Eamonn Holmes has revealed his son Declan’s wife Jenny has given birth to a baby girl – making him a grandfather for the second time.
The 63-year-old broadcaster shared the good news about the new addition with his fans on his X page – formerly known as Twitter – on Saturday afternoon.
Eamonn wrote: ‘This morning at 10am I became a granddad for the second time.’Another of Jenny and Declan’s granddaughters.’
In a separate post, Eamonn revealed that the family felt “blessed, relieved and happy” about their new addition’s safe arrival.
Eamonn’s fans rushed to congratulate him on his new granddaughter and sent their congratulations in the comments section of the post.
Happy news: Eamonn Holmes has revealed his son Declan’s wife Jenny has given birth to a baby girl – making him a grandfather for the second time
Share: The 63-year-old broadcaster shared the good news about the new addition with his fans on his X page – formerly known as Twitter – on Saturday afternoon
The presenter, who shares his son with ex-wife Gabrielle, became a grandfather for the first time when Declan gave birth to his first child in 2021.
Eamonn, who was working on This Morning at the time, announced: “My son Declan and his wife Jenny are the happy couple.” “Jenny gave birth to Emelia, who weighs 7lb 6oz.”
As he and Ruth opened the show, Eamonn joked that a lot had happened since viewers saw them the day before, before Ruth gushed: “You’re a grandad!”
Ruth clapped her hands in joy and added that Declan and Jenny’s daughter had a “lovely name” before revealing some of the hilarious suggestions they had come up with for what little Emelia could name Eamonn.
She said: “We came up with Grumps but he wasn’t too keen on it,” before Eamonn admitted he would prefer to be called Dad.
He joked: “It surprises people because they look at me and think, ‘He’s too young to be a grandfather’.”
“I have people contacting me about glamorous grandpa pageants and all sorts of things.” But no, my friend Bill has anointed himself dad and I like that.
“It’s like the Pope.” This comes with infallibility. That’s why I would really like my grandchildren to call me dad. That would be nice.’
Ruth added: “Congratulations Declan and Jenny.” “We are very, very excited and can’t wait to meet them.”