EastEnders star Kellie Shirley reveals baby boy’s adorable name after giving birth to third child
EASTENDERS star Kellie Shirley has revealed her baby boy’s adorable name after giving birth to tot number three.
Kellie, 41, who is best known for playing Carly Wicks on EastEnders, shared news of the new arrival in a sweet post uploaded to her Instagram account in March.
And now she’s shared the tot’s moniker, revealing they’ve called him Ezra Cillian.
Kellie and her husband Phil Davies are already parents to seven-year-old twins Pearl and Louis.
And the pair are over the moon with their new addition, with Kellie likening the feeling to “being on happy pills.”
She told : “It’s so all-consuming. You’re so full of love – and knackered! – but you get those moments when Ezra does what looks like a smile and you forget that you’ve been up since 3am. It’s just lovely.”
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The tot was born at King’s College Hospital in London – the same place the proud parents welcomed their twins – and Kellie said Ezra’s birth was easier than the last time.
“Last time I went to 9cm and caught an infection and it was just so nuts,” she continued, adding: “It was a very different experiencing going in with my bag, knowing he would be born that day.”
Opening up on the birth, Kellie said: “I asked them to put the radio on for the delivery – I didn’t have whale music or anything like that.
“They asked, ‘what radio station do you want?’ and I said ‘whatever you guys want, because I’m going to be pretty much out of it.’
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“And he was born to Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, which is great because I love her so much. I thought ‘what a great song.’”
Kellie starred as Carly in EastEnders from 2006 to 2008 and made a brief comeback in 2012.
Since leaving the soap Kellie has gone on to appear in a string of shows including Death in Paradise and Ridley.
