Emily Atack has admitted she couldn’t have a baby with anyone but Dr Alistair Garner.
The Rivals actress, 34, has been in a relationship with scientist Alistair since 2022 and gave birth to her son Barney in June.
Emily rarely comments on her private life, but has now admitted she feels like she’s “won the lottery” with the little one, adding that she couldn’t have gone through the “hard work” with anyone but her partner.
she said hhello! magazine: ‘I couldn’t ask for a better partner and Al is the only person on this earth I could have done this with.
“It was a very difficult birth and after 12 hours of labor I ended up having an emergency c-section, but he was very calm.”
Emily Atack couldn’t have a baby with anyone other than Dr. Alistair Garner and feels like she “won the lottery” with the little one (pictured September 2024)
The Rivals actress, 34, has been in a relationship with scientist Alistair since 2022 and gave birth to her son Barney in June.
The former Inbetweeners star also described Alistair as her ‘literal rock’ and can’t imagine her life with anyone else.
He added: ‘All the clichés in life come true when you fall in love and have a baby. He is my rock, but really, literally, he is my rock; I couldn’t live life with anyone but him.
Emily had known Alistair for over 30 years when they struck up a relationship, and MailOnline revealed that he is actually her aunt’s stepson.
In her 2019 autobiography, Are We There Yet?, Emily gave clues as to why she ended up in a relationship with Alistair, 38, because their cousins ”understand each other on a deep level.”
She says: ‘Cousins are the best invention since the Game Boy. They are basically 50 percent brothers and 50 percent companions. You look the same but different…
“They understand each other on a very, very deep level and have a little more social etiquette towards them than their brother or sister…
‘It makes me sad for my friends who don’t have that relationship with their cousins, because mine were the best friends I’ve ever had. They remain my best friends to this day.
Emily has a host of cousins, courtesy of the expanding families of her parents, actress Kate and singer dad Keith Atack, who split in 2007.
Emily had known Alistair for over 30 years when they entered into a relationship, and it was later revealed that he is her aunt’s stepson (pictured on Loose Women in October 2024).
Emily previously called her cousins ”the best invention since the Game Boy” and “50 per cent brother, 50 per cent mate” before it was revealed she was expecting a baby with her aunt’s stepson (pictured with Alistair).
The former Celebrity Juice star showed off her huge baby bump as she counted down the days until she gave birth, and by sharing this snap, she jokingly asked fans for ‘help’.
Alistair comes from his mother’s side, being the stepson of Kate’s sister Jane, who married his father Stephen Garner, who passed away in the summer of 2023, leaving Emily devastated.
The former Celebrity Juice star kept fans updated on the ups and downs of her pregnancy and showed off her huge baby bump as she counted down the days until she gave birth.
But when the baby appeared, she gushed that “all her dreams had come true” with the arrival of the newborn.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘We have a beautiful son. Barney James Garner. All my dreams have come true.’
