Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff has told her Celebrity Big Brother housemates that she is almost three months pregnant.
The 38-year-old dancer, whose boyfriend is rugby player Ben Cohen, shared the happy news on Thursday night.
She told the other contestants: "There was something (that) happened in my life before I came into the house over Christmas, and obviously I thought it's very private news, you know, but because we are living as one family now and everybody is sort of supporting one another now... It happened to be that I found that my boyfriend and I are going to have a little one."
As her housemates congratulated her, Rihanoff became tearful. "Thank you guys, I just didn't know how to break it, what to say, when to say, it played on my mind and I wanted everyone to hear," she said.
Rihanoff is up for eviction from the house on Friday night and is believed to be the first pregnant contestant to take part in the show.
Her spokesperson said: "Kristina and Ben were surprised and delighted to find out that she was pregnant shortly before she entered the Big Brother house. Kristina is well and looking forward to being a mum."
Rihanoff and Cohen on Strictly Come Dancing
Rihanoff met Cohen when he was her partner on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013. He split from his wife of 10 years after the show. Rihanoff previously went out with boxer Joe Calzaghe for four years after they were paired on Strictly in 2009.
She partnered Daniel O'Donnell in the most recent series.
