Pregnant Stacey Solomon 'craving pickles'

Pregnant Stacey Solomon 'craving pickles'
Pregnant Stacey Solomon 'craving pickles' (Image credit: PA)

Stacey Solomon shows off her growing baby bump and reveals her cravings have left her in a pickle. The former X Factor star - who is six months' pregnant - said she recently ordered nothing but gherkins when she visited a fast-food drive-through. Stacey said her son Zac is looking forward to having a sibling: "He's so excited, he checks my bump every day to make sure it's still there." And speaking about her cravings, she said: "I drove to a McDonalds drive through and ordered a cup of pickles. Literally, I had a McDonalds cup filled just with pickles." She posed in a series of glamorous gowns to mark her role as a judge for the Foxy Mum of the Year competition, a nationwide search to identify Britain's best mother. Stacey, who already has one child and is due to give birth in early May, is the reigning celebrity mum who is crowned as part of the competition, organised by Foxy Bingo. Stacey, a past winner of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! revealed she may marry fiance Aaron Barham next year. "For me, I want to make sure I have both my kids down the aisle with me, and be small enough to fit in my dress, but we're hoping to organise it for next summer, but really haven't decided yet," she said. Nominations for the award can be made at foxybingo.com.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.