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Inbetweeners star Emily Atack reveals she’s pregnant with first child after finding love with nuclear scientist partner
Emily is excited about next year and starting a new chapter in her life
INBETWEENERS star Emily Atack is “over the moon” as she looks forward to becoming a mum in the new year.
The actress and comedian, 34, is five months pregnant and expecting her first child in April.
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She and her boyfriend Dr Alistair Garner recently set up home together to prepare for their baby’s arrival.
Last night Emily proudly posted a black-and-white photo on Instagram showing off her baby bump.
She told her 1.9 million followers: “Hello Everyone, it’s been a little while but I’m back with some news. I’m delighted to share with you all that we’re having a baby!! I’ve never been so happy and utterly terrified at the same time.
“Please go easy on me. Every day is mixed with thrill, fear, joy, hysteria, topped off with a lot of vomiting — a bit like when you’ve just stepped off of the Oblivion at Alton Towers on a hangover.
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“I’ve got to know my body on such an insane level. It’s made me appreciate the one I’ve been given SO much, I’m doing my absolute best to make it a home for the little squid I’m growing.
“We can already sense the baby is reclined on a mattress of peanut butter and jam sandwiches in there, demanding more chocolate buttons.
“I’m so happy to be writing all of this to you all. You’ve always stuck by me through the years, do stick around to watch me enter my mum era. Christ. Let’s go.”
Earlier a pal said: “It’s the perfect end to her year. She feels over the moon.
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"Emily is more than ready to be a mum and it is something she has dreamed of her whole life.
“Her relationship with Alistair has gone from strength to strength and they’ve moved into together.
“Family is everything to her — she comes from a big one herself and is really close to all her siblings — so she can’t wait to start one of her own.
“They’ve all rallied around her and delighted in the joyous occasion.
The pal said Emily’s mum Kate Robbins, 65, “can’t wait to be a grandma”.
Actress, singer and impressionist Kate — who appeared in the Channel 4 drama The Couple Next Door — is related to Sir Paul McCartney.
Emily’s musician dad Keith was in 1970s pop band Child.
Emily had taken some time off social media since around her birthday on December 18.
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Alistair describes himself on his Linkedin as a materials scientist and electron microscopist specialising in nuclear and aerospace applications.
Emily became an overnight sensation and a poster girl for teenage boys when she played Charlotte Hinchcliffe in The Inbetweeners from 2008 to 2010.
She was a runner up on I’m A Celebrity in 2018.
Since 2020, The Emily Atack Show — written and created by Emily — has run for three seasons on ITV2.
It was put on hold last year due to conflicting schedules with her Disney+ series Rivals.
In September, Emily was a guest at The Sun’s Who Cares Wins Awards in September.
She was pictured with the Caroline Flack Mental Health Hero prize winner Amandip Sidhu, who set up charity Doctors in Distress.
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Emily has recently moved and signed to Curtis Brown where her younger sister Martha is now her direct agent, after they both left YMU.
She is in talks with major mainstream brands about commercial deals for 2024 and has signed a movie deal with Archery Pictures.
Earlier this year, Emily bravely opened up in a BBC2 documentary Called Asking For It? about being a victim of cyberflashing.
She revealed she is bombarded with seedy sex pictures and abuse from strangers every day online and threats to rape and kill her.
She has also met politicians including Sir Keir Starmer to try to teach youngsters about the impacts of violence against women and girls.
Her campaigning has since led to cyberflashing becoming a criminal offence, with perpetrators facing up to two years in prison.
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She's had a string of flings
COMIC Emily Atack had a string of high- profile flings before finding happiness with boyfriend Dr Alistair Garner.
Some of her previous flames include singer Harry Styles and I’m A Celeb star Seann Walsh.
She dated former One Direction hunk Harry, now 29, in 2012. But she insisted they were “never boyfriend and girlfriend”.
Later, she dated fellow comedian Seann Walsh, 38, and the pair remain close friends.
After lockdown she went out with model Jude Taylor, but the pair split after only five months of dating.
Then two years ago we told how Emily had enjoyed daily chats and a string of secret dates with Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish.
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But after their romance was revealed, Jack, 28, broke off contact with Emily.
She found love once again in 2022 with former reality star and tree surgeon Liam McGough before calling time on their relationship after seven months.
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