{"id":484997,"date":"2026-01-01T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484997\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:25:10","slug":"english-actors-tom-hiddleston-and-zawe-ashton-welcome-their-second-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484997\/","title":{"rendered":"English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton welcome their second child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK &#8212; NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English actors<\/a> Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Hiddleston confirmed the news to GQ in a feature published Monday. He described birth as the \u201cmost beautiful, profound, earth-shattering, life-altering\u201d experience. He did not share his child&#8217;s birthday, but according to the feature, the interview took place in early December, and the birth was \u201cjust the other day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Hiddleston, 44, and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L9P15XcYzCY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashton, 41,<\/a> first met while starring in a 2019 revival of the play \u201cBetrayal.\u201d They confirmed their engagement in 2022 and welcomed their first child later that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cBecoming a father is the most important and meaningful thing that&#8217;s ever happened to me, and the most important thing I will ever do,\u201d Hiddleston <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/hiddleston-on-fatherhood-new-movie-04a4ff92bb4c4e59868263fadcacc172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Associated Press<\/a> earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Both Hiddleston and Ashton were born in London. Hiddleston is best known for his portrayal of Loki in the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/captain-america-brave-world-movie-review-87e68c25116dbc94ca0fd663c9d7c3b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),<\/a> beginning with the 2011 <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/movies-general-news-58011bd443ba45f4a34d52f4786ea05b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blockbuster \u201cThor\u201d<\/a> and continuing in the Disney+ series, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/in-the-heights-infinite-loki-lukas-nelson-572250cf69ee241c7c61c80ad69ca6ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLoki.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ashton is also a member of the MCU, having portrayed Dar-Benn in the 2023 film \u201cThe Marvels.\u201d She&#8217;s also known for roles in \u201cFresh Meat,\u201d \u201cNot Safe for Work,\u201d <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/c0b575c8822d49209387b270f5406790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix&#8217;s \u201cVelvet Buzzsaw\u201d<\/a> and other projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Representatives for Hiddleston and Ashton did not immediately reply to AP&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 English actors Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton have welcomed their second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":484998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[219337,347,435,171,398,53,7926,1148,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-484997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-219337","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-celebrity","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-media","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-pets","15":"tag-theater","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115820542265378346","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}