Richie Myler, the ex-husband of Helen Skelton, has posted the first photo of Stephanie Thirkill's growing baby bump. Helen and Richie split up just four months after Helen gave birth to Elsie in December 2021.
In a message, she broke the news of the breakup and expressed her sadness to her fans. It soon became clear that he had fallen in love with Stephanie Thirkill, the daughter of Andrew Thirkill, the president of the Leeds Rhinos.
She is now expecting her and Richie's first child together. On Monday night, Richie posted a professional photograph of the two holding hands on his Instagram page.
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In the black and white image, Stephanie had her hands on his face and his hands were on her waist. The two smiled at each other while he had his eyes closed. Richie added a red heart emoji to the post's caption.
Before the comments on his post were limited, a few of his fans complimented the couple. "Beautiful photo," one user said along with heart-eye emojis while one person posted: "Amazing."
Helen, who presents Countryfile, shares Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and baby Elsie, one, with her ex Richie. Back in January, Richie briefly deleted his Instagram account.
He previously used his page to post about his achievements with the Leeds Rhinos as well as updates on his life with his girlfriend Stephanie. Back in September, Richie shared a photo with Stephanie and her parents as he gushed about finishing his latest rugby season 'as a family.'
In October, Richie told followers he had received 'abusive messages' in a defiant post. Explaining his decision, Richie said: “I’ve decided to put my profile private from now on. If you are on here to share my photos or stories of me and my life maliciously to other people or waste your time sending me abusive messages please just unfollow me.
"I'm going to start removing people from my account one by one, so if you are a genuine rugby fan and I accidentally remove you I apologise in advance and will accept you back! Thank you, Richie." He later deleted his entire profile on the photo and video-sharing site.
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