Paralympian Ade Adepitan, 47, and his singer wife Linda Harrison, 30, announce birth of ‘beautiful’ baby son
- Ade earned an MBE in 2005 for services to disability sport, which gave him the right to marry Linda, 30, in St Paul’s Cathedral
- They tied the knot on August 11 2018
Paralympian and TV presenter Ade Adepitan MBE and his singer wife Linda Harrison, who goes the stage name Elle Exxe, have welcomed a baby boy.
Former wheelchair basketball player bronze medalist Ade, 47, took to Twitter on Monday to reveal the happy news and wrote: ‘I’m still buzzing!!
‘Because at 6:36 am this morning I became a father for the first time.
Congrats! Paralympian Ade Adepitan, 47, and his singer wife Linda Harrison, 30, announced the birth of their baby son on Monday
‘Smashed it’: He shared this post on Twitter hours after the baby was born
So much respect for my wife @elleexxe she absolutely smashed it, and now we have a beautiful baby boy! #newborn.’
Just a fortnight ago, Linda shared a picture of her bump as she posed with Ade on Instagram, writing that the baby was due on Jan 12.
She penned: ‘In non-Christmas and Covid or music news…my bump keeps bumping into things
An achievement: Ade earned an MBE in 2005 for services to disability sport, which gave him the right to marry Linda, 30, in St Paul’s Cathedral
Just 3 weeks to go til baby Adepifam! The due date is a palindrome 12.1.21 but I heard on average first babies are 10 days late. Place your bets. Exxe x.’
Ade shared the same photo and wrote: ‘The next 4 weeks are gonna be eventful. That’s saying something after the year we’ve all had, but yep it feels like we’re about to begin a new chapter a new adventure.
‘I’m feeling a mixture of excitement, and trepidation but mostly excitement! Keep an eye out for our posts as one day very soon you might just see a new member of the @adepifam appear on your feed.
‘We better get as much [sleep] as we can before the big day. Well, that’s what everybody keeps telling us. #baby #bump.’
Ade earned an MBE in 2005 for services to disability sport, which gave him the right to marry Linda, 30, in St Paul’s Cathedral.
They tied the knot on August 11 2018 and Ade told Hello! at the time: ‘Everyone says it’s the best day of your life but it was probably better than that.
The sports pundit said: ‘She looked so so beautiful. My eyes started watering, and quite a few of my friends turned their faces away as they didn’t want to start crying, too.’
The ceremony was watched by 170 friends and family members.
Ade and Linda tied the knot on August 11 2018 and Ade said: ‘Everyone says it’s the best day of your life but it was probably better than that. She looked so so beautiful’ (pictured in 2019)
