Peter Andre reveals gender surprise for new baby

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Peter Andre has revealed that he and his wife Emily have decided to keep the gender of their new baby a surprise.

The singer and reality TV star appeared on Good Morning Britain and hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley asked him how Dr Emily MacDonagh is doing, as she expecting her third child. Andre, 50, confirmed that the couple have decided it will be their last child together, and therefore they will not be finding out if it is a boy or a girl.

What, how, and why?

Andre appeared on the ITV breakfast show to discuss a new video he has made with musician Fabio D'Andrea to highlight the impact of cyberbullying on teenagers and children. At the end of the interview Reid asked how 34-year-old Emily was feeling with her pregnancy.

Andre said: "Shes good. I really have a lot of respect when you see what they go through probably." He revealed that the new baby was due in about eight or nine weeks, adding: "That's it!"

Madeley asked "What are you having?" Andre replied: "A baby. As in - no, we haven't [found out the gender]. Because this is the last time we're having a child we're having a surprise this time." Asked if it was twins he laughed: "Just one!"

The new arrival will be the singer's fifth child, and the couple's third together. The Mysterious Girl singer shares son Junior, 18, and daughter Princess, 16, with his ex Katie Price, who he was married to from 2005 to 2009.

Andre married NHS doctor Emily in 2015 and they are parents to daughter Amelia, 10, and son Theo, six.

What else happened on Good Morning Britain?

Speaking about new hard-hitting cyberbullying awareness video, Another Way, Andre revealed he had learned through time and experience that banning his children from the internet was not the way to protect them.

He said: "I have so many people say to me if you're that concerned dont let them go online. And I say good luck with that! I remember there was a period of time when my daughter [Princess] I wouldn't let her watch Love Island, I wouldn't let her watch certain things.

"And then I'd hear her talking to Junior going, 'I saw it today at lunchtime on my friend's phone.' So I know they will find a way what we need to do is provide the tools to help them while they're on there."

Andre revealed the advice he gives his teenagers, who are now both in the public eye and on social media, is to delete any negative messages they receive before reading them.

He explained: "I think it took me many, many years to understand this - if you see the first negative word, even the slightest negative word, before you read the rest just get rid of it straight away. Just take it away."

He went on: "But also I think its really important us as parents have to let the kids be able to talk to us. There's this constant argument of 'You can't be your child's friend, you have to be a parent.' Of course you have to be a parent but you also have to be their friend so they can talk to you."

Andre admitted the video – which features themes of suicide – is very graphic, but he felt it was necessary to get the message across.

He said: "It's very hard hitting this video, almost too hard hitting that we cant show some of the footage this morning. But sometimes you need that to bring the point across. I remember some of those adverts about speeding - they used to show horrific ones and I remember thinking, 'That's too much.' But that's the way to get people to listen."

Good Morning Britain airs on ITV from 6am-9am from Monday to Friday.

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