Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe and Geordie Shore's Greg Lake secretly split
Actress Jennifer took to Instagram to tell fans that she had secretly split from beau Greg months ago, but they are determined to remain good friends and co-parent their little boy
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Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has split from Geordie Shore's Greg Lake.
The pair, who share son Daye, have revealed that they secretly broke up months ago.
She wrote on Instagram: "Greg and I decided to part ways amicably a couple months ago. We remain friends and we both will continue to happily co parent Daye and would appreciate privacy during these times.
"Thank you to everyone who has supported us before, during and after this."
Jen, best known for playing Mercedes McQueen in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, started dating Geordie Shore original Greg in 2012.
They welcomed their son in June 2017, and Jen described him as her "miracle baby".
She said the nurses who delivered him used that term after discovering a knot in the umbilical cord.
Speaking about the dramatic birth on Lorraine, Jennifer said: "As far as labour was concerned I quite enjoyed it. It was a bit of a challenge. These midwives came in that were absolutely incredible, they came in as his heart rate dropped. I think the contractions came a little bit too soon and were quite long
"His heart rate dropped and these midwives came in and were holding my hands and made me feel like superwoman. They said, 'come on, you're the best pusher in the North East'. Even if there was something wrong I wouldn’t have known about it.
"When he came out, our little gorgeous boy, his cord was in a knot, and in quite a tight knot as well. They say it happens to in one in 100 babies. It doesn’t end very nice, it can end in a stillbirth. It was quite a tight knot and it stops oxygen and food getting to him. But our little man defied the odds and here he is."
Former Dancing On Ice star Jennifer said the serious condition starts when the cord develops and could have been fatal if the knot had tightened.
The most recent picture of Jen and Greg together on her Instagram page is from July 12, and it's not known if they had split at this point.
She shared a string of adorable family snaps from their day out at the park with Daye, captioning them: "Fun in the sun".
Greg, who appeared on the first series of the MTV show alongside Vicky Pattison, Gary Beadle and Charlotte Crosby, shared a very similar statement on his own Instagram page.
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