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Inside Michelle Ackerley’s love life with age-gap husband as Morning Live star confirms she’s pregnant
May 12, 2025
PREGNANT BBC Morning Live presenter Michelle Ackerley has announced her happy baby news - but it hasn't been an easy ride.
Crimewatch Live star Michelle thrilled fans with the declaration while appearing alongside her co-host Gethin Jones.
Michelle revealed: "Yes, I am four months pregnant!" She added: "I still can't quite believe it myself really."
Former rugby star Ben, 53, and Michelle dated for two years before they got engaged during a forest proposal in April 2022.
The sports coach - who helped scoop a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 - is now a performance director at English Premier League football team Brentford FC.
Speaking about her doting husband Ben, she admitted: "He has been so chilled.
"The thing is, I'm not really sleeping well at the moment so I've been waking up in the middle of the night at 3am and I've been taking it upon myself to wake Ben up and say this is what we are going to have to get used to!"
The TV presenter told followers on social media: "I can’t believe it’s nearly been a year since getting married and I honestly didn’t think 12months on that I’d be writing a post sharing that I’m pregnant…
"I wanted to share though as my journey with endometriosis and infertility is something I finally felt confident to start speaking about more openly last year - realising how many other women were going through similar experiences.
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