Millions know him as hot-headed Aaron Dingle on Emmerdale, but away from the soap, actor Danny Miller has a softer side.
And this was never more clear than when the 30-year-old popped the question to his girlfriend Steph Jones over a romantic candlelit dinner in St Lucia earlier this year.
“I thought I was going to be sick because I was so nervous,” laughs Danny as we join him and midwife Steph on an exclusive shoot near their home in Manchester.
But it’s not just their engagement that we’re celebrating, as little did the couple know that just a month later they’d be preparing to become parents when Steph discovered she was expecting their first child.
The news was all the more special as the pair were just days away from starting IVF after a year of trying to conceive naturally.
“We’ve done so many tests that were negative, so I wasn’t expecting it to be positive. I couldn’t believe it,” smiles Steph, who is due in October.
Here, Danny and Steph, 29, who have been together for two years but first met in primary school, open up about Danny’s beach proposal, their journey to conceive and the moment Danny found out he was going to be a dad on the Emmerdale set…
Congratulations on your pregnancy and engagement! You’ve had quite the start to 2021…
Danny: It’s been amazing. We’ve had a lot of time to process it so it’s finally sunk in now.
Steph: Now more people know it’s even more exciting. It’s becoming more real.
How did you feel when you found out you were going to be parents?
This story is from the May 24, 2021 edition of OK! UK.
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