THE Traitors star Paul Gorton has revealed his newborn son Cooper is in hospital after a dash to A&E.
The reality show villain, 36, revealed the little one was hooked up to an IV after contracting bronchitis.
The reality star’s wife Kate Waldron told followers at the weekend: “Poor little Cooper had been bunged up for a couple of days but yesterday morning I noticed that his tummy was sucking under his ribs when he was breathing and had developed a cough.
“I called 111 and two ambulances were at our door within 5 minutes!! I had to ride with him in the ambulance with an oxygen masked on him, it was all so scary.
“Turns out he had bronchiolitis! I’m so sad for our little baby, not even 4 weeks old yet!”
She later explained Cooper had spent the night in hospital and that, while she and Paul want him home as soon as possible, it’s important he stays where he is receiving the best care.
Last night Paul wrote on his Instagram story: “Thanks for the messages everyone, really means a lot. Cooper has bronchitis and is currently on an IV and oxygen getting the best care.
“Hoping he turns a corner and improves as soon as possible.”
Influencer Kate and Paul announced they were expecting their second child in the summer, two years after the birth of their son Charlie.
The couple have been together for 11 years.
Today, Kate issued another update and explained she has been told to stop breastfeeding the poorly tot to aid his recovery.
She said: “Thank you all so much for all your kind messages about Cooper. Unfortunately yesterday he got worse and needed to be put on oxygen and an IV drip for fluids.
“I had to stop breastfeeding because having milk in his stomach was making breathing harder for him so he’s been nil by mouth for over 12 hours now and they are going to tube feed him small amounts soon from what I have pumped.”
The devastated mum continued: “As you can imagine for a newborn not to have milk he was very unsettled so we gave him a dummy to finally get him to sleep and since then he has been flat out.
“Just not how you expect to see a baby so young, it’s so, so heartbreaking to see, and to not even be able to feed and comfort my own baby is just horrible.”
Paul quickly became a lovable rogue on The Traitors as he expertly manipulated his fellow players.
However, he met his match in eventual winner Harry Clark, who brutally dispatched him.
There were no hard feelings though and the pair have since launched their own podcast and are proving quite the double act.
