Mollie King gives insight into home life as she returns to work after mat leave
Mollie King returned to work from maternity leave in style - making sure she was back for Big Weekend. 'It's so good to be back,' she told me - and said she was made up to be reunited with co-host Matt Edmonson.
'I've missed this guy. He was the first person to visit and meet the little one.' The Saturdays star welcomed her second daughter, Lilliana, with cricketer Stuart Broad in January. Telling me she's got the mum juggle down to a tee, she said: 'I've got the best of both worlds. I see my best friend in the afternoon and then my girlies, and Stuart, in the morning.
"To have cuddles with the girls and then do the radio show is perfect.' Mollie and Matt open day three of the festival with a DJ set - and are promising some dance moves.
'It'll be fun,' said Matt. 'There will be lots of hands in the air. Timber by Pitbull will 100% be on the list.'
'I think we should practice a little routine,' added Mollie.
That will be festival high - but Matt shared one experience which hit a bum note.
'I was at Tea In The Park,' he said. 'I was on a golf buggy. There was a lattice fence and I saw a guy take a s*** against that fence. That was quite a low point. It was like one of those Playdo fun factories.' That's an image I could have done without.
Mollie and Stuart stunned fans earlier in the week when they revealed their second bundle of joy had arrived last year. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Mollie shared a string of images of herself holding her baby daughter.
She wrote: "Just before Christmas we welcomed our truly adorable Liliana into the family. Since then I've had the most unforgettable and incredible maternity leave watching her grow and experience the world little by little each day.
"It's been the most special and precious time I could have ever asked for."
Sharing the news ahead of her Radio show return, she continued: "Tomorrow I'll be back with my second family - my @bbcradio1 team and with our wonderful listeners, but to my beautiful baby girls if they read this when they're older… Liliana, you've been the best Christmas present we could've wished for.
"I was so nervous that I wouldn't know how to look after 2 but you have been the world's most relaxed baby with the biggest smile for your family. Thank you for our midnight feasts and 4am snuggles - plenty more of those to come! And Annabella, thank you for continuing to make me belly laugh every single day and for welcoming your little sister into this world with so much love."
She added: "I'm so lucky to watch you grow day by day - thank you girls for teaching me to be your Mummy - you are our world."
Stuart reacted to the news himself, replying to Mollie's post to write: "The best time" alongside a red heart emoji.
Further images showed the proud dad looking after his elder daughter in the kitchen, and laying on the floor with his baby. Further snaps showed him, Mollie and Annabella all doting over Liliana.
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