New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Bella’s Double Joy ‘Dad Predicted Twins!’

It’s hard to pull the wool over Paul Henry’s eyes. And his youngest daughter Bella and her husband Julyan Collett know this all too well.

When they were going through fertility treatment in the hopes of starting a family, Paul – as a lovingly invested grandad – wanted to be included in all the medical results.

However, this meant there was little chance of ever surprising the seasoned broadcaster.

So when the shocked couple got the news they were finally expecting – and it was twins – they had to resort to lying to throw the 63-year-old Traitors NZ host off the scent.

“My dad made me send all my scans to him because he knew someone who worked at a fertility clinic and wanted to get second opinions on all the tests,” explains Bella.

“As soon as he knew I had two strong follicles that could each produce an egg, meaning a chance of twins, that’s what Dad wanted!” she laughs.

“Once Julyan and I found out from a scan that we were pregnant with twins, we thought we’d surprise everyone by announcing

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