TOWIE star Tom Pearce has welcomed his first child with his wife, he announced in an update on Friday.
The former TV personality, 35, who joined the ITV show as a pal of Joey Essex in 2012 before quitting in 2014 to relocate to Dubai, shared adorable photos with his newborn daughter and announced her sweet name.
Tom posed for a photo as his wife cradled baby Ariella Lua and shared a series of snaps to his Instagram account.
He wrote: ‘Welcome to the world, Ariella Lua Pearce… you have our hearts. Couldn’t be more proud of my lovely wife for growing our beautiful girl. 22/04/2026.’
In another photo, his wife, who’s name is unknown, laid in a hospital bed surrounded by pink balloons.
The post was flooded with congratulatory comments from his former co-stars including Ferne McCann, Diags, James Lock and Chloe Simms.
TOWIE star Tom Pearce has welcomed his first child with his wife, he announced in an update on Friday
The former TV personality, 35, who joined the ITV show as a pal of Joey Essex in 2012 before quitting in 2014 to relocate to Dubai, shared adorable photos with his newborn daughter
Tom relocated to Dubai to focus on his career as an equity broker back in 2014.
During his time on TOWIE he was best known for his brief on-off fling with Lucy Mecklenburgh.
The pair struck up a friends with benefits relationship after her toxic split from Mario Falcone. The pair then called it off when she didn’t want another serious relationship.
Previous to Lucy he enjoyed dalliances with Lauren Pope, Abi Clarke, Fran Parman and Grace Andrews – who all appeared on TOWIE.
In 2022, Tom shared that he had become engaged to his then partner Rebecca Walker after a romantic proposal in Bali.
However, three years later in 2025 it was confirmed that they had ‘quietly split’ the previous year.
A source said at the time: ‘They quietly split last year. It’s really sad as they were very loved-up and he did this big proposal in Bali, but unfortunately things didn’t work out.
‘Tom keeps a low profile these days, and has moved on from this time on TOWIE, so he didn’t want to put a big announcement out there.’
In another photo, his wife, who’s name is unknown, laid in a hospital bed surrounded by pink balloons
He wrote: ‘Welcome to the world, Ariella Lua Pearce… you have our hearts. Couldn’t be more proud of my lovely wife for growing our beautiful girl. 22/04/2026’
The post was flooded with congratulatory comments from his former co-stars including Ferne McCann, Diags, James Lock and Chloe Simms
They went on to tell The Sun: ‘He lives out in Dubai these days and is concentrating on his work.’
Daily Mail contacted a representative for Tom Pearce for comment at the time.
Tom first shared his engagement to Rebecca in 2022, taking to Instagram to share snaps of his romantic Bali proposal.
He also shared a snap of the exact moment he got down on one knee as she threw her head back with shock and happiness.
Tom captioned his engagement post: ‘The girl said yes!’ along with a ring emoji.
