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"Billie Piper is expecting her second child with husband Laurence Fox. A spokesperson told Digital Spy that the couple are &amp;quot;delighted&amp;quot; to be expecting another baby. The former Secret Diary of a Call Girl star was reportedly worried that her pregnancy would affect her role in Neil LaBute&amp;#039;s play Reasons to be Pretty.  London&amp;#039;s Almeida Theatre&amp;#039;s artistic director Michael Attenborough, who also directs the play, revealed news of the new arrival, telling the Daily Mail that Piper was upset at the prospect of disrupting the previews.  &amp;quot;She was upset and told me she was pregnant,&amp;quot; Attenborough said, adding that the actress had &amp;quot;very generously offered to withdraw&amp;quot; from her role.  &amp;quot;However, she was Neil LaBute&amp;#039;s and my first choice for the part - and fortunately the character is pregnant - so with a bit of judicious rewriting we&amp;#039;re all delighted she&amp;#039;ll be with us.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;I told her that I&amp;#039;d love her to do it and she just wept on my shoulder. She thought that was it. She was thrilled.&amp;quot; Piper and Fox, who married in 2007, are already parents to 3-year-old Winston.  &amp;gt; Billie Piper to star in feuding lovers BBC Three comedy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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