Scandalous Strictly Come Dancing star welcomes secret baby with supernatural name
Congratulations are in order!
Comedian Seann Walsh has announced he is a father-of-two after keeping his partner’s pregnancy under wraps.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 39, shares a daughter Wylda, two, with his partner Grace Adderley, but fans were not aware they were expecting an addition to the family until today, when the newborn popped up on his social media.
The I’m A Celebrity star unveiled little Casper to the world in a very casual manner on Instagram while sharing a picture of little Wylda with what appears to be a tub of yoghurt on her head.
‘My first five minutes being left alone with Wylda and our newborn Casper. S*** just got real,’ he joked alongside the picture.
He then posted a picture of him holding little Casper on a picnic bench next to little mucky Wylda, and observed: ‘Gonna need a bigger boat.’
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He was involved in one of the biggest Strictly scandals in recent memory (Picture: BBC)Seann’s wholesome life is miles away from his tumultuous BBC ballroom appearance seven years ago, when he and dance partner Katya Jones were caught having fallen for the famed Strictly curse.
While Katya was married to fellow professional dancer Neil Jones and Seann was in a relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries, the dancing duo were spotted kissing outside a London pub.
‘I left the wardrobe department and before I could order my first beer, my agent came over and asked if he could have a word with me outside,’ Seann later explained of the events that night.
Seann has appeared on Live at the Apollo, The Wheel, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Last Leg, and The Stand Up Sketch Show (Picture: Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/WireImage) He just announced the arrival of his second child (Picture: Seann Walsh/Instagram)‘I thought, “He is going to tell me I have got Michael McIntyre’s Big Show! I had better act surprised!” Turns out, I didn’t have to act surprised.’
He said they went into the BBC car park and his agent ‘looked over his glasses’ and told Seann: ‘About 20 minutes ago, they posted a photo of you kissing Katya outside a pub.’
‘I was at that exact point that my life would turn upside down – the dream turned into a nightmare.’
Fans had no idea he and Grace Adderley were expecting again (Picture: Instagram/Seann Walsh)A few days after the images were made public, Rebecca released a statement on social media, revealing that the night that Seann cheated, she was sitting ‘alone at home’ on her birthday.
They split as a result, and Katya’s marriage ended within the year.
Both Seann and Katya issued public apologies about what they both referred to as a ‘one-off drunken mistake’.
Seann has since called the fallout ‘horrific’, explaining on Amazon Prime Video’s Backstage With Katherine Ryan in 2022: ‘I can’t go near anything Strictly, I can’t. It just messes my head up.’
Four years after Strictly, the Beyond Paradise star – who went sober and started therapy – headed to the I’m A Celebrity jungle under the persuasion of his new partner Grace, where he finished fifth.
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