Holly Willoughby gushes over pal Nicole Appleton’s baby girl Skipper after she kept pregnancy secret

Holly Willoughby has gushed over her close friend Nicole Appleton's newborn baby girl.

Her bestie Nicole, 45, revealed earlier today that she welcomed a little girl into the world called Skipper Hudson Haines with partner Stephen Haines after keeping her pregnancy a secret for nine whole months.

Posting a black and white photo of herself and Stephen smiling over their newborn, the All Saints star explained how difficult it had been not sharing the news.

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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!!”

Seeing the pop star's announcement on Instagram, Holly immediately commented underneath to express how happy she is about the development, despite her pal keeping the pregnancy under wraps.

Holly, 39, who recently said she's worried her mum will get coronavirus, wrote: "Welcome to the world beautiful Skipper… you lucky girl… you’ve won the mum lottery… Can’t wait to meet you … love you all," alongside three pink heart emojis.

The TV presenter isn't the only celebrity to comment on the stunning photo and exciting news though as Myleene Klass wrote: "Whoah!!!!!!!!!!" followed by 17 heart eyes emojis.

Emma Bunton said: "Just the best news my gorgeous girl! We love you so much. X".


Dermot O’Leary wrote: “Hey! Congrats xx” [sic].

While Sadie Frost added: “That is soooooo amazing.. so very beautiful.. all my love @ruby1kid” [sic] and Denise Van Outen added: "Omg!!! Massive congrats to you. How exciting," [sic] with a kissing emoji.

Nicole has been dating Stephen, who is 47, since last year.

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The couple were reportedly set to be moving to to America, where he works with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Nicole was previously married to Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher from 2008 until 2014.

The couple share 17 year old son Gene together.

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