Michelle Hardwick thrilled the Loose Women panel as she shared a baby announcement on today's show.
The 46-year-old soap star is renowned for her role as Vanessa Woodfield on Emmerdale. Away from the fictional Yorkshire village, Vanessa has been married to Kate Brooks since 2020.
Kate works as a producer on Emmerdale and their relationship blossomed on the set of the show. The couple already share a child named Teddy and Michelle is pregnant with their second baby.
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Today's Loose Women was hosted by Christine Lampard and featured Coleen Nolan, Janet Street Porter and Denise Welch. The panelists were delighted when Kate exclusively revealed the gender of the baby.
She said: "So baby number two is a little girl." Teddy was welcomed onto the Loose Women set to help his parents celebrate the happy news.
Michelle revealed the donor of her baby girl is the same as Teddy's biological dad, who would be open to meeting the children when they're 18 if they wanted to see him.
The soap star also spoke of her pregnancy experience. She said: "It seems to have flown by this time. Quite a bit of morning sickness."
Michelle shared her exciting pregnancy news on Instagram last month. She said: "COMING THIS WINTER... Baby Brooks #2. We are super excited about our gorgeous news! I’m 20 weeks today and can almost rest a cup of tea on my bump"
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