Bradley Johnson asks for parenting advice at 4am after welcoming first baby and sharing adorable pictures
Congratulations!
Emmerdale star Bradley Johnson, who plays Vinny Dingle, recently welcomed his first child and has been asking fans for parenting advice – at 4am!
Bradley and his fiancée Sammie Johnstone confirmed that they’d became parents over the weekend (Saturday, November 23), after the Vinny Dingle actor announced the pregnancy back in June.
Although an exciting time for the pair, reality has hit hard as both parents were awake at 4am wondering how to settle their baby.
Bradley Johnson becomes a dad
The Vinny Dingle actor revealed June that he and Sammie would soon be “mum and dad” and shared an image of a cake with the words: “baby coming December 2024.”
However, said baby arrived early. Bradley confirmed via Instagram on Saturday that the baby boy arrived on November 19.
In the Instagram post on November 23, Bradley wrote: “Albie Jake Johnson. You are absolutely everything.” An adorable image of Albie was included alongside a snap of a wooden plaque revealing Albie’s date of birth and weight – 6lbs 13oz.
Bradley’s Emmerdale co-stars congratulated him on the news, with on screen mum Lisa Riley, who plays Mandy Dingle, writing: “You know how proud me and Al are of you and Sammie – we love you loads… CONGRATULATIONS… we are available for baby sitting whenever, sending the biggest amount of love.”
Samantha Power – who recently joined as Tina Dingle – wrote: “Oh my god! Just gorgeous! Massive congrats to you all xxx”. Amy Walsh, who plays Tracy Metcalfe, wrote: “Awwwwwwww congratulations!!! He’s early!!!! Hope you’re all doing amazing! He’s beautiful xxxx” and Isabel Hodgins, who plays Victoria Sugden, added: “He is delicious. Sending my love to all three of you. Congrats xx.”
The new dad asks for advice
Like most new parents, the sleepless nights are taking their toll on the couple.
On Sunday night, Bradley shared a clip to his Instagram Stories, where he asked fans: “Just asking for a friend, when you’ve burped, changed nappy, fed, and repeated that 10 times. And it’s been two hours and your baby is still looking at you like that… [pulls silly face] and every time you put them down, they go… [screams] – just what do you do?”
Samantha could be heard laughing in the background as she told Bradley it was 4am. He then joked “4 o’clock? Got work tomorrow. Gonna need a lot of make-up on these eyes.”
The clip was captioned: “Smashing this parenting,” with a laughing emoji along with a time stamp which showed it was 4.14 in the morning. It gets easier, Bradley, we promise.
Who does Bradley Johnson play in Emmerdale?
Bradley has starred in Emmerdale as Vinny Dingle since 2019.
Despite being raised by Mandy Dingle, it was recently revealed that his real mother is Tina Dingle. Something that was kept a secret from Vinny, much to his disgust.
During his time in the village, Vinny has suffered much hardship. After welcoming his dad back into his life, Paul soon started to abuse Vinny – both physically and emotionally.
Vinny was later left heartbroken when his wife Liv Flaherty died during the big storm week in 2022.
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