Strictly Come Dancing star Seann Walsh has made a shock announcement that he’s now a father-of-two, after keeping his partner’s pregnancy a secret.

The comedian, 39, surprised fans on Saturday by revealing his family has seemingly gained a new member.

He posted a picture on his Instagram story of his daughter Wylda, two, who he shares with his partner Grace Adderley.

Alongside the picture of the little one with what looks like yoghurt on her head, he quipped: ‘My first five minutes being left alone with Wylda and our newborn Casper. S*** just got real.’

He then posted another picture, this time holding baby Casper, with Wylda sat in a high chair as the family ate lunch on a bench outside. 

Seann jokingly wrote: ‘Gonna need a bigger boat’. 

Strictly Come Dancing star Seann Walsh has made a shock announcement that he’s now a father-of-two, after keeping his partner’s pregnancy a secret

The comedian, 39, surprised fans on Saturday by revealing his family has seemingly gained a new member

The news has no doubt come as a surprise to fans as Seann and Grace never shared the news they were expecting.

Seann first became a father in February 2023 after the couple welcomed daughter Wylda, and shared the happy news to Instagram.

Taking to his Stories, he shared a clip of himself as he sat in the hospital after the birth, saying: ‘Grace has had our baby and I’m sat here in the very relaxing postnatal department, and the staff have been great. 

‘The nurses have been coming up to me all morning and congratulating me.’

He then shared a post, which read: ‘Oh btw. I pᴀssed out during the birth. Of course I did. The nurse’s response… “Men.” Fair.’

Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Seann revealed in October 2022 that he and his dance teacher girlfriend were having a baby.

Speaking to a friend during an Instagram Live session at the time, Seann told a friend: ‘I’m having a child.’

Seann was then asked by the friend: ‘So you’re gonna be a dad?’, before replying ‘yeah’ – with the unnamed man responding: ‘That’s worrying.’

Seann first became a father in February 2023 after the couple welcomed daughter Wylda, and shared the happy news to Instagram

Taking to his Stories, he shared a clip of himself as he sat in the hospital after the birth, saying: ‘Grace has had our baby and I’m sat here in the very relaxing postnatal department’ 

He then shared a post, which read: ‘Oh btw. I pᴀssed out during the birth. Of course I did. The nurse’s response… “Men.” Fair’ 

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The funnyman then told his followers: ‘Unbelievable. Everyone else has been really nice, that’s the worst response yet.’

Seann and Grace have been dating since 2019, but largely keep their relationship out of the spotlight.

Apart from being on I’m A Celebrity, Seann hit headlines during his 2018 stint in Strictly Come Dancing when he was caught kissing his married dance partner Katya Jones on his then-girlfriend Rebecca Humphries’ birthday.

Seann previously confessed he still feels ‘traumatised from his time on Strictly Come Dancing.

In April 2024, the stand-up explained on Russell Howard’s Wonderbox podcast that he can’t dance anymore and if he ever sees a ‘Strictly No Parking’ zone while out driving, the bad memories come flooding back. 

He said: ‘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.

‘I can hear the word — like a dog hearing something — I can just hear the word strictly and I still go, ‘Arghh!’

He went on to explain that he went back to doing comedy shows far too soon after the scandal erupted and that he was often heckled on stage after spiralling into depression.

Seann and Grace have been dating since 2019, but largely keep their relationship out of the spotlight

The star previously found himself at the centre of a media firestorm when he was pH๏τographed kissing dance partner Katya Jones (pictured)during his time on Strictly in 2018

Seann said he ‘looked unwell, thin and gaunt’ while performing during that time and that some audiences would just leave his shows because of it.

He said on the podcast: ‘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. 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.

‘I would have looked unwell. I was extremely thin and gaunt. It was so difficult. The audiences didn’t know how to feel. They’d get up, they’d leave. Sometimes they’d tell me that they were appalled by me.’