By BETHAN EDWARDS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER
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Strictly Come Dancing star Will Best has revealed he is a dad as he welcomed his first child with fiancée Tobi.
The presenter shared the happy news on Instagram on Thursday as he posted a series of adorable hospital snaps of the newborn.
The couple, who got engaged in 2024, gushed that they are so 'lucky' and 'tired' and revealed their baby boy's sweet name.
Will wrote: 'Well who do we have here then?! Welcome to the world Sonny Best, you little smasher.
'@tobiroseofficial you’re a miracle and I love you so much. A couple of tired new parents (see last slide) but oh my goodness aren’t we lucky xxx'.
In a video shared, Will joked: 'I got this really cool new thing today, lots of people get them, but they are pretty cool', before the camera panned to show the baby lying on his chest.
Strictly Come Dancing star Will Best has revealed he is a dad as he welcomed his first child with fiancée Tobi
The presenter shared the happy news on Instagram on Thursday as he posted a series of adorbale hosptial snaps of the newborn
Celebrity pals took to the comments to congratulate the couple including Will's dance partner Dianne Buswell, she wrote: 'Yay I’m so happy for you and Tobie and Bowie is so excited to meet little Sonny'.
Fleur East added: 'Awww yay!!! Welcome Sonny Best! So excited for you! Congratulations to you and Tobi. Hope you’re all doing well. Go and smash it on that ballroom floor for your little family!'
Strictly judge Oti Mabuse wrote: 'Omggggggggggggggg congratulations'.
Zoe Ball penned: 'Welcome Sonny congratulations to you all.'
The TV star has become a dad while taking part in BBC's Strictly, which he is currently preparing to perform during Icons Week on Saturday.
Will kept the pregnancy announcement low-key as he shared a casual photo of Tobi and her baby bump in a photo dump on Instagram last month.
The Big Brother presenter looked happier than ever as Will placed a loving hand on stylist Tobi's bare bump. He wrote: 'Baby, Will?!'
Another photo showed Tobi helping Will with his suit as he placed a hand on her bump and a third snap showed an adorable pair of baby shoes.
Will got engaged to his girlfriend of over a decade, Tobi in July 2024.
The presenter whisked Tobi off to Tuscany in Italy for a romantic holiday before getting down on one knee to pop the question.
In March 2023, Will shared a snap of Tobi – where he gushed over her for their 12th anniversary and posted a screenshot of her commenting that she would 'never leave' him.
He wrote: '12 years ago today I met this truly one in a 7.88 billion human being. She was even my first ever insta post.
'And if you scroll right you’ll see that, as well as being the love of my life, she's also frighteningly true to her word. ❤️.'
The couple, who got engaged in 2024, gushed that they are so 'lucky' and 'tired' and revealed their baby boy's sweet name
Celebrity pals took to the comments to congratulate the couple including Will's dance partner Dianne Buswell, she wrote: 'Yay I’m so happy for you and Tobie'
Will's first TV job was on music channel Viva, where he fronted chat show Suck My Pop and the MTV Top 20 chart show.
Between 2011 and 2012, Will had a spot on T4 – a weekend segment between morning shows on Channel 4 which also boasted Dermot O'Leary, Vernon Kay and Jameela Jamil before being axed.
Remaining with Channel 4 for another year, he went on to present the iTunes festival, The Crush and Love Shaft on the network's various channels.
But his primetime break came on ITV in 2017 when he presented the talent show Dance Dance Dance with Britain's Got Talent's Alesha Dixon, however, the show was not recommissioned for a second series.
Will was also a regular contributor to Big Brother's Bit On The Side from 2013 to 2014 before going on to host the new series with AJ Odudu.
Will and AJ were announced as the show's new double-act in April 2023, following in the footsteps of Davina McCall and Emma Willis.