EX-EASTENDERS star Emer Kenny has revealed she’s given birth to her first baby.
The writer and actress, who is married to TV presenter Rick Edwards, shared the couple’s happy news on Twitter this morning.
Emer Kenny has given birth to her first child
Rick Edwards looked loving at his boy as he cradled him on the sofa
Rick and Emer at the ITV Gala in 2015
She wrote: “Bit of news… @rickedwards1 & I have had a beautiful baby boy. He is just magic.”
Alongside the post were two pictures of the parents holding their newborn son.
Fans and friends flocked to congratulate the couple, who married in 2016.
One said: “Such great news, congratulations to you both. Wishing you a life full of joy.”
Another commented: “The cutest news!!! Congrats to you both.”
A third said: “Congratulations! Wonderful photos and such great news for a Monday morning!”
The couple opened up about their love story, and how they got engaged after just six weeks, in this weekend’s Sunday Times.
Emer, 33, said: “I was boy-crazy throughout my teenage years and early twenties, and often heartbroken, but when I met Rick I was so calm. I felt more myself with him than I had ever felt before.
“We make each other laugh constantly. Even when we’re arguing or we’re both tired or stressed, we find each other funny. I think that’s the key to us. We talk about everything, to the tiniest detail of each other’s work, because we just really trust each other’s opinion.”
While radio host Rick, 43, said of his significant other: “Anything I do is enhanced by Emer being there. She is the first person that I want to tell everything to, and the person whose opinion I care about the most.
“I want to hang out with her when I’m happy and when I feel sad, because either way we just laugh a lot. It’s such a comforting thing to know we’ll always have that.”
Emer played Zsa Zsa Carter, the daughter of Tina Carter, in EastEnders for nine months in 2010.
Her other credits include BBC One’s Coming Down the Mountain, 2009 television film Freefall and Lesbian Vampire Killers.
She also starred in BBC Three’s Pramface for three seasons and most recently weote the screenplay for ITV drama Karen Pirie.
Rick has appeared on a number of Channel 4, E4 and ITV2 shows.
Some of his most well-known roles include hosting E4’s relationship show Tool Academy and BBC quiz show Impossible.
Rick and Emer married in 2016
