‘He’s got a Mexxy kind of personality:’ Coronation Street’s Brooke Vincent reveals the meaning behind her baby son’s unusual name
She gave birth to her baby boy in October, 2019.
And Brooke Vincent revealed the inspiration behind the unusual name of her son, Mexx, to the Loose Women panel on Monday.
The actress, 28, said that she had been playing around with different name ideas before settling on the majestic Dutch name.
Cute! Brooke Vincent joined the Loose Women panel on Monday by video link and accompanied by her son Mexx as she explained the reasoning behind her tot’s unusual name
Brooke has been dating Sheffield United ace Kean Bryan, 23, since 2016, and the couple welcomed their first child last year.
She joined the daytime talk show accompanied by her tot via video link, as she revealed that her partner loves their son’s name just as much as she does.
She said: ‘We found out it meant “The Greatest” in Dutch and we really love it.
In agreement: The Coronation Street actress, 28, shares her son with Sheffield United ace Kean Bryan, 23, and they both loved the name Mexx which means ‘The Greatest’ in Dutch
‘He really suits it. He’s got a Mexxy kind of personality.’
During her brief appearance on Loose Womens, she also revealed that she was shocked how long it took her to return to her original shape.
She added: ”A lot of my friends had children in the past and it’s just one of those things that wasn’t spoken about, you didn’t know you have a baby then however long to get back into your jeans…
Before and after: Brooke made the candid confession about her body as she revealed she was shocked at how long it took her to return to her original shape following the birth of her son
‘Katy Perry put something on Instagram this morning five days after giving birthday. You just presume your stomach is going to go down because the baby is out and not inside you’.
She confessed of her pregnancy diet: ‘I have a few months of Deliveroo still knocking about for not bouncing back, one of those things i wasn’t really aware of’.
Talk then turned to an Instagram post shared in November in which she detailed the pressures of motherhood in a candid message.
She admitted she was in tears as she struggled to fit into 23 of her pre-pregnancy outfits while planning to have her ‘first cocktail in 11 months’ with her partner.
She confessed of her pregnancy diet: ‘I have a few months of Deliveroo still knocking about for not bouncing back, one of those things i wasn’t really aware of’
The Manchester native started off her post by revealing she was gearing up to enjoy her first date night since giving birth to Mexx, but opted to stay at home as she felt like a ‘completely different person’.
Brooke explained: ‘Tonight I was supposed to look completely different, I was supposed to be dressed up, hair and make up done ready to eat some nice food and maybe have my first cocktail in 11 months with Kean.
‘Our first time away from Mexx for an hour or two, instead I look like this. I look like this because I naively thought that 4 weeks after my baby I would be in all my old clothes looking exactly like I did before I got pregnant.’ [sic]
The thespian confessed she was ‘ashamed’ as she struggled to fit into nearly two dozen of her old clothes, and she compared herself to other working mothers
Open and honest: The thespian confessed she was ‘ashamed’ as she struggled to fit into nearly two dozen of her old clothes, and she compared herself to fellow working mothers