Lee Latchford-Evans admits he felt ‘resentment’ towards friends with babies after wife’s miscarriage

Lee Latchford-Evans has admitted that he and his wife Kerry-Lucy felt ‘a bit of resentment’ for their friends with who were pregnant or had had babies following their heartbreaking miscarriage in 2018.

The couple, who married in 2012, recently revealed they are expecting their first child, a baby boy, later this year. 

And speaking in a new interview, the Steps star, 46, and his wife of nine years, 36, opened up about their devastating loss as well as their joy over their soon-to-be new arrival.

Tough time: Lee Latchford-Evans has admitted that he and his wife Kerry-Lucy felt ‘a bit of resentment’ for their friends with who were pregnant or had had babies following their heartbreaking miscarriage in 2018

The couple went through unimaginable heartache three years ago which saw Lee’s father die and Kerry-Lucy’s mum passing away before they then lost their baby – all in the space of four months.

Discussing how they then felt amid other people’s baby joy, Lee explained to OK! Magazine: ‘We’ve wanted a baby for so long. We did start thinking, “Why isn’t this working for us? What’s wrong with us?” You doubt each other slightly, but luckily we have a very strong relationship.

‘We went through a time where all of our friends were pregnant and people were always walking past us with prams and I guess we hated that and had a bit of resentment towards them, which I know we shouldn’t but it was difficult and frustrating.’

Emotional: Speaking in a new interview, the Steps star, 46, and his wife of nine years, 36, opened up about their devastating loss as well as their joy over their soon-to-be new arrival (pictured in 2019)

Emotional: Speaking in a new interview, the Steps star, 46, and his wife of nine years, 36, opened up about their devastating loss as well as their joy over their soon-to-be new arrival (pictured in 2019)

The Deeper Shade Of Blue singer told how although he was always ‘quite positive’ in life, he found it difficult to do so amid their tragic time as they’d gone through ‘so much’. 

He added that he also found it hard doing TV interviews with Steps where they were asked about their children as he recalled: ‘I had to live with that’. 

Lee is the only Steps star not yet to welcome a child, with the others already parents.  

Kerry-Lucy also opened up about losing her mum and child so close to each other, noting that the whole period was ‘a complete blur’ and found it ‘hard to believe’ that all that tragedy had happened to them.

Trying time: 'We've wanted a baby for so long. We did start thinking, "Why isn't this working for us? What's wrong with us?" (pictured in 2017)

Trying time: ‘We’ve wanted a baby for so long. We did start thinking, “Why isn’t this working for us? What’s wrong with us?” (pictured in 2017)

However, the pair, who’ve been together since 2007, are looking forward and can’t wait to welcome their baby boy this summer – especially after Kerry-Lucy had been ‘convinced’ she was having a girl.  

On learning she was expecting a boy, Kerry-Lucy explained: ‘We went to this lovely place for a private scan as I wanted Lee to be there. If it’s a boy the room goes blue – or pink for a girl. When the room turned blue it was strange. I wasn’t disappointed or upset, I was actually genuinely really happy, it was a lovely surprise.’

Lee who found fame in Steps in 1997 alongside co-stars Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Claire Richards and Lisa Scott Lee.

Resentment: 'We went through a time where all of our friends were pregnant and people were always walking past us with prams and I guess we hated that and had a bit of resentment towards them'

Resentment: ‘We went through a time where all of our friends were pregnant and people were always walking past us with prams and I guess we hated that and had a bit of resentment towards them’

Difficult: He added that he also found it hard doing TV interviews with Steps where they were asked about their children as he recalled: 'I had to live with that' ( pictured in 2017)

Difficult: He added that he also found it hard doing TV interviews with Steps where they were asked about their children as he recalled: ‘I had to live with that’ ( pictured in 2017)

The singer told his bandmates over Zoom recently, adding that he’ll be busy in August. 

And he was congratulated by him bandmates and This Morning hosts Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes on Monday.

Ruth said: ‘We’ve all got to give him a round of applause. You’re the last one out of the group to have kids. Congratulations to you.’

H is dad to five-year-old twins Macsen and Cybi, who were born via a surrogate in March 2016.

Claire is mother to son Charlie, 13, and 11-year-old Daisy. Lisa is mother to Jaden, 13, and Star, 11, while Faye is mum to 12-year-old Benjamin.

Exciting news: The singer told his bandmates over Zoom recently, adding that he'll be busy in August

Exciting news: The singer told his bandmates over Zoom recently, adding that he’ll be busy in August