Actor Ioan Gruffudd and his new wife Bianca Wallace have revealed they are expecting a baby. The Welsh actor, 51, announced their big news on Father’s Day with an Instagram post. ‘Baby Gruffudd poppin’ out to say hello!’ he wrote, alongside a black and white photo of him kissing Bianca’s blossoming bump. The couple were inundated with well wishes following their announcement. Their baby joy comes two months after Ioan and Bianca, 32, tied the knot.
While it’s the first baby for the pair, who went public with their relationship in October 2021, it would be Ioan’s third child – he also shares daughters Ella, 15, and Elsie, 11, with ex-wife Alice Evans. Sources said that the news is a ‘gut punch’ to Alice, who has expressed her fears of becoming homeless following their split. The 56-year-old actress was married to Gruffud for 14 years before they split in early 2021. Despite being formally divorced in July 2023, they continue to be embroiled in a bitter battle over financial support and custody of their daughters.
‘Alice will be absolutely fuming over this. She’s made no secret of the fact she’s destitute looking after the two kids, so to have him rub how well he’s doing in her face is a real gut-punch,’ a source said. ‘For Ioan to not only break the news like that but do it on Father’s Day… it’s yet another horribly upsetting saga for her to deal with.’
Last month, Alice posted that she was facing homelessness after being evicted from her LA home after being ‘unable to pay’ her rent amid financial woes. ‘Four years of hell. And now the girls and I are going to be homeless. Somebody please help,’ she wrote. ‘I think I have reached rock bottom. In 16 days we have nowhere to go. Does anybody have a spare room? I’m so sorry for this. So embarrassed.’
She set up a GoFundMe Divorce fundraiser which raised over $18,000, and earlier this month, she revealed that she, her daughters and their dog Emma have ‘a roof over their heads’. ‘We are in our new place! I am so happy, thrilled, grateful and especially thankful,’ she told supporters.
Shereen Low is a senior news and entertainment writer for Grazia UK
