Emmerdale’s Jay Kontzle has announced the birth of his third child

Emmerdale star Jay Kontzle has announced the birth of his and wife Mimi’s third child.

The actor, who plays Billy Fletcher on the soap, revealed the child was born on Friday and along with his artist wife, is doing well.

The pair already share KaiBo, six and Zian, four.

Sharing the news, Kontzle,  told Ok!: "We’re excited to announce that on Friday 18th November we were blessed with our third child.

"Mummy did amazing and both her and the baby are healthy and well.

"Here’s hoping it’s our last!"

Jay previously told the publication that the pregnancy was such a shock that Mimi had given away all their baby items a week before they found out as she "didn’t think it would happen"..

“Mimi called me during my lunch break on set and told me,” he said.

“I was sitting eating lunch in the sun and all of a sudden I went hot and started dripping with sweat. I was a bit shocked!

“Before that, Mimi had said she wanted to get a pregnancy test and I said, ‘A pregnancy test? That’s a lot of money that, especially with the cost of living going up.’

"Then I was in work and she decided to throw a spanner in the works over lunch!”

The couple wed in 2017 and welcomed their first child a few weeks later.