Nicole Appleton confirmed today that she's become a mum again after giving birth in secret.
The All Saints star, 45, admitted she'd kept her pregnancy hidden from friends and family before confirming today she had welcomed a little girl named Skipper.
The dad is Nicole's boyfriend Stephen Haines, 48, who she'd been dating for more than a year.
The proud new dad is a social media mogul as global director of Facebook's app.
He's a New Yorker and is still based in the Big Apple, he is also said to be close friends with the social media site’s founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Stephen has worked at the company for 13 years and has worked his way up to become a major player at the brand.
They got together in November 2018, and went public with their romance last February when Nicole shared a snap of the couple enjoying a break at Soho Farmhouse.
They were later spotted out on a romantic stroll in London the following month.
The romance has been kept low-key, and Nicole has barely been seen over the last few months.
She announced her baby news today in a bombshell Instagram post.
She wrote: "After hiding my pregnancy for the last 9 months...which was SOOOOO difficult & keeping her a secret from all my friends...
"I can finally announce our incredible news!!... Our little girl 'Skipper Hudson Haines' has arrived Stephen & Gene are besotted!!! I’m SOOO HAPPY!!"
Nicole was previously married to Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, but split from him in April 2014 after finding out he was expecting a secret love child with journalist Liza Ghorbani.
Nicole and Liam had son Gene Gallagher, now 19, together.
