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Dermot O’Leary reveals newborn son’s name

Dermot O’Leary and Dee Koppang O’Leary have named their newborn son Kasper.

The couple welcomed their first child together last month and, during his return to his BBC 2 Radio Show on Saturday (04.07.20), Dermot, 47, revealed the tot’s name as he played him a special song.

Dermot told listeners: "My lovely son came into the world 10 days ago accompanied by Guy Garvey’s ‘Elbow’.

"So forgive this moment of brief self-indulge while we play the song that accompanied that. This is for you Kasper with a K – my wife is very insistent on that.

"Kasper Koppang O’Leary welcome to the world!"

Last weekend, Dermot and Dee, 41, announced Kasper’s birth by sharing identical posts on Instagram.

They wrote: "Welcome to the world baby Koppang O’Leary… We’re delighted to announce that we’ve had a baby! A little boy born on Tuesday 23rd June 2020 (Sankthansaften / Midsummer for you Norwegians) at 8.19am, weighing in at 6lb 13oz. Enjoying the cuddles in the newborn bubble… cats yet to be 100 per cent convinced. Lots of love, Dermot & Dee x (sic)."

Meanwhile, back in 2015, Dermot admitted he would love to have kids one day but wanted to wait until he and producer Dee were less busy.

He said: "I definitely want kids, but I’ve got a very busy wife with a very busy life. It’s not fair for me to say, ‘I want kids now’. I do want kids with my wife, but I want them when we both think it’s the right thing to happen."