Suzanne Shaw and Darren Day have become grandparents after their son Corey welcomed his first child on Thursday.
Taking to Instagram to share the happy news, the Hear’Say singer, 44, revealed Corey’s girlfriend Erin had given birth to a son called Colton as she posted an array of sweet snaps.
While their relationship was turbulent to say the least when they split back in 2005, Suzanne and Darren, 57, have buried the hatchet as they put on a united front while smiling with the newborn.
Darren and Suzanne had an illicit fling back in 2003 while co-starring in the touring theatre production of Summer Holiday, despite both being engaged to other people.
However Darren’s reputation and career took a major nose dive after he walked out on the singer and their seven-week old son Corey on Mother’s Day in 2005, as she battled postnatal depression, reportedly uttering the phrase ‘I don’t do family.’
Now embarking on a new chapter as grandparents, Darren joked about the former couple’s age gap as he penned: ‘Grandad loves you so much…and is actually old enough to be a Grandparent, unlike Nanny! @suzi_shaw’.
Suzanne Shaw, 44, and Darren Day, 57, are grandparents! Hear’Say singer’s son Corey, 21, has welcomed his first child as she shared the news in an Instagram post on Thursday
The Hear’Say singer, 44, revealed Corey’s girlfriend Erin had given birth to a son called Colton as she posted an array of sweet snaps
Meanwhile Suzanne was overcome with emotion as she wrote: ‘Something beautiful, something true, My baby boy Corey, became a father To a precious son, wrapped softly in blue.’
She added: ‘Colton – Nanny loves you to infinity and back, you are perfect. I might not have reading glasses quite yet (like your grandad), but can’t wait to teach you handstands and cartwheels’.
The comment section was flooded with love from Suzanne’s friends as fellow Hear’Say member Kym Marsh wrote: ‘This is wonderful!!! Welcome to the grandparent club!!! You’re gonna love it’.
Myleene Klass added: ‘Huge congrats x’ while Nat Anderson penned: ‘How beautiful!!! Huge congratulations to you all lovely.’
Darren and Suzanne ended up dating for around 18 months and were engaged, but split just three months after the birth of Corey.
The former Hollyoaks star was reported at the time to have left Suzanne, saying: ‘I don’t do family’.
Speaking about it on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 show last year, Suzanne revealed that her ex ‘pretty much went out to get a curry and didn’t come back’ and said the fact she developed postnatal depression was ‘no surprise’.
However the pair have been on good terms for years as co-parents to their son.
Darren went on to marry Stephanie Dooley, who he eventually divorced in 2019, nine years after she took him back when he was caught philandering with ex Suzanne.
He is now engaged to his current girlfriend Sophie Ladds, penning a gushing post to her on Valentine’s Day.
Darren joked about the former couple’s age gap as he penned: ‘Grandad loves you so much…and is actually old enough to be a Grandparent, unlike Nanny! @suzi_shaw’
Darren and Suzanne ended up dating for around 18 months and were engaged, but split just three months after the birth of Corey
Suzanne was overcome with emotion as she wrote: ‘Something beautiful, something true, My baby boy Corey, became a father To a precious son, wrapped softly in blue’
The comment section was flooded with love from Suzanne’s friends as fellow Hear’Say member Kym Marsh wrote: ‘This is wonderful!!! Welcome to the grandparent club!!!’
Suzanne was previously engaged to Celebrity Big Brother star Darren. He walked out on the singer and their seven-week old son Corey on Mother’s Day in 2005 (pictured)
He is now engaged to his current girlfriend Sophie Ladds, penning a gushing post to her on Valentine’s Day
Recently Suzanne broke down in tears as she detailed her ‘messy and unexpected’ breakup from fiancé Sam Greenfield in an Instagram video last month.
Suzanne and Sam got engaged in 2014 and welcomed their son Rafferty in 2015.
Confirming the pair split in January, Suzanne said she is glad she now has the tools to navigate a breakup sober, having quit alcohol six years ago.
She said: ‘I’ve not been online for a little while because I’ve just been navigating some stuff in my life which is a breakup that I’m going through at the moment when I genuinely did not expect I’d be saying this out loud.
‘It’s been tough, it’s been really tough and I wasn’t actually even going to say anything online but I just thought like the nature of my account is all about mental health, my struggles with my mental health, quitting alcohol, changing my lifestyle, taking up running, all of the things that have just brought my stability.
‘And now things have just taken a different road, taken a different path. It’s been tricky but my goodness thank god I have got the tools to navigate this.
‘And thank god it’s been six years of not drinking, six years of really dedicating my life to my personal development.
‘I’ve not been perfect through this and it’s been a little bit messy but I’ve certainly been able to tap into therapy, I’ve been able to tap into meditation, a little bit of running, understanding that I need to eat well.
‘And understanding that I need to just lean into this pain and heal and it is a new chapter of deep healing because for me, I am going into the era of having the greatest love affair with myself.
‘It was important for me to share this, it was important for me to close one chapter to move into the next.
‘I’ve not known what to say since the start of January but here I am, nearly in March now ready to just go this journey of total true self healing and giving myself the highest quality of love that I should have done a long time ago.’
In her caption, Suzanne asked fans to ‘respect’ that she isn’t going into details about her breakup.
Two years before her engagement to Sam, Suzanne was married to Heart FM presenter Jason King, 51.
She married the radio presenter in 2009 until their separation in 2012.
