Dawn O’Porter and husband Chris O’Dowd joke ‘I think we’ll keep him’ as they announce birth of baby son

Dawn O’Porter and husband Chris O’Dowd confirm the birth of their first child, son Art
Congratulations: Dawn O'Porter and husband Chris O'Dowd have welcomed their first child (Picture: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Breast Cancer Care)
Emma Powell2 February 2015
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Dawn O’Porter and her husband Chris O’Dowd have welcomed their first child into the world - and they're pretty sure they'll keep him.

O'Porter, 36, who gave birth to son Art last Sunday, took to Twitter to confirm the news, tweeting: “Thanks all. He is one week old today. It's been a beautiful week. I think we'll definitely keep him;).”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">It's a boy! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hotpatooties" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-105766-https://twitter.com/hotpatooties" data-vars-event-id="c23">@hotpatooties</a> &amp; I would like to introduce Art O'Porter, our gorgeous baby. Well,I'm pretty sure he's ours <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/GepSscfjbZ" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-105766-http://t.co/GepSscfjbZ" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/GepSscfjbZ</a>— chris o'dowd (@BigBoyler) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BigBoyler/status/561972076584898563" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-105766-https://twitter.com/BigBoyler/status/561972076584898563" data-vars-event-id="c23">February 1, 2015</a>

Comedian O’Dowd then took to Twitter on Sunday evening to announce the news, and joked, “It's a boy! @hotpatooties & I would like to introduce Art O'Porter, our gorgeous baby. Well,I'm pretty sure he's ours” alongside a picture of a baby wearing O’Porter’s chic bob and O’Dowd’s bushy beard.

The couple announced the news that they were expecting while taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket challenge last summer.

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After O’Dowd threw the ice water over his head, he nominated IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan, co-star Richard Ayoade and ‘Baby O’Porter’, before pouring a small cup of water over the baby bump.

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