The Traitors’ star Paul Gorton and his wife Kate Waldron announced on Instagram on Thursday that they have welcomed their second child together. 

The BBC star and his partner shared a gallery of adorable snaps of their newborn son and revealed his sweet name. 

In one snap, Paul was seen fast asleep in his wife’s hospital bed lying next to their bundle of joy who slept peaceful in a crib.

Kate also snapped the obligated ‘dad leaving the hospital picture’ while carrying their little boy in a car seat as they headed home. 

Revealing they had made it home safe and sound, Paul relaxed on the sofa cradling their baby as he introduced the newborn to their son Charlie, two.

The Traitors ‘ star Paul Gorton and his wife Kate Waldron announced on Instagram on Thursday that they have welcomed their second child together

The BBC star and his partner shared a gallery of adorable snaps of their newborn son and revealed his sweet name

Kate penned: ‘Welcome to the world Cooper ♥️ What a crazy last couple of days! My waters broke and he was here later that day weighing a chunky 8.7lbs, the exact same weight Charlie was!

‘Enjoying every second of newborn bliss as a family of 5 as we know how fast it goes this time around!!’  

Friends and fans of the couple quickly took to the comments to share their congratulations including Paul’s Traitor co-star Harry Clark, who penned: ‘Mini Traitor!’ 

Paul and Kate revealed they were expecting their second child in June as they shared a sweet video with their son Charlie.

In the clip, Charlie sweetly touched his mother’s bump, with Kate leaning in to give her son a kiss. 

Paul and Kate filmed the announcement for their almost 200,000 collective followers in a field. 

 They captioned the post: ‘We’ve been keeping a little secret. #babyannouncement #pregnancyannouncement #babynumber2’. 

Fans took to the comment section to share their congratulations. Anna Maynard, who is in a relationship Paul’s Traitor’s co-star Harry Clark, wrote: ‘The best news ever’. 

Others said: ‘Congratulations darling’ and ‘Cannot wait for baby to arrive’.  

In one snap, Paul was seen fast asleep in his wife’s hospital bed lying next to their bundle of joy who slept peaceful in a crib

Kate penned: ‘Welcome to the world Cooper ♥️ What a crazy last couple of days! My waters broke and he was here later that day weighing a chunky 8.7lbs, the exact same weight Charlie was!’

Friends and fans of the couple quickly took to the comments to share their congratulations including Paul’s Traitor co-star Harry Clark, who penned: ‘Mini Traitor!’

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Kate is a content creator and has been with Paul for over 11 years.

They welcomed son Charlie in April 2022 and, in April 2024, Paul recalled a cruel comment a midwife said at Charlie’s birth.

Paul, who was a contestant on series two of The Traitors in January,  spoke about the incident on Lorraine.

He said: ‘When my wife gave birth it was very traumatic and we were in hospital for a week. 

‘One of the first things a nurse said to me was: “I bet you’re glad your son is not ginger”, and it was the first time I was really offended by that.’

Paul also spoke about how being ginger affected his childhood, saying: ‘From an early age, I had constant name-calling. 

‘Then there was physical stuff like punching and kicking. The ginger thing is not taken seriously, it’s still seen as being humorous.’

Paul became notorious on the BBC show for his ‘Oscar-worthy’ acting skills and being unafraid to throw his fellow contestants under the bus.

His actions during the show divided viewers, with many desperate to see him found out by the Faithfuls and banished, while others praised him for providing entertainment.

Yet Paul almost didn’t make it onto the BBC show after he suffered a life-threatening injury just weeks before the show began. 

Paul and his wife Kate announced they were expecting their second child in June with a sweet video with son Charlie, who they welcomed in April 2022

Paul became notorious on the BBC show for his ‘Oscar-worthy’ acting skills and being unafraid to throw his fellow contestants under the bus 

He explained to OK! magazine: ‘My lung collapsed. I was outside A&E, screaming and crying, and I was on morphine and CAT scans and all that type of stuff.

‘I nearly had an emergency operation to re-inflate my lung because it had depressed so much, and yeah, it was chaos.’

 Paul then explained there were complications regarding the painkillers he was on due to his body’s reaction so recovery wasn’t straight forward, but in the back of his mind he knew he had to get better before filming for The Traitors began.

Paul admitted it was hard not helping out as much at home, especially with his son, and the timing couldn’t have been worse as he was also starting a new job.

‘There was all sorts of stuff going on, but I would have regretted it if I had pulled out [of The Traitors].’