A FORMER Gogglebox star revealed some exciting baby news as he showed off the new addition to his family.
Tom Malone Jr, who appeared on the Channel 4 show between 2014 and 2021, posted an adorable snap of himself holding his nephew on Instagram.
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Tom Malone Jnr has become an uncle againCredit: instagram
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The Malone family has been in the series since the fourth series
Tom was all smiles in an oversized white t-shirt as he smiled at the camera while holding the toddler.
He captioned the post, “Welcome to the Caelan family #UncleDuties.”
The bundle of joy was born on June 11.
Baby Caelan’s dad is Tom’s brother Lee, who has never appeared on Gogglebox.
He is not the only one because their sister Vanessa also decided to stay away from the limelight.
The Malones have been on Gogglebox since the fourth series in 2014.
Tom Sr., Julie and their sons Tom and Shaun appeared on our screens on their red sofa with their rottweiler dogs.
However, in February 2021, Tom Jnr decided to retire from the show.
Tom wrote on Instagram: “After 6 and a half years it’s finally time to put down the remote and say goodbye to Gogglebox,” he wrote on Instagram.
“Loved every minute and am eternally grateful to @channel4 and @studiolambert for allowing me to be a part of the show.
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“I’m looking forward to enjoying the show as a viewer and not having to worry about saying something stupid.
“PS Don’t worry my family @themalonesgb and @shaunmalone95 will still be on the show to entertain you every Friday.
“To the future.”
He had previously hinted that he would drop out after his then-girlfriend was unable to join the show.
Late last year, Tom broke down in tears while talking about his brother’s health battle.
During an appearance on the podcast, he explained that Shaun overcame numerous brain surgeries when he developed sinusitis at age 15.
Speaking on the Power of the Ordinary podcast, Tom said: “My little brother got seriously ill, he was in hospital, in a coma for a while.
“When he was 15, he got a sinus infection, just like a cold that got infected. He must have had a laceration because it affected all his cerebrospinal fluid.”
“I put it in the back of the car because it was too big for mom to carry.
“This is what I do when traumatic things happen or if I get really bad news, I’ll just switch off, go into auto pilot and dive into something. So I immediately went to training.
“I didn’t realize that while I was going to practice, he started having a seizure in the back of the car. He went to the hospital, they put him in a drug-induced coma.
“I did a bunch of brain surgery on him and told my mum and dad he had a one in ten chance of survival. They had to keep part of his skull so they could continue to do brain surgery. It was covered with tubes.”
Fighting back tears, Tom revealed the incredibly touching thing Shaun had said when he regained consciousness.
“When he came out of the coma, he had to learn to walk again because he was completely paralyzed on his left side.
“I didn’t realize that while I was going to practice, he started having a seizure in the back of the car. He went to the hospital, they put him in a drug-induced coma.
“I did a bunch of brain surgery on him and told my mum and dad he had a one in ten chance of survival. They had to keep part of his skull so they could continue to do brain surgery. It was covered with tubes.”
Fighting back tears, Tom revealed the incredibly touching thing Shaun had said when he regained consciousness.
“When he came out of the coma, he had to learn to walk again because he was completely paralyzed on his left side.”
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Tom was a huge favorite on Gogglebox Credits: Rex
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