'Check out my beautiful wife, isn't she glowing!': Brendan Cole announces his model wife Zoe Hobbs is pregnant
He was known as a ladies man, who would quite literally sweep his Strictly Come Dancing partners off their feet - but married Brendan Cole has firmly put his lothario reputation behind him by announcing he is to become a father.
Brendan, 36, revealed 31-year-old model Zoe Hobbs was pregnant by posting a Twitter picture with the caption: 'Check out my beautiful wife, if you think it looks like she might be glowing then you're right, she is!'
Scores of fans took to Twitter to congratulate the Strictly star, who met his wife at a birthday party for mutual friend Rick Parfitt Jnr just over six years ago, they married in July 2010.
Barely showing! Brendan Cole tweeted this gorgeous snap of his 'glowing wife'
The Latin American dancing specialist recalled: 'She walked across, said hello and I nearly fell over. I literally stopped in my tracks. From that day on, I thought about nothing else.'
Brendan's reputation as a ladies' man began from the first series of Strictly in 2004, when his onscreen chemistry with Natasha Kaplinksy led to speculation that they were in a relationship - not helped when, at the same time, Brendan split from his then fiancée, fellow Strictly dancer Camilla Dallerup.
Two years ago, Camilla told the Mail: 'My life fell apart. I honestly wouldn't wish that time on my worst enemy. I had to do a job that is so happy and such escapism for the people who watch it, but inside I was in such turmoil.
Happy: Brendan Cole is very excited to become a dad
'I remember one show where Brendan kissed Natasha good luck behind the curtain as the opening credits played. It stuck with me. I felt humiliated – who wouldn't? After that it was nauseating every time I heard the theme music.'
Newsreader Natasha however has always maintained that nothing happened between them.
Nevertheless, Brendan then went on to famously try his luck with his Strictly dance partner Kelly Brook in 2007's series, even though she was engaged to Hollywood movie star Billy Zane at the time and Cole was dating soap actress Adele Silva.
What a handsome couple: The pair are thrilled they will soon become a family (pictured last year)
Scandal: Cole was romantically linked to former Strictly partner Natasha Kaplinsky as his engagement to fellow dancer Camilla Dallerup broke down
Then in 2008, Cole appeared to be getting increasingly close to his next partner, the single Lisa Snowdon - but by this time, he'd met Zoe so was actually on his best behaviour as she watched them like a hawk.
Brandon is currently taking part in Celebrity Challenge, which sees some of TV’s best known faces pit their driving skills against each other to raise money for charities, including the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK and the RPJ Crohn’s Foundation.
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