{"id":7159,"date":"2025-07-18T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/7159\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:04:10","slug":"love-island-star-reveals-hes-going-to-become-a-dad-for-the-first-time-eight-years-after-shooting-to-fame-on-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/7159\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island star reveals he\u2019s going to become a dad for the first time eight years after shooting to fame on show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LOVE Island star has revealed he is soon set to be a father &#8211; eight years after his time on the dating show.<\/p>\n<p>He entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/love-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Love Island<\/a> villa in series three, lasting just over 30 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Couple embracing on a bed.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"@jonny_mitchelll1991\/Instagram\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT001010889384_2d43d0.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jonny Mitchell and his partner Simone are expecting their first child\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT001010889384_2d43d0.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Mitchell and his partner Simone are expecting their first childCredit: @jonny_mitchelll1991\/Instagram<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pregnant woman and man embracing on a rooftop.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"Instagram\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/love-island-star-reveals-s-1010889447.jpg\" data-caption=\"The pair shared their happy news on social media\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/love-island-star-reveals-s-1010889447.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The pair shared their happy news on social mediaCredit: Instagram<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Love Island contestant sitting in a chair.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"ITV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tx5-update-330297669.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jonny appeared on Love Island in 2017\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tx5-update-330297669.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jonny appeared on Love Island in 2017Credit: ITV<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/instagram\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, Jonny Mitchell revealed he and his partner Simone Engelhardt are expecting their first child.<\/p>\n<p>He captioned: &#8220;Well.. she\u2019s getting too big to keep this a secret much longer <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Bella Ramsey would say &#8211; I\u2019m gonna be a dad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t post much personal stuff on here, but I\u2019ll make an exception for this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone who knows me well, knows that I was never a massive fan of the idea of kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think it\u2019s something that you don\u2019t really feel until you have a woman in your life who you know will be an amazing mother. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Which I know @engelhardtlund will be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So it\u2019s safe to say I\u2019ve warmed up to the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life has been an endless rollercoaster of unexpected twists and turns over the past decade, it\u2019s hard to imagine where we were even 5 years ago to where we are now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it looks like the next chapter is here right on time!<\/p>\n<p>Watch awkward moment Shakira takes swipe at Conor after he completely blanks her<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baby Mitchell coming end of the year, let\u2019s hope i can figure this whole Dad thing out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One follower commented: &#8220;This is beautiful congratulations to u two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8220;Wow omg that\u2019s amazing! Congrats to you both.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A third shared: &#8220;Oh my gosh congratulations!! <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a beautiful blessing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A fourth chimed in: &#8220;Congratulations so pleased for you both.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man making a heart shape with his hands in front of a colorful heart background.\" height=\"960\" width=\"719\" data-credit=\"ITV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/itv-plc-reproduced-editorial-purposes-329453926.jpg\" data-caption=\"He entered his series of Love Island as a bombshell on Day 4\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/itv-plc-reproduced-editorial-purposes-329453926.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>He entered his series of Love Island as a bombshell on Day 4Credit: ITV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A LOVE Island star has revealed he is soon set to be a father &#8211; eight years after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2499,96,59,103,2631,574,2267,2571,2630,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-7159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-relationships-and-break-ups","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-instagram","tag-itv2","tag-love-island","tag-parenting-advice","tag-pregnancy-and-childbirth","tag-section-tvlove-island","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159","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=7159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}