Jake Quickenden posted a sweet clip of his baby boy Kit on Instagram on Friday after slamming trolls’ vile attacks on his firstborn’s looks.

The X Factor star, 36, was viciously attacked online over his son Leo’s appearance when he was born four years ago. 

Earlier this month Jake and wife Sophie Church welcomed their baby boy Kit into the world. 

During an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine on Friday, the Celebrity Masterchef star defiantly insisted he ‘won’t let others ruin my happiness’ and let his past experience stop him celebrating his bundle of joy.

And he proved that on Friday with an Instagram update featuring a string of videos of him and his new son, as well as a heartfelt message paying tribute to the ‘perfect’ child. 

One clip showed Jake and Sophie matching in cream cardigans over white vests, with the I’m A Celebrity star wearing light grey trousers and his wife sporting white ones.

Jake Quickenden posted a sweet clip of his baby boy Kit on Instagram on Friday after slamming trolls’ vile attacks on his firstborn’s looks

In one sH๏τ, Sophie kissed the adorable-looking baby on the cheek as he sat on a bed

Sophie held Kit in her arms as the newborn’s siblings Fred and Leo jostled to get a good look at their new brother.

The mother touched the baby’s nose and Leo quickly leant over to cheekily do the same before another clip showed Jake rubbing his nose with Kit’s.

In one sH๏τ, Sophie kissed the adorable-looking baby on the cheek as he sat on a bed. 

Jake captioned the video with an emotional message: ‘Family really is everything. My heart is so full recently! What a wonderful start to 2025.

‘Kit is just perfect. Sophie is doing amazing and I’m always in awe of her. Leo is just my little best mate he’s my shadow and he’s hilarious. And Fred is growing up to be such a wonderful little lad.

‘Thanks so much @oh.tinytoespH๏τography for taking some amazing pics today cannot wait to share them all.’

It comes after Jake’s Lorraine appearance the same day which had seen him stand up to those who had previously trolled him and vow to share pH๏τos of Kit.

Stand-in host Christine Lampard asked Jake: ‘Were you a bit cautious sharing this happy news, you’ve been on the show talking about the dark side of social media, which you did experience with your first little one?’

The mother held Kit in her arms as the newborn’s siblings Fred and Leo jostled to get a good look at their new brother

She then touched the baby’s nose and Leo quickly leant over to cheekily do the same before another clip showed Jake rubbing his nose with Kit’s

Jake said: ‘It was just a bit of a weird situation, I was just a new dad who was really happy. Then I put some pH๏τos out of Leo and some people said nasty things.  

‘I don’t want to talk about it too much it was last time. It didn’t ruin my experience but made me more cautious.

‘Even when we had Kit, I was like “should we put pH๏τos out straight away?” and I was like “I’m not going to let anyone ruin my happiness.” I’m so happy to be a dad.

‘I love being a dad. I love being step dad. it’s just my favourite thing. I’m not going to let others ruin my happiness. It’s been great.’ 

Back in March 2021, Jake slammed vicious trolls who claimed his one-month-old son ‘needed Botox’.

Jake wrote on Instagram: ‘REAL POST… So in the past week this little man has been told he needs Botox, that he’s ugly as f**k and that he’s weird looking.

‘Me myself have also been told stay off social media if you don’t want to be trolled, it’s so baffling to me that I should have to stay off social media if I don’t want my 4 week old trolled. 

‘I don’t mind people giving me s**t, as sad as it is I’ve had to get used to being called “irrelevant”, “ugly”, “attention seeking” and the list goes on but to troll a innocent child is so wrong and the people doing it seriously need to seek help.’

It comes after Jake’s Lorraine appearance the same day which had seen him stand up to those who had previously trolled him and vow to share pH๏τos of Kit

He told the show: ‘Even when we had Kit, I was like “should we put pH๏τos out straight away?” and I was like “I’m not going to let anyone ruin my happiness.” I’m so happy to be a dad’

Jake added: ‘I love being a dad. I love being step dad. it’s just my favourite thing. I’m not going to let others ruin my happiness. It’s been great’

Jake continued: ‘Also why should I stay off social media if I don’t want him trolled the thought process of some people is shocking, maybe people just shouldn’t troll.

‘I enjoy social media, it’s full of lovely people who are supportive and I like sharing my ups and downs, I try and be real as possible, but unfortunately there is a dark side of social media and something needs doing about it.

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‘Anyway rant over!! The lion is 4 weeks today! Cute af. Love you son @leooliverq.’

A year later on Loose Women he revealed that other trolls had criticised the way he fathered his son. 

Jake told the panel: ‘When you do have platform unfortunately you’re always going to get it, you’re going to get people question your decisions, you’re going to get people questioning the way you father.

‘It’s quite upsetting, I’m starting to get my head around it a little bit more because I always feel like if you meet me and you know me then you wouldn’t say it.

‘So why do I let these people affect me when they don’t know me? I argue and I let it affect my mental health and it gets me down. Trolls always pick on the things they know will hurt you, it affects you more when it’s your child.’ 

Jake and Sophie have been together since 2018 and the pair tied the knot in 2022.