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Brian Dowling and partner Arthur Gourounlian welcome second baby and reveal their beautiful name

The TV personalities already have another daughter Blake, who is one-years-old

Brian Dowling and partner Arthur Gourounlian welcome second baby and reveal their beautiful name

| PICTURE: Instagram/@bprdowling @gourounlian

Reporter:

Rebecca Lenihan

25 Jun 2024 1:07 PM

Email:

rebecca.lenihan@iconicnews.ie

Kildare's Brian Dowling and his partner Arthur Gourounlian have welcomed their second child, a baby girl.

The TV personalities already have another daughter Blake, who is one-years-old.

Brian’s sister Aoife was a surrogate for both Blake and Blu Amar Rose Dowling Gourounlian, the name of their second born. 

Sharing a joint post to their Instagram following, the pair posted gorgeous and raw snaps of them holding their baby girl in the delivery room with the caption: "Please be upstanding for the arrival of our BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, Blu Amar Rose Dowling Gourounlian. Blu was delivered safely on Sunday, June 23rd, at 13:33h, weighing 6lb 2ozs. Myself & Papa @gourounlian are ABSOLUTELY BESOTTED & actually can’t believe we now have two little beauties to keep us on our toes.

"@effidy_dowling_, you are a SUPERSTAR & we are, as always, FOREVER GRATEFUL. You stayed so calm, considering it wasn’t exactly the birth plan we had initially hoped for. Baby Blu was adamant to arrive on Sunday, the 23rd of June & nothing or no one was going to stop her. Big Sister Blake, you have been activated."
Many famous faces have commented under the post to congratulate the couple, TV chef Donal Skehan said: "WAHEY! Huge congrats to you both and go on Aoife! Cannot wait to meet the latest addition! Loads of love!!!"
Businesswoman Pippa O'Connor said: "Baby Blu you little beauty, welcome to the world."
Kildare man Brian rose to fame after winning the second series of reality series Big Brother, and went on to win Ultimate Big Brother in 2010. He now presenters The Six O'Clock Show alongside Katja Mia. 
Arthur Gourounlian is an Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, featuring as the Armenian judge on the James Corden hosted reality series, The World's Best.
The pair married in 2015 and have been very open with their "struggle" to have children as the pair spoke about their difficulties with infertility.

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