Made In Chelsea’s Ollie Locke and husband Gareth reveal they are having a baby

Ollie Locke and his husband of four months Gareth are using a surrogate to have a baby.

The couple, who rose to fame on Made In Chelsea and got married in November on the E4 series, have revealed their plans to use an American egg donor with the British surrogate they have found.

The pair will also both provide sperm, but won’t know whose ends up being used.

‘We’re mixing it up, so it’ll be whoever’s swims best on the day and we’ll never know. Although if it comes out with yellow hair, it’ll be Gareth’s,’ Ollie, 34, told The Times this weekend.

Speaking about how he changed his mind on having children after meeting Gareth, and how they’re going with surrogacy over adoption, Ollie said: ‘When I realised I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Gareth, I felt this void that I knew I couldn’t fill naturally.’

‘I want my own biological child. If Gareth and I can’t have biological children for whatever reason, of course we can discuss [adoption] but surrogacy is our plan first.’

The couple have found a surrogate from the UK who they both ‘utterly adore’ and will fly to the US when COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted to meet their egg donor. This is because in the UK you cannot see what they look like.

‘The rules in America are more progressive and it feels like what we want to do is much more accepted and regulated. I hate the idea that in the UK you can’t see an egg donor’s face, so for the rest of my life I’d have no idea where my child’s features came from,’ Ollie added.

Both he and Gareth, 32, took to Instagram on Sunday to announce the news.

Captioning a snap of Disney princes Eric and Phillip with a baby, Ollie penned: ‘So I think it might be the time to tell you all! Gareth and I are very much on our surrogacy journey to become fathers.

‘We are very nearly there, with the help of the best person we could ever ask for! (you know who you are, our heavenly surrogate)

‘After many months of planning, legal formalities (I can’t believe it has been so difficult) and building the next stage to our home, we will soon be travelling to America (as soon as we can, sadly fertility is not essential travel!!) with our surrogate and hopefully become pregnant.

‘Whatever happens and through the ups and downs, we are going to take you all on our journey. We have waited for a long time to share this news. We felt it was a hugely important discussion telling our story of how a couple that love each other, and desperately wants a family are becoming parents!

‘Through my own social media, Made In Chelsea and (I’m sure) other TV platforms we will all go through this together and we couldn’t be more excited to become parents.’

This comes as Ollie’s best friend Binky Felstead is also expecting a baby, due in three months.

Ollie is godfather to Binky’s first child, India, three. 

Meanwhile, the new season of Made In Chelsea begins on March 29 on E4 at 9PM.