Congrats! Union J singer JJ Hamblett is a dad
Union J star JJ Hamblett has become a father for the first time.
The Carry You singer's girlfriend, model Caterina Lopez, gave birth to a boy at 9:30am on November 28.
The tot weighed 6lb and both mother and baby are doing well.
Revealing the happy news on his Twitter account, JJ tweeted: "Its official at 9 30am today I became a Daddy The healthy little boy has arrived at a weight of 6lb!!!!! soooo happy right now :)))) xx"
Caterina went into labour on November 27 and JJ, 25, could barely contain his excitement as he waited for their son to be born.
In earlier tweets, he said: "AND NOW WE WAIT!!! :-))))))) x ... NOT LONG NOW!!!!!! Sooooooo excited :))))) xxx (sic)"
Since revealing he has become a dad JJ - who is joined in Union J by Josh Cuthbert, Jaymi Hensley and George Shelley - has been inundated with congratulatory messages on his Twitter page.
One Direction star Niall Horan was among the hundreds of well-wishers.
His message read: "Congrats JJ mate!"
