Irish Sunday Mirror

I’m a Wright old dad

Baby girl joy for talk show host Matthew, 53, after 8yr IVF battle

- BY KAREN ROCKETT karen.rockett@trinitymir­ror.co.uk

FORMER telly host Matthew Wright and his wife Amelia have finally had a little girl after years of heartbreak.

Cassady Frances Wright was born on Friday night after Amelia suffered six miscarriag­es and went through eight years of IVF treatment.

Hours before the birth, an excited Matthew tweeted: “Just received the following: Ok we are having a baby this evening or basically As soon as you get here. you will be taken to the labour ward and given blue pyjamas to wear. Xx” @mrsameliaw­right THIS IS HAPPENING!!”

Former Mirror journalist Matthew, 53, previously described this pregnancy as a “last chance saloon” after earlier revealing that Sony music executive Amelia, 42, fell pregnant naturally with twins in 2009, but suffered a miscarriag­e and life-threatenin­g ectopic pregnancy.

Speaking before Cassady’s birth, he said: “We’ve waited a long time for this moment.

“Every day we keep pinching ourselves because we can hardly believe it’s finally happening.” He is now planning to be a stay-at-home dad after quitting his popular Channel Five morning chat show The Wright Stuff.

He said: “I’ve only ever held two babies in my entire life. Now I can envisage becoming the primary carer when Amelia returns to work.”

Matthew, who has a weekday afternoon show on TALKRADIO, appeared on ITV’S This Morning last week revealing how Amelia’s IVF troubles had led to his decision to leave TV.

 ??  ?? PROUD Matthew, Amelia & Cassady
PROUD Matthew, Amelia & Cassady

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