Stacey Dooley gives birth to first baby with ex Strictly pro Kevin Clifton and reveals cute name
STACEY Dooley has given birth to her first child with Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton.
The TV presenter, 35, today revealed she and ex Strictly pro Kevin, 40, had become parents for the first time.
She revealed her baby's name too, writing: "Our Daughter is here.
"My little masterpiece! I'm COMPLETELY OBSESSED. Love you Minnie, Love you Kev x."
The star shared a picture of a letter addressed to "Minnie's parents".
Kevin wrote a similar sweet post, saying: "Our daughter is here❤️❤️❤️❤️. The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
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"So proud of u @sjdooley. Love u Minnie , Love u Stace x."
Their Strictly pals quickly sent their congratulations, with judge Motsi Mabuse posting: "Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So Happy 😁 for you."
Janette Manrara wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🤍" while AJ Pritchard said: "Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So Happy 😁 for you."
Stacey and Kevin welcomed a baby into the world after first meeting on the show in 2018.
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The documentary maker announced she was pregnant back in August with a photo of her naked bump.
The star could be seen pulling her top up and cradling her belly with her hands, smiling wide in the Polaroid snap.
“We are having a baby!" she wrote under the photo.
"So bloody delighted. Kev, you're magic. I love you.”
Before announcing her pregnancy, Stacey said she had gone through a crisis about being childless at 35 after filming for a documentary.
She was forced to dig deep during her 10-day stay with the Sisters of St Hilda’s Priory Order of the Holy Paraclete in Whitby, North Yorkshire for her new show.
She told The Sun how the experience - which saw her living alongside the nuns - made her prioritise her life at home with Kevin.
In a scene from the show, Stacey said: "For the last 15 years it's been work, work, career, work, work and then your private life is on the back burner. I'm 35 so…”
When a nun asked her if she "wanted a family", she concluded: "I know. I need to start thinking about it, don’t I?”
Stacey, from Luton, is best known for her TV roles, and her first-ever telly job was on Blood, Sweat And T-shirts.
She left school at 15 and says she fell into her broadcast journalism career.
After appearing on Newsnight - while she was still working at Luton airport - she was offered her first TV series.
She actually admitted to BBC Radio 4 that she "wasn’t great at the start" and hates looking back at old footage of herself.
In 2018, she was awarded an MBE for her work.
Stacey won Strictly Come Dancing, which raised her profile in the TV industry, with Kevin in 2018.
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They kept their relationship private initially, eventually confirming it in 2019 with their first photo on social media shortly after she split from her boyfriend Sam.
Kevin was married to Strictly co-star Karen until they confirmed they were splitting in March 2018.
