Love Island star Marcel Somerville has announced he and his girlfriend of 14 months, Rebecca Vieira, are expecting their first child together.
Marcel, 31, and Rebecca, 24, had been trying for months to get pregnant after sadly suffering a miscarriage last year.
The reality TV star, who also used to be in hip hop group Blazin’ Squad, said he found out about the happy news seven weeks ago.
Rebecca said: “I meant to do a big reveal to Marcel. I wanted to do this big thing, but I was so excited I just ran downstairs and I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh!'”
Marcel Somerville has announced he and his girlfriend of 14 months, Rebecca Vieira, are expecting their first child together (Image: marcel_rockyb/Instagram)
In an exclusive interview with Ok!, Marcel added: “Yeah, I was in the studio with my headphones on and she tapped me on the shoulder.
“She had loads of pregnancy tests in her hand, just to make doubly sure. It was crazy! It’s my first baby and I’ve been waiting a long time for this, so it’s just mad.”
Rebecca said the had been trying for months to get pregnant.
Marcel and Rebecca had been trying for a baby for months (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Mike’s Hard Sparkling Water)
Opening up about their miscarriage ordeal, Marcel said: “We don’t really like to talk about it. We found out we were pregnant very early in our relationship, and both felt like we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, so we were getting ready for the baby.
“And then we found out we had a miscarriage. We both took it really badly. It took a little while for us to get over it, but it did make us stronger because when you go through something like that, it makes you be there for the other person.”
The couple sadly suffered a miscarriage before (Image: marcel_rockyb/Instagram)
Rebecca added: “It was hard to go through but it really did bring us closer together.”
Despite their joy over the pregnancy, their good news was temporarily put on hold after Marcel was rushed to hospital last month where doctors say he nearly died from a diabetic attack.
He said: “I was throwing up, felt light-headed. I lost weight, my face was sunken and you could see my bones.”
However Marcel said that thanks to the NHS – and a nurse called Anne, in particular, his life was saved.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
