{"id":341697,"date":"2025-12-29T22:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/341697\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T22:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:10:09","slug":"gavin-and-stacey-star-mathew-horne-shares-baby-news-as-he-reveals-sweet-tribute-to-late-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/341697\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne shares baby news as he reveals sweet tribute to late mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mathew Horne has revealed that he and his wife Celina Bassili are expecting their second child together.<\/p>\n

The Gavin and Stacey actor disclosed during an appearance on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast that the couple are awaiting the arrival of a baby girl in March.<\/p>\n

Mr Horne also shared that his daughter will carry a meaningful tribute to his late mother through her name.<\/p>\n

“Joy was my mother’s middle name, and it will be the middle name of my daughter, who is due in March,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Mathew Horne has shared the news his second child is due in March<\/p>\n

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Mr Brandreth noted the baby’s upcoming star sign, telling Horne: “She’s going to be a Piscean, you win every prize in life. You’re so lucky.”<\/p>\n

The actor responded simply: “I know that.”<\/p>\n

The couple have maintained a notably private approach to their family life, having welcomed their first child, a son, shortly after their September 2021 wedding but keeping the news under wraps until 2024.<\/p>\n

A source told The Sun: “Mathew is a brilliant dad and he and Celina love being parents.”<\/p>\n

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Mathew Horne starred in sitcom Gavin and Stacey alongside James Corden from 2007 to 2010 before reprising his role for Christmas Specials in 2019 and 2024<\/p>\n

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The insider added that Mr Horne prefers to stay out of the spotlight despite being a household name through his role in the beloved sitcom.<\/p>\n

However, his Gavin and Stacey colleagues were aware of his fatherhood, with the source revealing: “All his Gavin & Stacey co-stars know about him being a dad, including James Corden and Joanna Page.”<\/p>\n

Mr Horne revealed how he first encountered Celina approximately seven years ago while working on a web series for a friend who was a writer and actor.<\/p>\n

“My wife Celina was on the she works in the art department, set design, for film and TV. And I was rather taken by her,” he explained.<\/p>\n

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Mathew Horne and wife Celina Bassili are expecting their second child together<\/p>\n

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Their connection strengthened following the death of his mother, whom he had met Celina roughly a year before losing.<\/p>\n

“Then I lost my mum, and Celina stood by my side throughout what was a really wretched time,” Horne recalled.<\/p>\n

“Our relationship grew and grew, and my love for her grew and grew. I just knew from that experience that I wanted to be with her forever.”<\/p>\n

The pair married in Celina’s home country of Norway in 2021, holding their ceremony on the 15-acre grounds of a 1930s mansion.<\/p>\n

Mr Horne was previously engaged to Evelyn Hoskins, known for her role in the BBC medical drama Casualty.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the actor also spoke about the tragic death of another former girlfriend who lost her battle with leukaemia in 2004.<\/p>\n

“She was a very very dear friend. It wasn’t like a sort of lustful passionate union like it was with the school relationship,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Mathew Horne shared that his daughter’s middle name will honour his late mother<\/p>\n

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He continued: “She sadly passed away… She was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2003, and then by January 2004 she was gone.”<\/p>\n

Mr Horne acknowledged that although they had separated about a year before her death, the bond between them remained strong.<\/p>\n

“Very, very sad. We weren’t strictly together at that time. We had gone our separate ways for about a year, but obviously the connection was still there. It was a very difficult time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mathew Horne has revealed that he and his wife Celina Bassili are expecting their second child together. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[243,6491,830,96,2331,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-341697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}