JLS star Oritse Williams shares heartache over wife's two devastating miscarriages

Daily Mirror

27-04-2025

JLS star Oritse Williams, who rose to fame on The X Factor, and his wife Kazz are parents to their baby boy called Shiva after going through two devastating miscarriages beforehand
JLS star Oritse Williams has opened up about the heartache he experienced over his baby loss. The singer has talked about the emotions he and his wife Kazz felt when she had two miscarriages.
The star revealed that he and his wife went through the devastating losses before welcoming their son Shiva in October last year. Oritse explained that he held his emotions in for a while before breaking down to his wife.
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He thought he was being strong by "bottling up" his emotions but soon found that he couldn't hold them in anymore. He has now spoken about what his family went through during this time.
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Speaking to MailOnline, Oritse said: "We're going to have different years. I mean, for example, people know that, unfortunately, my wife and I had two miscarriages, and we lost two babies. But now I leave home, and I get back home to a beautiful baby boy, the most beautiful baby boy in the world."
He then went on to speak about how men can struggle to express their emotions when going through a difficult time. He added: "I feel like it's very important for men to not internalise their emotions because as men, we are so frightened, especially black men, of feeling weak, of being perceived as insecure, being emotional. It's very important for us to be able to voice our feelings and be comfortable with them, share our feelings.
"Just from my own experience, when we lost the babies, I had I had that emotion inside for a very long time. My wife's emotions, Kazz's emotions, it was out there. She was battling with those emotions. I thought me being strong for her was bottling my emotions up. One day, she turned around and was like, Don't you feel anything?
"I just broke down, exasperated in tears on the floor. And she had to console me and lift me up. And I was just an absolute mess. But you know what? In that, I felt the most free because I felt like I had all this emotion and feeling that was inside of me that kept on just bubbling and bubbling and was just going around in this cycle. And it needed to be released."
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The couple's son Shiva Zion Olumidé Williams arrived at at 6:47am on October 3, 2024, weighing 7lb 8oz. Kazz found out she was pregnant with Shiva on the day they met specialists to discuss IVF as an option.
Despite conceiving naturally, the pair were still anxious due to their previous losses so they booked weekly private scans. Kazz then began to calm down at her 20-week scan but then found out she had gestational diabetes so had to change her diet.