Strictly Come Dancing alum Seann Walsh is all smiles as he’s welcomed another bundle of joy into his family.
The 38-year-old comedian took to Instagram with an adorable photo, revealing that he and his other half Grace Adderley expanded their brood while managing to keep the pregnancy news rather low-key.
The duo, who tend to steer clear of the spotlight, were delighted to have brought a baby girl into the world back in February 2023.
Yet it was only recently that Seann spilled the beans on them becoming a party of four, captioning the snapshot: “My first five minutes of being left alone with Wylda and our newborn Casper. S*** just got real.”
Seann had his followers chuckling when he confessed to fainting during Grace’s initial labour experience, sharing a candid video from hospital grounds and showering praise on the “amazing” staff.
He humorously recounted his own woes with: “I passed out during the birth. Of course I did. The nurse’s response? ‘Men.’ Fair.” The funnyman has been navigating life with dance teacher Grace, 32, ever since his headline-grabbing stint on ‘Strictly’ back in 2018, which erupted due to a scandal involving a kiss with his then-married dance partner, Katya Jones, reports the Mirror.
Fans first caught wind of the baby news when Seann and Grace went public with their excitement during an Instagram Live, while Seann was touring. Now, following his crack at jungle life where he finished 5th on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2022, he’s also celebrating the joys of fatherhood for the second time.
Seann previously opened up about the lingering impact of his time on Strictly Come Dancing, where he was caught up in a cheating scandal that continues to affect him. The comedian found himself at the centre of controversy when he was spotted kissing his dance partner Katya Jones, leading to significant personal upheaval.
The fallout saw Katya part ways with her husband and fellow professional dancer Neil Jones, while Seann’s relationship with Rebecca Humphries also ended. Following the public revelation of the affair, Seann experienced a downward spiral, battling depression and panic attacks.
Even seven years on, Seann admits he’s not fully recovered. Discussing his ongoing trauma, he recently shared: “I do not dance. What it is more actually is when you turn up to any car park or something, and it says, ‘Strictly No Parking’. I still just go, ‘Arghh’, every time I see it.”
During a frank conversation on Russell Howard’s Wonderbox podcast, he confessed: “I can hear the word – like a dog hearing something – I can just hear the word strictly and I still go, ‘Arghh!'”.
Eager to move past the incident, Seann threw himself back into stand-up comedy and performing. However, looking back, he concedes it was too soon, saying: “I went back too soon – that’s for sure. You’ve got to kind of let audiences, or the public, almost let them get over it.”
However, Seann was determined to counter it, stating: “But I wanted to kind of fight it. I didn’t want this thing that was happening to my life to take away the only thing that I had.”