The couple are set to welcome their fourth baby (Image: Briony Aston Instagram)
Coronation Street favourite, Sam Aston, has announced he is set to become a father for the fourth time. The 32-year-old, best known for playing Chesney Brown on the cobbles, revealed the happy news alongside wife Briony Aston. The couple are already parents to Sonny, five, Daisy, four, and two-year-old Hazel.
Briony shared the pregnancy announcement in a playful Instagram video showing their children being pulled across the floor by Sam before youngest daughter Hazel appeared clutching an ultrasound scan picture. Text across the clip read: “Here we go again… baby Aston #4.” A Christmas tree emoji appeared to hint at the baby’s expected due date later this year.
Briony and Sam hinted the baby was due around Christmas (Image: Briony Aston Instagram)
The sweet family announcement quickly attracted messages from friends and fans, with fellow Corrie star Sally Ann Matthews commenting: “I was literally thinking about you yesterday and whether you’d have any more! Congratulations to you all!!!!!”
Another fan wrote: “Brilliant announcement! Huge congratulations!!” And someone else added: “Oh woww the best news. Big big congrats!!!”
Sam and Briony married in 2019 after first meeting as teenagers.
While Sam has become one of Corrie’s longest-serving younger stars after joining the ITV soap in 2008, Briony works as a birth doula, supporting women during pregnancy and childbirth.
Sam joined Corrie in 2003 (Image: ITV)
Following the announcement, Briony revealed she plans to step back from work later in the year as she prepares for the new arrival.
Sharing an update online, she explained she had closed bookings for in-person doula support from mid-October onwards.
She wrote: “I’ve been at a couple of births while heavily pregnant in the past and I’ve found it’s just not practical with a huge bump.”
