Former EastEnders actor Sid Owen looked delighted as he showed off his miracle baby daughter with fiancée Victoria Shores on Good Morning Britain today.
The soap star, 50, became a dad for the first time last month to baby Skye, but revealed that Victoria, 42, nearly died during labour due to serious complications.
The couple had dated 20 years ago and rekindled their romance last year after reconnecting via Facebook – before she unexpectedly fell pregnant last year.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Victoria admitted that giving birth had been "a bit of a shock" while Sid admitted that he was "freaked out" when she went into labour.
"She was pretty cool, jumping in the shower, blowdrying her hair," Sid gushed. "It was a tough few days but we got through it."
Gazing down at his daughter said that she doesn't cry and that being a father for the first time is "amazing".
"I couldn't stop looking at her for three or four days," he admitted.
Sid said that being an older dad allows him to "really appreciate" it and opened up about their upcoming wedding in September.
"I might have to be two or three [best friends]," he said, revealing that one will be Adele's ex-husband Simon Konecki.
Sid previously told The Sunday Mirror: “I never ever dreamt I would have kids. The older you get the more distant that idea seems, you give up hope sometimes, so it is a miracle it has happened."
Victoria, who two children from a previous relationship, added that she expected Sid to be a “chilled dad”, while the soap star added: “I’m glad I am doing it now rather than in my 20s, I would have been a rubbish dad then.
"Vic wants to lose her weight and we want the baby at the wedding – just sat in a pram looking pretty.”
Sid was previously engaged to Carty Hubbard but they split in 2003 – while his romance with Polly Parsons lasted from 2006 to 2012.
The actor may be remembered for playing Ricky in EastEnders, but he could have swapped Albert Square for Hollywood having revealed A-lister Al Pacino wanted to adopt him when he was a child.
Sid and Al starred as father and son in the box office blockbuster Revolution when Sid was 13-years-old.
The Londoner revealed in his book From Rags to Ricky that the Oscar winner had considered becoming his father after finding out his mum had sadly died.
"He knew I had no parents and was from a difficult background, though we didn’t really talk about it." revealed Sid.
"He didn’t have kids of his own then and I found out later he had considered adopting me."
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*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
