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This Morning’s beloved gardening expert, Daisy Payne, has joyfully announced that she is expecting her first child. On Monday, she took to Instagram to share a heartwarming clip, where she gently cradled her blossoming baby bump.
At 28, the ITV daytime show’s gardening aficionado playfully remarked that this year has been all about a “different kind of growing” for her, as she posed gracefully in her picturesque garden.
Radiating in a long, elegant white linen dress, Daisy revealed alongside her partner, producer Dominic Gatt, that she is eagerly anticipating the arrival of their baby in August.
With excitement, she captioned her post, “It’s been a different kind of growing for me this year! Baby on board, due at the end of August #pregnant #pregnancyjourney #babyontheway.”
Her colleagues from This Morning were quick to shower her with love and congratulations, with warm messages coming from familiar faces such as Josie Gibson and Alice Beer.
Daisy was snapped up by This Morning in 2020, a year after she bought a Grade II-listed cottage in the Cotswolds and created Garden to Garnish tutorials for her YouTube channel.
This Morning star Daisy Payne has announced she is pregnant with her first baby as she shared a short Instagram clip cradling her growing bump on Monday
 Daisy and her producer partner Dominic Gatt revealed the exciting new she is set to give birth in August
In May 2023, Daisy opened up about how gardening helped her navigate the grief of her grandad, who died from COVID-19, and her grandmother.
She recalled to HELLO! magazine: ‘When my mum phoned me to tell me he had tested positive, I was walking Ernie, my cocker spaniel.
‘I fell to my knees. We knew the inevitable would happen, and there was absolutely nothing we could do about it. The lack of control and the utter devastation was hideous, so I turned to the garden to find solace.
‘The day he died, a little bird flew into my garden (we had never had robins in the garden before), and I knew he was out there with me.
‘In an instant, the garden felt even more special than it had before. Gardening helped me manage grief – and I choose the word ‘manage’ purposefully.’
It comes after Friends star Lisa Kudrow appeared on This Morning last week.Â
The sitcom legend, 62, admitted the one fan request that ‘irritates’ her – while opening up about the emotion of returning to the iconic sitcom’s set.
Lisa, who portrayed Phoebe Buffay throughout Friends’ entire 10-season run, revealed how fans still ask her to sing Phoebe’s song ‘Smelly Cat’.
It came as host Alison Hammond, 51, persuaded Lisa to perform a duet of this song live on the ITV programme.
Alison asked: ‘Are you sick of singing it? Do people say that to you all the time when they come up to you?’
To which Lisa responded: ‘They sometimes do. To me, though, not here, but just in life, at a restaurant, demanding that I sing it, it irritates me a little bit.’
She wrote: It’s been a different kind of growing for me this year! Baby on board, due at the end of August #pregnant #pregnancyjourney #babyontheway (sic)’
Daisy’s This Morning co-stars showered her with congratulatory messages including Josie Gibson and Alice Beer
Daisy was snapped up by This Morning in 2020, a year after she bought a Grade II-listed cottage in the Cotswolds and created Garden to Garnish tutorials for her YouTube channel
Elsewhere in the interview, Lisa also discussed returning to the legendary soundstage where Friends was filmed.
This came about during shooting for her HBO sitcom The Comeback, which recently began its third series.
‘Because that is where, you know, I spent nine years, first year we were on another stage, and said goodbye to Friends.
‘And then the reunion was shot there. And now the end of The Comeback.’
She added: ‘And my son is there’, noting how son Julian makes an appearance in The Comeback.
Lisa went on: ‘He was there, and he was a baby till five, you know, visiting and there he is acting in it. It was a little overwhelming.’
Continuing, the actress told Dermot and Alison how she ‘barely got through shooting the last scene’ and ‘had to step out and take a walk around’.
She also snapped a photo of prolific TV director Jimmy Burrows – who helmed many episodes of Friends – and sent it to her fellow cast members.
Lisa remarked: ‘Jennifer wrote back, “Oh, what’s my call time?”‘, laughing.