Joel Dommett became emotional on This Morning on Friday after revealing that he and Hannah Cooper have welcomed their second baby, a boy named Dutch Cooper-Dommett. The ITV presenter told viewers he wanted to cry as the show opened with baby news and his own family update.
Dommett and Angela Scanlon were standing in for the regular hosts on May 29, and Scanlon quickly turned the segment into a congratulations moment, telling Dommett and his wife that they had welcomed a baby boy. For viewers searching for the reason behind the on-air reaction, the answer is simple: the couple’s family has grown again, and the latest arrival has already been named.
Cooper confirmed the name on Instagram earlier this month, posting a black-and-white photo of the newborn and writing that he was “super late like his father and super long like his mother.” The couple had already announced they were expecting a second child, and they are now parents to toddler Wilde and baby Dutch, a change that turns their home into a household of four.
The announcement also carried a quieter strain. Cooper said they were meant to go on a babymoon last week but ended up staying home instead, and she admitted there is “definitely that mum guilt” about how to manage two children. She described the experience as a whirlwind of emotions, a reminder that the clean, celebratory version of a birth announcement rarely captures the whole picture.
For now, the public update has come first through Instagram and then live on ITV, and that is likely where the story ends unless the couple chooses to share more. What Dommett gave viewers was not just a baby reveal, but the rare broadcast moment when private family news arrives with visible emotion still fresh on his face.
