{"id":391523,"date":"2026-04-10T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391523\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:39:08","slug":"rte-presenter-expecting-months-after-saying-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/391523\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 presenter expecting months after saying I Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven months on from her dreamy wedding in Portugal, RT\u00c9&#8217;s Valerie Wheeler has another reason to celebrate: she&#8217;s expecting her first child!<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Game host and her husband, Gavin Young, announced their baby news by saying this is a &#8216;new chapter we\u2019ve been dreaming of.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Posting a snap of themselves in the Maldives, which is where they went on their honeymoon, the soon-to-be mum-and-dad can be seen beaming smiles as they hold up their scan photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/val2.jpg\" alt=\"Sports presenter Valerie Wheeler and Gavin Young. Pic: Valerie Wheeler \/ Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-2130280\"  \/>Sports presenter Valerie Wheeler and Gavin Young. Pic: Valerie Wheeler \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>In front of them in the sand, the couple, who have been together since the summer of 2022 and <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2024\/01\/09\/entertainment\/celebrity\/valerie-wheeler-engaged\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2024\/01\/09\/entertainment\/celebrity\/valerie-wheeler-engaged\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">got engaged in New York in 2024<\/a>, wrote out \u2018baby Young 2026\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people sent their congratulations, with Kayleigh Trappe writing, \u2018massive congratulations to you both.<\/p>\n<p>Influencer Chloe Koyce added: \u2018Finally, the news is out, I could burst with excitement. Ahhh gonna be an aunty!\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Snapinsta.app_411770631_1087463775811134_5451592633595671301_n_1080.jpg\" alt=\"valerie wheeler\" class=\"wp-image-1780851\"  \/>Pic: Valerie Wheeler\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Valerie and Gavin <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/09\/21\/entertainment\/rte-sports-presenter-ties-knot\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/09\/21\/entertainment\/rte-sports-presenter-ties-knot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said I Do last September<\/a>, surrounded by their family and friends in a sun-soaked ceremony hosted in Portugal. <\/p>\n<p>The journalist wore an elegant white gown with a slight train and long veil to match, while her bridesmaids all wore yellow. <\/p>\n<p>Not much is known about how Valerie and Gavin, who works as a pro golf coach in Limerick, first crossed paths, but she has previously praised him for helping her work on her golf skills.<\/p>\n<p>When Valerie took part in a campaign to encourage women <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2023\/06\/18\/entertainment\/sunday-game-valerie-wheeler\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2023\/06\/18\/entertainment\/sunday-game-valerie-wheeler\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">to get involved in the sport in 2023<\/a>, she said: &#8221;I had to show a bit of interest since last July. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/snapins-ai_89nat33uxxb3pmzbdhqmaq_2d3808.jpg\" alt=\"RT\u00c9 sports presenter Valerie Wheeler ties the knot. Pic: Valerie Wheeler\" class=\"wp-image-2037153\"  \/>RT\u00c9 sports presenter Valerie Wheeler ties the knot. Pic: Valerie Wheeler \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I started seeing this guy and we&#8217;ve been together since, and he&#8217;s a golf pro in a club here in Limerick.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All he does all day, every day is teach golf. So when this opportunity came around, he was delighted, saying, &#8220;I can be your coach!&#8221; He&#8217;s been coaching me- he&#8217;s very patient with me at the moment.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven months on from her dreamy wedding in Portugal, RT\u00c9&#8217;s Valerie Wheeler has another reason to celebrate: she&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-391523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391523","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=391523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}