Kelly Brook and partner expecting a daughter

Kelly Brook and partner expecting a daughter
Kelly Brook and partner expecting a daughter (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Kelly Brook has confirmed she is pregnant and is expecting a baby girl. The model and actress is expecting her first child with boyfriend Thom Evans (pictured), a former Scottish rugby player. Kelly, who rose to fame co-hosting Channel 4's Big Breakfast, announced the news on Twitter. She said: "Thom and I are happy to announce we are expecting a baby girl. We are delighted XXXXX." It is thought Kelly released the news after her three-month scan, but the couple are not believed to have picked a name yet. The star and her boyfriend have relocated to Los Angeles where she is capitalising on her appearance in last year's 3D horror film Piranha. Kelly, 31, who has just finished a swimwear photo shoot for New Look along with other fashion projects, met her boyfriend at the end of last year. England rugby star Danny Cipriani, a former team-mate of Thom, split from Kelly earlier in 2010. He wished the couple all the best, saying: "Kelly told me in January that she was expecting. I am really happy for her. She will make a great mum."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.