Coronation Street star shocks followers by revealing she’s secretly given delivery to her second little one

A Coronation Street star has shocked fans by revealing she’s secretly given birth to her second child.

Jessica Barden, who played the role of Kayleigh Morton between 2007 and 2008 on the ITV soap, posted a snap of herself in the delivery room last month.

Alongside glamorous pictures from a recet photoshoot, the star, 32, threw in a surprising snap from the day she gave birth.

In the photo, Jessica, who also starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama The End of the F***ing World, was being fed a burrito as she held her newborn baby in her arms.

She wrote in the caption: ‘I am late posting these insane images that i absolutely love and will cherish forever because i was giving birth to the child lol.’

Jessica also showcased her natural beauty by posting a stunning selfie last week alongside the caption: ‘Mother of 2 era.’ 

A Coronation Street star has shocked fans by revealing she’s secretly given birth to her second child

Jessica Barden, who played the role of Kayleigh Morton between 2007 and 2008 on the ITV soap, posted a snap of herself in the delivery room last month

The star has always kept things private and chose not to share any images after the birth of her first child.

She revealed last October that baby number two was on the way by flaunting her blossoming baby bump at a film premiere.

After the shock news that Jessica had given birth, fans and co-stars flocked to the comments to congratulate the mother-of-two.

It comes after last year Jessica sparked a debate when she said stars like Emma Corrin should not play characters from less privileged backgrounds, labelling it ‘working class tourism’. 

The actress was born into a working class family in Northallerton, North Yorkshire and her mother worked as an accountant while her father worked as a prison officer.

She takes exception to stars like Emma, who said they wanted to star in a ‘gritty’ independent film after playing Diana in the Crown and have an ‘outrageous accent’ and red hair.

Jessica is the daughter-in-law of Happy Days’ legend Henry Winkler, known for character Fonzie, after tying the knot to his screenwriter son Max in 2021.

But the screen star has shared that she feels that if she gets a script for a ‘gritty’ show or film, it means she is playing something being abused.

She wrote in the caption: ‘I am late posting these insane images that i absolutely love and will cherish forever because i was giving birth to the child lol’

Jessica pictured with her Corrie co-stars and on-screen family in February 2007

It comes after last year Jessica sparked a debate when she said stars like Emma Corrin should not play characters from less privileged backgrounds, labelling it ‘working class tourism’ 

Jessica does not think posh actors and actresses should venture into the realms of playing working class characters in shows and films.

Speaking to The Sunday Times Culture magazine, she said: ‘I hate words like gritty or feisty.

‘Gritty means working class and feisty means you have an opinion. I die inside when I read them.

‘I was, like, why are you allowed to talk like this? How is working class tourism still OK for posh actors?’

Jessica, who now lives in Los Angeles with husband Max Winkler, also revealed that in the acting industry, she is one of very few working class stars.

During her career, she has played roles including Pea Gibbons in Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

Most recently, she joined the star-studded cast of the new sci-fi series Dune: Prophecy.