Blue’s Lee Ryan reveals he is expecting his fifth child with wife Verity Paris
Lee Ryan is set to become a father for the fifth time after announcing his wife Verity Paris is pregnant.
The singer already shares a two-year-old and a one-year-old daughter with his wife Verity. He is also father to his daughter Bluebell, 14, with Jessica Keevil, and shares daughter Rayn with his ex Samantha Miller.
Lee shared a loved-up photo of himself and his wife sharing a kiss as he cradled her growing bump.
A statement on the official Blue Twitter page read: ‘Me and my wife, Verity, are very happy to announce our new baby, who will be born this year.’
‘The news came out of the blue. I discovered it on my 40th birthday! What a gift from God’.
Congratulations! Lee Ryan is set to become a father for the fifth time after announcing his wife Verity Paris is pregnant
A statement on the official Blue Twitter page read: ‘Me and my wife, Verity, are very happy to announce our new baby, who will be born this year.’
Lee secretly married his girlfriend Verity in March 2022 after dating for two years.
The couple, who moved to Spain in 2021, tied the knot in an intimate and romantic ceremony in Gibraltar.
Newlywed Lee told The Sun: ‘I’ve finally met someone who loves me and supports me in everything I do.
‘Verity is a beautiful, strong and loving woman who I cherish, and I am a lucky man to have such a wonderful mother to my child, and now a woman in her.
‘I have never been so calm and level-headed and I owe that to Verity. I am the happiest I have ever been in my life because of the wonderful family life I have now.”
Family: The singer is also father to 14-year-old Bluebell with Jessica Keevil, daughter Rayn with Samantha Miller, a two-year-old and a one-year-old daughter with wife Verity
Romance: Lee secretly married his girlfriend Verity in March 2022 after dating for two years
The couple moved to a beachfront apartment on the Costa del Sol in 2020, with the duo admitting they now have a ‘better quality of life’ and ‘new life’.
Lee admitted that after living in London for 20 years, he now loves scenic walks along the coastline and “sea air.”
The singer revealed they secured a Spanish residency before Brexit and their daughter will have ‘dual passports’, with the couple excited that she speaks Spanish.
Lee and Verity, whose real name is Verity Morley, were first linked in January 2020 before enjoying a loving holiday together in February last year.
Verity is an Ariana Grande impersonator who starred on the X Factor in 2009.
Lee, who had some fame as a Lothario on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebs Go Dating, previously reflected on his failed relationships and low points in his life.
All Rise: Lee is best known as a member of the boy band Blue (clockwise: Anthony Costa, Duncan James, Lee and Simon Webbe)
He told the Daily Mail in 2019: ‘I shouldn’t have lost the family life I had with my ex-fiance Sammi and our little boy Rayn. He is now ten and we are very close again.
“But I’ve neglected the relationship, so it’s only been relatively recently that he’s been able to see functioning co-parenting, something my mom and dad never achieved,” they separated when Lee was six.
He added: “I don’t know if I’ll settle down for a long time. I love the first months of a relationship and then I start to focus on my career again.
‘I also have a daughter, Bluebell, who is 11. These are important ages for my children, so I am working as hard as I can to make memories with each of them that will last. They are my priority for the coming years.’