Pregnant Katherine Ryan shares huge update on having fifth baby
Katherine Ryan has ruled out the idea of having more children after her next one is born.
The comedienne, 42, is currently expecting her fourth child with husband Bobby Kootstra but has been so busy on the road with her tour for almost a year, that she has no idea how a conception has even taken place. During an appearance on Wednesday's Lorraine, she told stand-in host Christine Lampard:"It's been a busy tour. I've just been doing my show for 10 months so the math is not mathing. This might have happened in Norfolk, I don't know. But yes, this is my fourth child and I think that's enough."
When Christine joked that follow in the footsteps of other celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham in naming the child after the location was conceived in, she confirmed that it 'would fit in' with the sort of monikers that she is thinking of for the little one. Meanwhile, Katherine, who is already is already a proud mum to teenage daughter Violet, 15, as well as son Fred, three and daughter Fenna, has a small role in The Bad Guys 2 and was thrilled to be a part of the new animation because it was finally a project that was suitable for the whole family.
She said: "My kids loved the first one, so finally, they're proud of one of my projects. A lot of my work is not appropriate for the pre-schoolers, however, going to the cinema, they had the attention span, there was popcorn, the whole day was magical." But, in the end, Katherine joked that despite her 'pivotal' role in the feature, she is not so sure that her children recognised her voice when they watched it and were more taken with the other characters."
The update from Katherine comes just days after she admitted that she was convinced of the gender of her unborn child as she gave fans a glimpse of her home. As she leaned on her bannister and filmed herself, Katherine told the camera: "I could not have picked a better time to get a full length mirror in the corridor. Just got me feeling great..."
Katherine, who recently landed a huge role on the upcoming reality series Real Housewives of London, then walks to another long mirror placed on the other side of her hallway as she shows off her blossoming bump and tells fans: "This has got to be a boy," in reference to her unborn baby.
"We don't know," Katherine insists, pre-empting questions about if she and Bobby have found out the gender of their third child together. She then adds: "We never know. A lot of people ask me and it's like, come on. Come on. I try my best to, like, spice up the look.
"I got some extensions put in by my friend Reberto – the best – to voluminous the hair that I've decided is not blonde enough so I went to see Sam Burnett, who got me back to my bob but like..."
Katherine then zooms into her bump and lifts her vest top before ending the video with the word: "Honey".
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