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SAS star becomes dad again aged 48 as baby arrives 5 weeks early

SAS star becomes dad again aged 48 as baby arrives 5 weeks early

Metro21 hours ago
Jason Fox and his wife have announced the birth of a baby boy, five weeks prematurely.
The SAS: Who Dares Wins star, who has daughters Honor, 14, and Amy from previous relationships, and his third wife, Jules Fox, welcomed Jack into the world on June 8.
Expressing their joy, they shared a series of sweet photos that showed them bonding with the newborn.
Captioning the picture carousel that was posted on Jason's Instagram account on Thursday, he revealed the little one's full name.
'Jack Conrad Fox. 8th June 2025. Five weeks early.'
Heaping praise on his other half, he declared: '@julesfoxter has been and is amazing!'
Jason described his baby boy as 'epic' and joked that he's already 'brilliant at immobilising [him]' by lying across his chest, sleeping soundly.
Many of the 48-year-old ex-Royal Marine and Jules' celebrity pals congratulated the couple on the birth of Jack in the post's comments section.
Saira Khan, 55—who, in 2023, took part in the celebrity version of the Channel 4 show that sees stars be put through the Special Air Services screening process to test their mental, emotional, and physical strength—wrote: 'Huge congratulations!'
Reality TV star Ferne McCann, 34—who starred in the 2022 series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins—penned: 'So so happy for you and @julesfoxter. He is absolutely gorgeous.'
And former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley, 41, said: 'Oh so gorgeous!! Huge congratulations xx'.
Jason's fans also jumped into the carousel's comment section to fawn over baby Jack, declaring him 'a little cutie' and voicing their happiness for the growing family.
Jason, whose teen daughter came from his marriage to second wife Lucy Culkin, has previously opened up about his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)—a mental health condition that is caused by experiencing or witnessing traumatic events.
He developed this following his two decades in the British Army, having joined the Royal Marines Commandos in 1992 at the age of just 16.
In 2001, he joined the Special Boat Service and reached the rank of Sergeant.
However, in April 2012, he was medically discharged from service due to his PTSD diagnosis.
Irrespective of his own struggles, though, Jason would support his children if they wanted to join the military.
He told Metro in March: 'I'd tell them to think long and hard about whether it was right for them.
'Once I'd made sure they had thought about it properly, I'd be fully behind them, as my parents were with me.'
Jason, aka Foxy, has also openly admitted that his life in the military took a toll on his home life as he tried to juggle his army commitments with being a present father and husband. More Trending
Speaking to Spencer Matthews on his Big Fish podcast, Jason reflected on the drive and passion his military stint gave him: 'It gave me a lot of confidence; it taught me that I've got more confidence than I thought I had.'
'My 'why' [in life] was my love for being a soldier. I enjoyed the craft of soldiering. There's a lot more to it than just running around shouting and stuff.'
However, the imbalance in his high-intensity, stressful professional life and his home life contributed to his mental health struggles.
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'It had a massive impact on me mentally … but the reason it had an impact on me is because I didn't know how to balance my work life with my home life. And I was a great soldier—I was a s**t husband and a s**t father because I didn't know how to balance it.'
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