David Mitchell, 49, breaks his silence as his wife Victoria, 51, announces they have welcomed their second child

David Mitchell has surgery his soundlessness aft his woman Victoria confirmed they had welcomed their 2nd kid together.

The comedian, 49, and his TV presenter wife, 51, already stock eight-year-old girl Barbara and person now welcomed a babe woman called June Violet.

Victoria took to Twitter to corroborate nan news connected Wednesday aft keeping her gestation a secret, and David has now surgery his silence.

Responding to a remark connected Twitter congratulating nan couple, David wrote: 'Thank you! We're very happy.'

Victoria announced nan commencement of their 2nd kid successful a Twitter station wherever she lightheartedly joked astir her Halloween costume.

After sharing a threat of herself successful a reddish cloak connected October 31 she followed up by writing: 'Many group are assuming my tweet yesterday was a Halloween costume.

'Not astatine all; past week I had a babe and thing presently fits maine isolated from cloaks. Luckily, Only Connect is simply a pre-record. Happy All Saints Day!'.

The news was later confirmed successful The Times with an announcement which read:  'Mitchell connected 26th October 2023 to Victoria and David, a daughter, June Violet sister to Barbara.'

Professional poker subordinate Victoria is champion known for hosting BBC2's quiz show Only Connect, while David starred astatine socially awkward Mark successful cult classical sitcom Peep Show. 

Racing to nan comments fans and celebrated friends were speedy to nonstop their champion wishes, pinch Countdown's Rachel Riley writing: 'Mozel tov, dream you are some doing well'.

With personification other saying:  'Congratulations, I'm judge everyone is happy to perceive immoderate beautiful news correct now and different Coren Mitchell successful nan world is surely that!'. 

While a 3rd quipped: 'Congratulations, I had a babe 37 years agone and thing presently fits'.

Another wrote: 'Amazing news. Congratulations to you and David. And champion wishes for nan future'.

And: 'Many congratulations, a caller babe really wonderful'. 

Victoria kept her gestation a secret, but successful caller weeks, she hinted astatine her upcoming maternity leave arsenic she cryptically tweeted astir taking a 'little sabbatical' distant from her activity arsenic a TV host. 

She told really she had pre-recorded immoderate TV shows, including her hosting gig connected Only Connect, arsenic she shared her past TV file successful The Telegraph earlier her break. 

Victoria wrote: 'My TV file coming is nan past successful a while - I'm taking a small sabbatical, though I HAVE recorded immoderate TV shows for group to outcry astatine successful my absence. For my past pre-break file I've written astir Blankety Blank and my caller friend Lozza.'

She besides made fewer nationalist appearances during nan later portion of her gestation and was past seen retired pinch David astatine nan V&A's 2023 summertime statement connected June 21.

Just weeks earlier giving birth, Victoria besides appeared arsenic a impermanent big connected Have I Got News for You but strategically managed to conceal her gestation connected air. 

David, who wed Victoria successful 2012, previously describing their first kid Barbara arsenic 'the champion quality being that has ever been born'. 

He said successful a chat connected The Jonathan Ross Show successful 2018: 'Unfortunately, location is thing for illustration having a mini kid who's information you are responsible for to make you worry. 

'You really don't want nan world to rotation into nan sun and explode. You thought you didn't want it earlier but you really don't want it [after having a child.]

'That is nan existent downside of parenthood, and I suppose immoderate shape of love, is it makes you fearfulness more… I would opportunity emotion is not a accent simplification workout is it?

'What you want is simply a agelong play of bland contentment… I'm a family man. I've made bad choices and I americium perpetually worried.'

The brace met astatine a showbiz statement successful 2007, and moreover though David admitted he was instantly smitten pinch nan chap writer and broadcaster, 3 years went by earlier they really sewage together.

Victoria was successful a narration pinch personification other astatine nan clip and turned down nan comedian's advances.

In his autobiography Back Story, David said retired astir nan agony of not being pinch nan emotion of his life for those years, and really it led him to midnight walks successful nan parkland and predominant visits to nan pub.

'I was hopelessly successful love. I told nary 1 astir it,' nan prima discloses successful his book. 'I didn't show my closest friends aliases my parents of nan tremendous sadness that overshadowed my life.'

While she is now a happy mother of two, Victoria has candidly admitted that successful her twenties she 'never had that point' erstwhile her friends yearned for kids. 

Speaking successful a 2012 interview Victoria confessed her manner conscionable hadn't 'been right' for a family. 

'I ne'er had that constituent that a batch of my friends went done successful their early to mid-twenties erstwhile they decided that they perfectly wanted children. But I americium somewhat obsessed pinch children,' she told The Standard, adding: 'I perfectly still might.'