Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton expecting first child together 👶

They met on Strictly Come Dancing!

Author: Alex RossPublished 26th Aug 2022
Last updated 26th Aug 2022

Congratulations are in order for Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton as the pair have announced they are expecting their first child together!

The pair, who first met when they were paired on the 2018 series of Strictly Come Dancing, announced their exciting news on social media, showing off Stacey's bump in the process.

35-year-old Stacey wrote: 'Gaaaaaaang.....

'We are having a baby! 🤪

'So bloody delighted.

'Kev, you're magic, I love youuuu. ❤

'(Was becoming impossible to hide and if one more person asks me if I've had my t-ts done in LA I'm gonna scream 🤣

'Here goessssssss 🤪'. (sic)

Professional dancer Kevin was quick to comment, writing: 'Love you❤️', whilst also sharing the news to his own page, writing: 'We’re having a baby! ❤️❤️❤️ And I think my girl @sjdooley looks beautiful pregnant 😊'. (sic)

The couple's fans and friends were quick to congratulate the pair, Olivia Attwood wrote: 'Omg congratulations 😭😭🤍🤍', with Susanna Reid writing: '❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️'.

Strictly pro Dianne Buswell commented: 'Omg ❤️ so exciting congratulations', with Motsi Mabuse adding: '@keviclifton so so happy for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️ congratulations'. (sic)

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Stacey first met Kevin when she took part in the 2018 series of hit entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing in 2018.

The pair were both dating other people during the show, but after going on to win the Glitterball trophy, Stacey and Kevin later started dating in 2019 when they were both single.

Although they prefer to keep their relationship mostly out of the spotlight, the couple did open up in July 2019, with Stacey telling The Guardian: "Kev and I have decided not to go into too much detail about our private lives because you can't really indulge that and then ask for privacy.

"That's why we've turned down interviews that have offered us tens of thousands of pounds".

The investigative journalist went on to say: "What I am happy so say is Kev is amazing, I'm happy, life happens, I've got an amazing career and I'm very lucky".

Congratulations to Stacey and Kevin! 👶

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