“Victor Breckx. July 3 ’22”, it sounds on the Instagram account of Lies Vandenberghe. The VTM NEWS sports anchor became a mother again two days ago with a son. Lies and Maarten have another son together: Georges. The latter can now officially call itself a big brother. According to the new parents, their oldest son is also very happy with the arrival of his playmate.
Both Lies and little Victor are doing well in the meantime. “Victor is a real Sunday child. He is doing fantastic and Lies has also done a great job and is doing well”, Maarten Breckx said in a press release. In addition, the VTM NEWS sports anchor also gave a special detail about the name of their little sprout. “Victor is named after his grandfather, my dad”, says Maarten.
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In January, Lies Vandenberghe and Maarten Breckx announced that a second child was on the way. “Happy new year from our growing family to yours. Baby brother on the way #july2022″, it sounded on Instagram at the time. In July 2019 the couple already had their first son Georges together. Maarten and Lies got to know each other about seven years ago at VTM NIEUWS. He was already working for the sports editors, she started as an intern at Royalty. After a year, the spark flew. The two tied the knot in 2018. Maarten and Lies have also been direct colleagues since April 2020, because they are both sports anchors at VTM NIEUWS.