Former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley has said she feels "very lucky" to be expecting her third child and admits "it was a really lovely surprise".
The 41-year-old star, who played Carly Wicks on the popular BBC One soap, said she found out she was expecting while filming the CBBC show Biff & Chip during the UK's summer heatwave.
Speaking to OK! magazine, she said: "I was literally on my hands and knees feeling horrendous and the on set medic called John, said, 'Are you sure you're not pregnant?'" she explained. "I was like, 'Oh no, I’m hardly seeing my husband! It’s just this heat.'
"Then I was being sick for a couple of weeks and [John] said, 'Go and get a pregnancy test', so I did. It came back positive straightaway. I was like, 'Oh my God, John was right!' It was a really lovely surprise. I feel very lucky."
Thank YOU @Dawn_Emery @OK_Magazine for such a lovely interview - great to talk all things #twins #babies and @AnthonyNolan #cordblood donation 🩸👌🏼 https://t.co/EMyiCP6hY1
— Kellie Shirley 💙 (@KelShirl) November 7, 2022
Shirley, who is already a mum to 7-year-old twins Pearl and Louie revealed that she and husband Phil Davies are expecting another boy. "I didn't have a preference," she shared. "I just want the baby to be healthy."
EastEnders airs on RTÉ One and BBC One Monday to Thursday.
