And Finally

Three Take That wives expecting babies

By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 2 April 2012

The partners of no less than three of the Take That chaps are now expecting babies, with Gary Barlow announcing he and his missus were expected child number four back in February, and now Mark Owen and Robbie Williams adding to the man band’s baby talk.

Owen is expecting his third child with wife Emma Ferguson, while Robbie Williams took to the net last week to announce he was expecting his first child with other half Ayda Field. Happy times. Especially for Owen, who seems to have repaired his marriage with Ferguson after admitting to alcohol problems and a five year affair two years ago – his happy news coming as Boyzone’s Ronan Keating, also subject to affair revelations in 2010, confirmed his fourteen year marriage was over.

Anyway, lots of family affairs there then. And look, for no reason other than this story was originally going to be just about Williams, before Owen and Keating got in with their own announcements over the weekend, here’s Robbie’s baby statement in full, and in the capital letters he himself used:

“HEY FRIENDLIES, I’VE BEEN KEEPING A SECRET FROM YOU ALL…

ME AND AYDA ARE GOING TO BE MUMMY AND DADDY THIS YEAR!!!

WE HAD SEX! IT WORKS!

WE’VE SEEN SCANS AND CRIED…

LOOKED AT BABIES IN COMMERCIALS AND TEARED UP…

THE NURSERY IS ALREADY PLANNED…

BASICALLY I’M IN LOVE WITH A LITTLE PERSON GROWING IN MUMMY’S BELLY…

AND CAN’T WAIT TO BE A DADDY…

CRYING NOW

MUCH LOVE MUCH JOY

ROBERTO, MUM AND LITTLE BUMP”.