Despite describing it as a private matter, Celebrity Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff announced to the world that she was expecting her first child with boyfriend Ben Cohen whilst in the CBB house last year. 

 

The dancer and her rugby ace boyfriend got together while he was taking part in Strictly even though he was married to Abby Cohen at the time, and unsurprisingly there was uproar that she would reveal her news in this way. 

 

 

Abbey's mother, Felicity Bassouls spoke angrily about the surprise pregnancy reveal on live television at the time, going on to confirm that her daughter, who has twins daughters with the sports star, was “certainly not told by Ben” that he was expecting.

 

Today, however, Kristina revealed on This Morning that the former couple's children were told before she made the public announcement. 

 

 

“It was most important for Ben to tell his twins before the show, but he didn’t have them for a few days prior to the show, so we couldn’t announce it in the press or on Twitter," she told Phillip Schofield when asked why she revealed her news on CBB. 

 

“Obviously when I was already on Big Brother I knew that he had spoken to the girls so I announced it on Big Brother.

 

“I did think maybe I will keep it quiet but then people were drinking in the house doing crazy tasks, and I thought how can I keep it quiet?

 

“Cause they would be thinking she is physically fit so why can’t she take part.”

 

 

The 38-year-old welcomed her first child, Mila, in June of this year after a 19-hour labour

 

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