Strictly Come Dancing professional Anton Du Beke has opened up about the moment he found out his wife, Hannah, was pregnant, admitting he was left stunned
Anton du Beke shared the struggle he and wife Hannah Summers went through when she had IVF(Image: (Image: Getty Images for the NTA’s))
Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke has confessed he was left utterly stunned upon discovering his wife Hannah was expecting.
The ballroom expert, 57, welcomed fatherhood at 50 when twins George and Henrietta arrived seven years ago. Anton and Hannah had turned to IVF treatment following her endometriosis diagnosis.
Yet with the expensive treatment offering no guarantees, the couple had little idea of the incredible fortune awaiting them.
Admitting he was “stunned” upon learning they were expecting twins, Anton disclosed his immediate reaction to his wife was: “F*** me babe”. Reflecting on that momentous day, he explained: “We’re in the place. In the room. And the fella’s there … the doctor… and he’s got the … the camera thing … and he goes: ‘Oh, there’s one heartbeat’ and I go: ‘Wow’. And he’s fiddling around. And then he goes: ‘Oh, there’s another heartbeat. And I was stunned, and I went: ‘F**k me, babe’. Sort of like that, stunned. And I couldn’t speak. I went: ‘Well done you’.”
Noticing her husband’s bewildered expression, Hannah suggested Anton might fancy a trip to the golf club, prompting the sequined celebrity to tell his expectant wife: “Maybe I’ll have a wander around and I’ll hit a few shots”, reports the Mirror.
Anton du Beke with his wife and children(Image: PA)
During his chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, he added: “And then we end up with this perfect, perfect boy and girl who are just… I know everybody says it about their own children, but they are just magical.”
He expressed his desire to have a large family, saying: “I could, I’d have 100. I do it repeatedly. I, I love it so much. Every single bit about being… I love it, it’s stupendous. It’s, I, I would do it over and over and over again if I had enough money.”
Anton, who met Hannah at a golf club in 2011 and tied the knot with her in 2017, opened up about their fertility struggles back in 2023, revealing her battle with endometriosis.
On the Parenting Hell podcast, he praised his wife as “practically perfect” and affectionately said she was “everything I thought she would be”. He commented: “I thought she’d be an excellent mum, always knew she’d be a great mum but she couldn’t have children. I thought, ‘Isn’t it funny how nature works in mysterious ways?'”.
Anton highlighted the “sad irony” that his partner, who “would be an incredible mum”, faced fertility challenges. Fortunately, their journey took a positive turn with the success of IVF treatments.
In a 2022 interview with the Mirror, the Strictly star described becoming a father at 50 as the “best thing” that had ever happened to him, sharing: “We had children when I was 50 and it has been the best thing that ever happened in my life. We decided to have children and we went down the IVF route. We did it and had the greatest fortune as we became pregnant. We thank our lucky stars. It is the most incredible thing in the world and has been brilliant.”