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BBC Morning Live star Xand van Tulleken introduces newborn son live on air days after his wife gave birth


Morning Live star Xand van Tulleken, 45, introduced his newborn baby to his BBC colleagues live on air, after becoming a father for the second time.

Xand, short for Alexander, heaped praise on his wife Dolly Theis for doing all the hard work of waking up in the night to feed their baby boy, allowing the presenter to get his full eight hours' kip when he spoke to Gethin Jones and Janette Manrara 'Often on a Monday we are joined by Dr Xand he wasn't here for a very good reason, he was alongside his lovely wife Dolly as they welcomed their son Rex Patrick Anthony van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken. Host Helen Skelton told viewers: 'Often on a Monday we are joined by Dr Xand he wasn't here for a very good reason, he was alongside his lovely wife Dolly as they welcomed their son , Rex Patrick Anthony van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken.

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