Strictly's Fleur East announces pregnancy and shows off huge bump

01 January 2024 , 13:06

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Fleur East announces pregnancy and shows off huge bump

Fleur East is expecting her first child later this year, with the former Strictly Come Dancing star announcing her pregnancy to fans on New Year's Day.

Taking to Instagram, the former X Factor star, 36, shared a snap of herself cradling her huge bump and told her followers: "2024 is gonna be different..."

Fleur didn't reveal how many months along she is with her pregnancy, but due to the Strictly: It Takes Two host's wardrobe choices over recent weeks, many fans are convinced the mum-to-be has been with child for quite a while.

"I knew it!! Baggy blazers on it takes two covered it well! Congratulations," one fan commented underneath Fleur's announcement on Monday, with another adding: "YOU ARE GONNA BE THE BEST MUM! Congratulations my fave I’m so happy for you." A third quipped: "Huge congratulations..I did wonder when some of your outfits on it takes two were baggy xx

Fleur East and her husband are set to become parents this year (Dave Benett/Getty Images for evian)

The Strictly Come Dancing star announced her pregnancy on New Year's Day

Fleur will welcome her first child into the world with her husband, French fashion designer Marcel Badiane-Robin. The parents-to-be first met in a bar in 2009 where Marcel was working as a waiter. The pair reconnected a year later and tied the knot in Morocco in 2019.

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Speaking last month, Fleur admitted some of the exit interviews on Strictly: It Takes Two leave her feeling emotional. The pregnant star, who competed on the main show in 2022 and began hosting the spin off show last year, told the Mirror: "I always talk to whoever is eliminated, I always get emotional and immediately, I sense their energy so it depends on how sad they are in the moment. Krishnan Guru-Murthy really moved me with his exit, he was very emotional."

"I can't imagine what it would feel like to go out midway and you know not have not completed like the thrilling experience. I really identify with them in that way and I have to hold it back because I've got to host the rest of the shows I can't even really allow myself to get too emotional."

When Fleur isn't on It Takes Two, she's busy presenting Hits Radio. The pregnant star first rose to fame when she appeared on The X Factor in 2024, eventually finishing in second place behind Ben Haenow as the eleventh series of the now defunct ITV talent show ended.

Fleur became The X Factor's first contestant to reach number one on the UK iTunes Store chart during the competition with her cover of Uptown Funk (originally by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars). Since her big break, Fleur has released two albums and appeared on shows like I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing.

Zoe Delaney