Lucy Mecklenburgh reassures ITV The Games viewers over fiancé Ryan Thomas

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Lucy Mecklenburgh reassured The Games viewers after fans thought she had given birth. The former The Only Way is Essex star is currently heavily pregnant with her and Ryan Thomas ' second child.

The ex- Coronation Street actor has already shared his 'worry' that his baby girl will be born this week as he competes live in ITV's new sporting show. Ryan, who played Jason Grimshaw in the ITV soap from 2000 to 2016, shared a photo of his fiancée Lucy after viewers saw him finally emerge victorious in the canoe slalom event.

The picture showed Lucy back at their Essex home posing for a mirror selfie while showing off her blessing bump having rolled up her top. Ryan wrote alongside the snap of his wife-to-be: "My biggest worry is this! Ticking time bomb @lucymeck1." He then added: "Will I make it to the end of @thegamestv."

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And on Wednesday night, ahead of the third of five live editions of The Games, Lucy took to Instagram as she cuddled up to a friend's newborn baby girl. "Congratulations @keeleyfurbank Perfect little angel," she wrote alongside the sweet video, adding a pink heart. She also told her followers the little one was called Bella.

But there must have been some confusion in Lucy's private messages as she followed up the post a short while later with a message to those watching her husband-to-be. "Hha no, not my bubba! Dw [don't worry] u will still see @ryanthomas84 and his [peach emojis] on @thegames tv."

Lucy's message comes after her other half, who she shares her son Roman with, accidentally showed more than he was expecting during Tuesday night's edition of the show which sees 12 celebrities go head to head in a series of