Roxy Wilson, a star of the BBC series The Traitors, has announced the birth of her baby girl. The news comes after her mother and co-star Judy revealed the pregnancy live on ITV's This Morning earlier this year.
Roxy Shares Happy News on Instagram
On Wednesday 1 July, Roxy posted a photo of herself with her newborn at her home in Amsterdam, where she lives with her partner David. She captioned the post: "The reason I’ve been quiet on here lately. No caption can do this feeling justice." She added hashtags including #motherhood and #daughter.
Several fellow Traitors stars congratulated her in the comments. Francesca Rowan-Plowden from series three wrote: "Congratulations", while Linda Rands said: "Oh Congratulations" with heart emojis. Her mother Judy also posted several heart emojis.
Judy Announced Pregnancy Live on This Morning
Fans already knew Roxy was expecting because Judy revealed the pregnancy live on This Morning in January. After Judy's banishment from the Traitors castle aired, she appeared on the ITV daytime show and excitedly said: "Can I just say? Roxy's having a baby!" She added that she would be a grandmother for the "12th time" and that the child was "due June 12".
Roxy Announced Baby's Gender on Good Morning Britain
Just a month later, Roxy appeared on Good Morning Britain and revealed the gender of her baby. She was on the programme to discuss adoption—she was adopted by Judy when she was five—and her campaign to help 10,000 vulnerable children in foster homes. The conversation quickly turned to her pregnancy.
Susanna Reid asked Roxy if her adoption experience informed her "vision of motherhood". Roxy replied: "I have been the luckiest person and blessed, I absolutely couldn't have asked for anything better in my life. Having a role model who mothered me and changed my life, the course of my life, everything about it. Hopefully, I'll be a great mum myself and look after my daughter the way I've been brought up as well."
Roxy's Adoption Story
When Roxy was five, she was in care and placed with one family. She travelled from Bristol to Doncaster to meet Judy, but after getting the flu, her foster parents refused to take her back. She recalled on GMB: "I had come from Bristol to Doncaster for the visit, then I was a bit unwell. I remember Mum had made me a packed lunch for the train, all set to go back with my social worker to the Bristol foster carer. I just remember the call and the foster carer saying 'Well don't bring her back then', that was quite nuts."
Susanna noted it must have been devastating, but Roxy admitted it had become "sort of normal". "I was used to these things," she added. "Being passed so much, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary to not go back somewhere. But Mum just snapped into action, she had my brothers, 'right you're in this bedroom, Roxy has her own bedroom because she's the only girl'. She sat down and said, 'You're part of this family. We say we love you at night time and bed time'. So it went from 'Oh my goodness, I'm not going back' to 'I'm here, I'm staying'."
