23 December 2023 , 09:00
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Joe Swash has revealed how he and Stacey Solomon spend Christmas Day.
Stacey and Joe have been preparing for their daughter Belle's first Christmas at Pickle Cottage along with their other children Rex and Rose, as well as Stacey's two older sons Zach, 15, and Leighton, 11, from a previous relationship. Joe is also dad to Harry, 16, with ex Emma Sophocleous.
The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! stalwart opened up to the Mirror about the festive period and his favourite part about Christmas with the family. He said: "It's just nice being with family.
"I'm so lucky I've got six kids to share Christmas with and nieces and nephews and it's just amazing to see the younger ones enjoying Christmas the way I used to. We're really lucky when it comes to Christmas our kids have been talking about Christmas for the last two months."
Stacey shared a heartwarming tribute to her youngest daughter Belle on Instagram, in which she gave an insight into a Swash-Solomon Christmas. She wrote: "Happy First Christmas Belle. It doesn’t seem real that this time last year we announced our pregnancy with Belle.
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Stacey and Joe share three children together (BBC/Optomen TV/Mark Dolman)"Now look at her It’s not easy being number 5 little Belle, it’s manic & you have to slot in. But that doesn’t mean you miss out on the first Christmas Santa costume & celebrations that every pickle gets in this house.
"We love you so much our beautiful little Belle. It feels like you’ve been here forever. Can’t wait for a thousand wonderful Christmas’ with you." (sic)
Joe shot to fame on EastEnders as he took on the role of cheeky Mickey Miller in 2003. He left the BBC soap in 2008, but recently returned to host a Christmas Q&A with 'The Six' – Letitia Dean, Kellie Bright, Dianne Parish, Gillian Taylforth, Lacey Turner and Balvinder Sopal.
He was crowned the eighth King of the Jungle and later returned to I'm A Celebrity for the All Stars series. Joe is set to appear on Channel 4's The Festive Pottery Throw Down which airs on Christmas Day at 7:30pm. A
ctor and comedian Hugh Dennis, radio host Alice Levine, and comedian and writer Sophie Duker will also be taking part. Siobhán McSweeney hosts the festivities as the four celebrities take on two yuletide challenges, which will then be marked by judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller.
Speaking about his experience on the pottery show, he said: "Being able to make something extraordinary from, basically, a lump of mud… that’s what I fell in love with."
Joe Swash was speaking to the Mirror from tombola’s critter challenge event, play Bug Match now at https://www.tombola.co.uk/