with the fiancee he met on MySpace, dailymail.co.uk 13.01.09
MySpace has been heralded for bringing bands together and finding artists, such as Lily Allen and Adele, recording contracts.
And now, the social networking website has resulted in the creation of life.
Former
Blue singer Lee Ryan is ecstatic after the fiancee he met on MySpace
gave birth to their son Rayn Lee Amethyst last month.
Rayn's birth follows a whirlwind romance for the couple, who met on MySpace two years ago.
After chatting over the internet for a year, they finally met face-to-face in autumn 2007 and fell for each other straight away.
They announced their engagement last year, and soon after confirmed they were expecting a baby together.
Unveiling their new arrival to Hello! magazine, Lee claimed fatherhood is the best thing that's ever happened to him.
The full interview is in the new issue of Hello! magazine, on sale today
The 25-year-old said: 'I’ve got this incredible feeling of responsibility and protectiveness. It’s great - I love it.'
Sammi, also 25, enthused: 'I couldn’t do it without him.
'It’s been an incredible year for us. We keep looking at Rayn and saying to each other we just can’t believe he’s ours.'
Since
the couple started their relationship over a year ago, Lee has
abandoned London - where he grew up - and is renting a 300-year-old
cottage, not far from Sammi's family in rural Oxfordshire.
Lee said: 'I wouldn’t move back to London for the world. It’s definitely not the place to be bringing up children.
'As
soon as he arrived, I can remember we both started crying. It was a
very emotional moment. We’d waited nine months for this and finally we
were at the end. On seeing him come out, I think I went into a bit of
shock.
'We’d chosen the name some time ago. We both just liked
it. It’s an anagram of Ryan. And Amethyst came about because we wanted
a precious stone in there. If we ever have a girl, she’ll be called
Rose Quartz.'
Little Rayn may only be a few weeks old, but Lee is already planning a music career for the youngster.
He
said: 'Rayn’s everything that I’m working for. I can’t wait till he
gets older, then I can teach him the guitar and piano and how to sing.
I also can’t wait for him to appreciate my jokes.'
Lee and bandmates
Antony Costa, Duncan James and Simon Webbe enjoyed hits such as All
Rise and One Love and duetted with Elton John on a cover of Sorry Seems
to be the Hardest Word.
The group sold 3.5million records before splitting in 2005.
The arrival of baby Rayn means Lee is the last member of Blue to become a father.
Duncan
has a three-year-old daughter Tiannie-Finn, Simon has a 12-year-old
daughter Alanah and Antony has a four-year-old daughter Emilie.
The full interview with Lee and Sammi appears in this week’s Hello! magazine, on sale today.
source: the older fans