Tom Ellis and Meaghan Oppenheimer secretly welcome baby via surrogate
Match star Tom Ellis and woman Meaghan Oppenheimer have welcomed their first child together via a surrogate mother.
“Our daughter Dolly Ellis-Oppenheimer was born on November 8 and within five hours of her being alive, she single-handedly ended the SAG strike,” said Ellis, 44, and Oppenheimer, 37, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, November 9, alongside photos of themselves in the hospital with their newborn baby. “We love her. Thank you so much to our amazing surrogate 💕.”
The arrival of the couple’s little one marks Oppenheimer’s first time as a mother and cements Ellis’ title as official girl daddy. He is already father to daughter Nora, 18, from a previous relationship, and shares daughters Florence, 15, and Marnie, 11, with ex-wife Tamzin Outhwaite. The couple was married for seven years after their divorce in 2014.
Ellis and Oppenheimer met in 2015 and announced their engagement two years later. They married in June 2019, with Ellis taking to social media to celebrate the news with his fans. “My new wife @moppyoppenheimer was a little unsure about my choice of transportation for the honeymoon 🤗 thank you to everyone who made our special day so precious,” he captioned a sweet Instagram snap of the newlyweds at their wedding.
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In addition to sharing his love for Oppenheimer, Ellis often takes to social media to talk about fatherhood. In August 2020, he opened up to The guard about the struggle of being away from his daughters during the coronavirus pandemic.
“It was unbearable,” the outlet shared. “There’s a part of you that isn’t there when they aren’t there.” (Ellis was in Los Angeles shooting Lucifer when COVID-19 struck while his children remained in Britain)
“Trying to stay positive while the world is falling apart and having your kids away from you and not knowing you’re going to see them was just… yeah,” he said, before noting that he was planning a “long-awaited reunion” with the girls . after a seven-month separation.
Ellis may have a good relationship with his daughters, but that doesn’t mean they are fans of his career.
“My kids are the least impressed with the work I do, and that’s kind of funny,” the actor said People in 2016. “Time and time again, when I’m on the telly, I say, ‘Look, it’s Dad on the telly,’ and they’ll kind of look up, give it a quick glance and then go back to what they’re doing , because it doesn’t matter to them at all.”
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He continued: “The only thing they really liked that I did was a really soft sitcom I did in Britain,” he said, adding: “They are my biggest fans as a father, but not as an actor .”
Ellis noted that his girls’ biggest annoyance, however, was when he tried to get creative at home. “What they don’t like when I talk is talking in the characters’ voices,” he joked. “It really doesn’t sit well with them.”