Jay Kontzle has named his third child Xiao.
Jay Kontzle has named his third child Xiao
The 32-year-old star, who portrays 'Emmerdale' character Billy Fletcher, took to Instagram to reveal his latest arrival's moniker, and joked he hopes that his family is now "complete".
He wrote: "Introducing Xiao Kui Kontzle born 18/11/22
Family complete (I hope!) (sic)"
Jay - who shares KaiBo, six and Zian, four, with his wife Mimi Kontzle - revealed last month that they had welcomed their third child into the world.
The soap star and artist Mimi said at the time: "We're excited to announce that on Friday 18th November we were blessed with our third child.
"Mummy did amazing and both her and the baby are healthy and well."
Jay joked: "Here's hoping it's our last!"
The couple revealed in July that they were expecting another baby.
Jay said: "Mimi called me during my lunch break on set and told me.
"I was sitting eating lunch in the sun and all of a sudden I went hot and started dripping with sweat. I was a bit shocked!
"Before that, Mimi had said she wanted to get a pregnancy test and I said, 'A pregnancy test? That's a lot of money that, especially with the cost of living going up.'
"Then I was in work and she decided to throw a spanner in the works over lunch!
"It’s a great thing to be going through again. I think it’s just the fact that we got to an age with our other two where they’re old enough and there’s no nappies and bottles, and we got our sleep back.
"I was settled with our two and I didn’t think we’d be having another one – but Mimi already had it planned. She likes to act like she’s not sly but she is!"
Mimi admitted that she had been “winding up” her husband about longing for another little one.
She said: "I'd been winding Jay up for months before, saying I really wanted another child – but his answer was always no.
"So I think that made me want another one more, basically just to be spiteful. But then it kind of backfired and I did end up getting pregnant."