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Meet Declan Donnelly's rarely-pictured children with wife Ali Astall


I'm a Celebrity host Dec shares daughter Isla and son Jack with his wife and former manager, Ali Astall, whom he married in 2015


Ali Astall and Declan Donnelly attend the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on May 13, 2018 in London, England.© Karwai Tang
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Georgia BrownSenior Lifestyle & Fashion Writer
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Updated: November 13, 2025
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Declan Donnelly is heading back to the jungle with his co-host Ant McPartlin for another year of I'm A Celebrity. It's a long way for the UK presenting duo to travel, but it looks like Dec has brought his family along to keep him company ahead of the 2025 series. Days out from the show, the presenter, 50, was spotted soaking up the sunny Aussie weather on an outing with his wife, Ali Astall. The longtime couple were pictured out for a stroll on Cabarita Beach in New South Wales.

Dec shares two children with his wife, Ali, who worked as Dec's manager for more than a decade before they found love and eventually married in 2015. They welcomed their daughter Isla in 2018 and their son Jack in 2022. Dec and Ali have taken special care to keep them out of the spotlight ever since their birth. In fact, the public has only ever seen two photos of Dec's children, which he shared on his social media accounts when Isla and Jack were born.

Keep scrolling to meet the Saturday Night Takeaway star's two rarely-seen children…

Isla Donnelly, seven

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Back in September 2018, Dec announced the birth of his and Ali’s first child on his shared Twitter page with Ant. The proud dad posted an adorable snap of his newborn daughter holding onto his finger. He wrote: "Ali and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our baby girl, Isla Elizabeth Anne, who was born just after 9 o’clock this morning. Mother and daughter both doing well, Dad is head over heels! D x." 

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Jack Donnelly, three

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In July 2022, Dec shared a similar photo of his baby boy’s tiny hand grasping his dad’s finger. The former Byker Grove actor said: "Shortly before 10am yesterday, 23.7.2022, Ali and I welcomed the arrival of our son, Jack Anthony Alphonsus, a very welcome ray of light. He is wonderful and Isla is beyond excited to be a big sister! D x."

Fans are yet to see more of Dec’s two children; the star clearly takes his family’s privacy seriously as he has kept them off social media completely since sharing these initial photos.

Ali Astall and Declan Donnelly with their pet dachshund Rocky© Getty
The couple also share their home with their pet dachshund Rocky

Speaking about becoming a father after welcoming his daughter, Isla, Dec wrote in the TV duo's book, Once Upon a Tyne: "Becoming a dad has completely transformed me. 

Dec and Ali on their wedding day© Alamy
Dec and Ali became parents three years after their wedding at St Michael's Church, Elswick, Newcastle.

"At first, like all expectant parents, I didn't truly understand how much it was going to change me. I just thought it was another little person coming to live in the house... 

"It opened up a whole other side to me, a side I didn't know existed. I felt a love that I didn't realise it was possible to feel. Everything I do, every day, is for my daughter now."

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