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'Becoming a dad transformed me' says Declan Donnelly

Ali Astall and Declan Donnelly
Ali Astall and Declan Donnelly

Declan Donnelly reckons that becoming a father has transformed him and happily admits that everything he does these days is for his daughter.

Along with his wife Ali Astall, the 44-year-old Britain's Got Talent co-host welcomed a girl named Isla in August 2018, and fell completely in love.

In Once Upon A Tyne, the new book he co-authored with showbiz partner Anthony McPartlin, he admits that previously he had no idea how much he would change as a person after his daughter arrived.

"Becoming a dad has completely transformed me," he wrote. "At first, like all expectant parents, I didn't truly understand how much it was going to change me.

"I just thought it was another little person coming to live in the house . . . It opened up a whole other side to me, a side I didn't know existed.

"I felt a love that I didn't realise it was possible to feel. Everything I do, every day, is for my daughter now."

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