Ryan Thomas has shared his heartbreak at being away from his daughter, as he was forced to introduce her newborn brother to her on FaceTime.
The former Coronation Street actor, who shares his 10 year old daughter with ex Tina O’Brien, shared a tear-jerking photo of him on a video call with his daughter while with his newborn son Roman, who was born earlier this month.
In the caption, Lucy Mecklenburgh’s 35 year old husband to be shared his “pain” over being separated from his daughter as he, Lucy and Roman self-isolate amid the coronavirus pandemic.
He said: “Thank god for technology! I’m finding it really tough being away from my family and sad this is how my daughter met her baby brother.
“To any other broken families I feel your pain and it’s killing me being apart from my daughter and family for so long, especially at this special time.”
Ryan, who’s son’s name has a special link to his and Lucy’s engagement, then added he was aware the difficult process was for the greater good as he said: “BUT we all need to take social isolation and social distancing seriously and it’s a sacrifice we have to make to save lives.”
(Image: Instagram/Ryan Thomas)
(Image: Instagram/Lucy Mecklenburgh)
Lucy’s fiancé’s tearjerking post received more than 38,000 likes and clearly tugged on the heartstrings of his 1million followers, who flocked to the comments to support the dad.
One wrote: “We are doing exactly the same x my little one was born 11.3.2020 and my mum is ill so isolating is a must x keep safe and enjoy,” followed by a heart emoji.
While another added: “Thanks for making this sacrifice [red heart emoji] as an NHS worker I am sure all these individual sacrifices will make a difference to help our NHS help as many people as possible who need it x”
And a third said: “Thankyou! Nice to see a celebrity setting such a great example. It’s a difficult time for us all but your children are doing something so valuable. Thanks from this nhs doc x” [sic]
The actor later shared a video of the FaceTime chat between him and his daughter with his newborn by his side.
In the clip, Ryan’s daughter Scarlett can be seen lying on her side on the cameraphone while she says: “He looks weirdly like Scott [Ryan’s brother]”.
To which the dad of two joked: “Honestly Scarlett if you carry one like this I’m gonna get worried,” before laughing. To which Ryan’s daughter insisted: “He does!”
As he posted the clip on his Instagram story, Ryan wrote: “Everyone telling me my son looks like R kid!! something you’re not telling me @scott.thomas,” followed by a laughing emoji. [sic]
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