Neil Jones from Strictly Come Dancing and Chyna Mills from Love Island are having their first child together!
Not only that, but they’re also betrothed.
The pro dancer and reality personality have been courting for seven months and have strolled many red carpets together, as well as packed on the PDA on social media.
And now, with their baby expected in fall, they’re about to take two big steps in their partnership.
Neil, 40, and Chyna, 24, who is 13 weeks expectant, verified the news with a sweet photoshoot for Hello! Magazine that showed off her growing bump.
‘After the baby news, we were on cloud nine – and now this. It still doesn’t feel real,’ influencer and wife-to-be Chyna said.
On his proposal, Neil said: ‘I’d already planned to ask Chyna to marry me before we knew she was pregnant. Then we found out and I was like, “Oh, this is brilliant, everything is coming together”.’
Chyna added: ‘At first, I thought he was joking because we play jokes on each other all the time.
‘Then Neil was like, “Chyna, so is it a yes or no?”, because a few minutes had passed and he was still on one knee. I was like… yeah!’
Neil, a past British, European, and world champion, kept his proposal plans a secret, but he did tell TV presenter and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Tyler West, who was among the first to learn of their joyful news.
‘We FaceTimed him, then said, “We just sent you something on WhatsApp” – it was a picture of the baby scan. He looked and said, “I’m going to cry, this is everything… I’m gonna be that crazy Jamaican uncle.” It was the best reaction,’ Neil gushed.
Neil met Chyna last summer after she featured on the ITV2 dating programme. Neil was previously married to fellow Strictly dancer Katya Jones.
Neil is said to have viewed the programme while on the Strictly Tour, and Chyna piqued his interest.
However, they do not intend to rush things when it comes to the wedding because they want to ensure that a particular someone is present to stroll down the aisle with them.
‘We thought it would be cute if the baby can be walking around at the wedding,’ Neil shared.
and Davide Sanclimenti, and was coupled up with Jay Younger before being dumped from the villa (Picture: ITV)
Neil and Katya were previously married in 2013, after being together for 11 years, but divorced in 2019, soon after she made news with her snogging scandal with Seann Walsh.
However, the exes have stayed close friends and dance partners, and Katya also greeted Neil and Chyna on the birth of their child.
Following their social media reveal, the ecstatic pair and soon-to-be parents were inundated with congratulations from a slew of other celebrities.
‘Congratulations 🤍’, commented 2022 Love Islander Gemma Owen, while Dami Hope added: ‘Omg congratulations times x2 😭🥹❤️ what a wholesome moment’.
‘Congratulations guys 🫶🏽’, wrote Luca Bish.
