ruby in June 2024, who she shares with her radio producer fiancé Jake Beckett.

The 38-year-old announced the news in February last year, with just four months left in her pregnancy, weeks after joining the presenting team on This Morning.

Now Sian has revealed that she kept her pregnancy a secret from the programme because she was worried about losing her brand new TV position.

‘When you first start a job, you think “Nobody knows what I’m actually like, that I’m trustworthy” and you have to prove yourself,’ she told Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.

‘I felt like I had proven myself [on This Morning], that I can do this and that – when I got that first cover with Dermot [O’Leary], I knew I was pregnant but I didn’t tell anyone.’

If I tell them I’m pregnant, will this put them off getting me in again? (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock)

She continued: ‘In the back of my mind I was thinking, “If I tell them I’m pregnant, will this put them off getting me in again? And will they think I’m gonna be off for ages?”

‘So many women must feel [the same way] in any job, especially if they’re starting a new one. It’s the fear that you’re going to be immediately judged or dropped or they’ll ask why you didn’t tell them.’

Sian then revealed she was 20 weeks pregnant during her days on This Morning and that the truth nearly came out when a pair of trousers ordered onto the ITV show for her ‘came in a bit small’.

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Sian revealed that she couldn’t even tell co-host Dermot O’Leary (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock)

Thankfully Sian’s fears about losing her job on This Morning of course didn’t come to pass, and she remains a part of the ITV show’s presenter line-up.

Earlier this year, Sian spoke to The Sun and revealed that she’d had ‘dark thoughts’ about being replaced after finding out she was pregnant.

‘I worried I would be off for a month and they would decide someone else is better and then they would replace me. Those are the dark thoughts you have.’

She explained that the thought probably ‘put her off’ from thinking about having kids earlier in her life.

Sian shares Ruby with her partner Jake Beckett (Picture: ITV / This Morning)

After giving birth, Sian returned to This Morning just days later, despite having an emergency C-section.

Appearing via video link, she told presenters Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley that she felt ‘delirious’ at the time.

She added: ‘I’m tired, I’m delirious, but it is the best thing I’ve ever done, and I’m just absolutely over the moon, I’m in love. I’m loving every second, despite it being absolute carnage.

‘You can’t believe that you’re meeting them. Jake was filming me at the time when I held her, and I said, “I can’t believe I’m meeting you, it feels like a dream.”’

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.

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