{"id":463266,"date":"2026-05-01T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463266\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:27:13","slug":"scarlett-moffatt-makes-candid-admission-about-pregnancy-as-gogglebox-star-reflects-it-was-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/463266\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Moffatt makes candid admission about pregnancy as Gogglebox star reflects &#8216;it was hell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scarlett Moffatt has opened up about her pregnancy struggles, revealing her first trimester was \u201chell\u201d in a candid social media post.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old, known for Gogglebox and I&#8217;m a Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out of Here!, shared a selfie from bed, looking exhausted as she addressed fans praising her \u201cglow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cAlso for those lovely ones saying I&#8217;m glowing, let me tell you the first trimester was HELL lol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was driving to jobs and having mini sicks, then filming getting hot and cold flushes and migraines. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"261af\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"6f40fdb9eb9521f1726e50ea83b9a289\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203456%205000'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scarlett-moffatt.jpg\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5000\" alt=\"Scarlett Moffatt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Moffatt opened up about her pregnancy struggles<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I&#8217;m now accepting compliments lol thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star, who is expecting her second child with fianc\u00e9 Scott Dobinson, said she began showing at around 14 weeks and joked about cravings for cheese in \u201cevery form\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She announced the pregnancy just over a week ago in a heartfelt video featuring the couple\u2019s son Jude, who spoke excitedly about becoming a \u201cbig brother\u201d as Ms Moffatt held up her scan alongside Mr Dobinson.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote at the time: \u201cWe honestly can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;re writing this. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"c8587\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"02b4da5470b3f59a787a26102e735be6\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20469%20758'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/scarlett-moffatt.png\" width=\"469\" height=\"758\" alt=\"Scarlett Moffatt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The star is expecting her second child with fianc\u00e9 Scott Dobinson<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After everything, we feel unbelievably lucky to be able to say our family is growing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She described the baby as a \u201cmiracle\u201d, adding: \u201cOne little miracle gave us Jude, and now he&#8217;s going to be a big brother. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And if there&#8217;s one thing we know for certain, it&#8217;s that he is going to be the most amazing big brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple said they remain \u201cgrateful, so excited and still a little bit in shock\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2e044\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"189982d06a4ec03f595cea58af49868b\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20607%20837'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777642033_514_scarlett-moffatt.png\" width=\"607\" height=\"837\" alt=\"Scarlett Moffatt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ms Moffatt posted the candid message on her Instagram story<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p>The news carries particular significance following the pair\u2019s difficult fertility journey, having spent four years trying to conceive their first child.<\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable twist, Ms Moffatt discovered she was pregnant just one day before attending her first IVF consultation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking previously to her I\u2019m A Celebrity campmates, she reflected on the emotional toll of trying to start a family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen all you want is a family, it&#8217;s really hard when that doesn&#8217;t come naturally or easily, you question yourself, is it ever going to happen?\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s just really hard. It just makes life feel heavier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TV star has also spoken candidly about suffering a miscarriage after Jude\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e1655\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"6a2f98cbe3ae8e91c0de2ba7f3ea2a12\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20581%20772'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777642033_884_scarlett-moffatt.png\" width=\"581\" height=\"772\" alt=\"Scarlett Moffatt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Moffatt and  Scott Dobinson have been dating since 2018<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Jude, we tried again and got quite far along and miscarried it and it was just I remember Scott&#8217;s mam and dad took Jude for the day and me and Scott just laid in bed crying and it was just awful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Moffatt described the grief of pregnancy loss as \u201cmourning a life that you imagined\u201d, adding: \u201cIt&#8217;s just really sad. We have to just be so grateful that we&#8217;ve got ours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scarlett Moffatt has opened up about her pregnancy struggles, revealing her first trimester was \u201chell\u201d in a candid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,435,18,117,19,17,2770],"class_list":{"0":"post-463266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-itv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116499555781848762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}