Yesterday saw former Coronation Street star Matthew Marsden announce the surprising news that he's become a father for the seventh time.Taking to social media on Friday, the Cobbles alum - who played mechanic Chris Collins on the show between 1995 until 1998 - revealed that wife Nadine Metcalf had given birth to what is their second child together.
Matthew shared a heart-melting snap of his newborn with his 15,200 Instagram followers, showing the latest addition to his family swaddled in a sweet cotton blanket, adored with multicoloured footprints, and wearing a white hat on their head.The former soap star - who left the show before exploring a pop music career, as well as acting in the US - simply captioned his post: "Blessed. #babiesofinstagram".
And fans have since flooded to the comment section to congratulate Matthew and Nadine on the arrival of the newest member of the Marsden-Metcalf tribe, the duo having married in 2005. "Congratulations to you, Matt and the family [love heart emoji]", one fan quickly wrote.
Another continued the sentiments: "Hello lil one! Happy days big man. Huge congratulations and well done Mrs M!" "Congratulations!
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