Kirsty Gallacher expecting second child

Kirsty Gallacher expecting second child
Kirsty Gallacher expecting second child (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher is pregnant with her second child, it has been revealed. Kirsty recently announced her engagement to the baby's father, former rugby union international Paul Sampson. Kirsty said she felt very fortunate as "some people have to struggle to have a baby". She told Hello! magazine: "I can't believe how quickly it happened. You're always reading about how you have to try at the right time, but (we) were very relaxed and didn't put pressure on ourselves." The couple plan to tie the knot next summer after Sampson proposed at the end of a day in the country. Kirsty said: "As we stood on a little wooden jetty, gazing out at what looked like a scene from The Wind in the Willows, he suddenly got down on one knee and said, 'We've had a very special day and I want to make it even more special. Will you marry me?'" The proposal was "so romantic," she added. The wedding plans have not yet been finalised, but Kirsty said she was more interested in having a fun time with close family and friends than in having a big white wedding. The couple already have a two-year-old son called Oscar. They have decided to wait until the new baby is born to find out the sex, Kirsty said. But she added: "I'd love to have a little girl."

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.