{"id":261043,"date":"2026-01-24T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261043\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T05:14:10","slug":"fair-city-star-gerard-jordan-is-expecting-his-ninth-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261043\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair City star Gerard Jordan is expecting his ninth child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fair City star has announced on social media that he is expecting another child with his partner later this year &#8211; the couple are already parents to eight children<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_gerard-jordanJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Fair City actor Gerard Jordan, who plays Steo Nash\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Fair City actor Gerard Jordan, who plays Steo Nash\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Fair City actor Gerard Jordan, who plays Steo Nash(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Fair City star Gerard Jordan has announced that he is set to welcome <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsvplive.ie\/news\/celebs\/fair-citys-gerard-jordan-being-35332830\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">his ninth child<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The actor, who plays Steo Nash on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsvplive.ie\/news\/tv-film\/fair-citys-babs-garda-training-36603777\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">the RTE soap<\/a>, welcomed his eighth child with his partner Jo last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The couple met 12 years ago and are <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsvplive.ie\/all-about\/parenting\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">parents <\/a>to Jasper, Hugo, River, Sage, Saint, Zen, Enzo and Halo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Taking to social media, he shared a video of his partner Jo&#8217;s baby bump, an ultrasound and a vest that reads &#8220;baby 2026&#8221;. In the caption, he wrote: &#8220;Baby number 9&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The comments were flooded with kind messages from followers, as one person wrote: &#8220;Congratulations what an incredible family! Especially your wife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Congrats bro, nice mini bus for the garden now sorted,&#8221; another joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Amazing congratulations but you deffo have to go for 10,&#8221; a third said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gerard became a father for the first time at 25 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI know 25 seems young, but we were very mature in the decision and [knew] what we wanted at that time,\u201d he told the Irish Independent last year. \u201cEver since I became a dad, it\u2019s not about me anymore, it\u2019s about them, so I put them first before anything I do. Patience is the key.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou just have to be really flexible with everything. You know yourself, they get sick out of nowhere. You have to be prepared for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cAnd then it\u2019s a knock-on effect with the other kids. So you just have to be ready, ready for the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIf you are going to have a big family, you have to circle your life around the children\u2026 it is difficult, but you\u2019ve got to give up going out with your friends so you can really focus on your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He added: &#8220;I have always loved the idea of a full, lively home. The kind of place where there is always laughing or someone needing a snack or needing something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you&#8217;re a Fair City fan, join our exclusive <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/466657308392470\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Facebook group<\/a> to get the latest spoilers, interviews and pictures &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/466657308392470\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fair City star has announced on social media that he is expecting another child with his partner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[69545,42,43,6085,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-261043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-fair-city","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-rte","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}