Criss Angel and his wife Shaunyl Benson welcome daughter Illusia

Criss Angel and his spouse Shaunyl Benson have welcomed their daughter Illusia Angelina.

The kid is within the NICU after Shaunyl needed to have an emergency C-section at 35 weeks alongside, the illusionist shared to Instagram on Friday.

The Las Vegas based mostly Criss, 53, mentioned his partner, 29, is ‘resting and doing properly’ after the supply. The child lady was due in December. 

They have already got two sons collectively: Johnny Crisstopher, aged seven, and Xristos Yanni, age two. 

‘IT’S A GIRL!!! ❤️ Ran to the hospital early this morning the place my love @shaunylbenson needed to have an emergency C-section 35 weeks into her being pregnant,’ the illusionist shared in a clip.

He was nonetheless within the hospital.

‘She is at the moment in NICU. Each her and momma are resting and doing properly,’ added the star.

Within the video he seems at his new baby and says, ‘Look how stunning you’re. Hello, child! Sure, she’s stunning.’

The new child weighed 4 lbs., 13 oz., and measured 17 inches lengthy at start. 

The Australian actress mentioned on social media in July that the being pregnant caught her unexpectedly because it was very ‘sudden.’

‘Child quantity 3 was completely sudden, because of you tequila!. This is how I advised @crissangel and our household! Little lady – arriving December 2021,’ she mentioned on social media.

Her love Angel – whose actual identify is Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos – added, ‘So completely happy for our little lady, you my love and our blessed household however I assume nothing is non-public I really like you ceaselessly. ❤️❤️❤️❤️.’

Angel first broke the information that his girl love was pregnant on Father’s Day in June.

‘+1=5 It is a [party] … Blissful Father’s Day! Might on a regular basis be as particular as right this moment. @shaunylbenson ❤️.’

In June 2020 Angel talked about his son Johnny’s unbelievable bravery as he battles pediatric most cancers which he was recognized with in 2015.

In an unique interview with DailyMailTV, Angel turned emotional discussing Johnny’s braveness as he makes an attempt to beat most cancers following a relapse final November 2019.

Johnny is present process chemotherapy and therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia on the Remedy 4 The Youngsters Basis in Vegas.

Choking again tears, he revealed how the kind-hearted boy cheered up a distraught fellow affected person by handing him his toy automobile.

Recounting the second he advised DailyMailTV: ‘Johnny Crisstopher is a really distinctive boy.

‘He’s selfless. This occurred yesterday whereas he was right here; I have not advised anyone this story, it is a true story. Johnny Crisstopher was right here being handled. He was in a room, Shaunyl was with him, there was slightly boy who was continually crying. Johnny seemed over to Shaunyl and mentioned, ”Mommy, why is that boy crying?” And Shaunyl mentioned he is most likely getting handled, he is most likely scared and Johnny Crisstopher says, ”I need to give him a Sizzling Wheel automobile.”

‘So the nurses cleaned it off, Johnny Crisstopher introduced the Sizzling Wheel automobile to the little boy that was crying, and as quickly as he noticed Johnny Crisstopher, and Johnny Crisstopher gave him the Sizzling Wheel automobile, sincere to God, he stopped crying.’

The TV illusionist mentioned it is moments like that that assist him really feel ‘constructive’ and retain his religion in his son’s restoration.

‘I really consider with God something is feasible,’ he mentioned, including: ‘There’s a higher goal.’

Angel says the COVID-19 pandemic has made him much more decided to assist different most cancers victims, whose well being is additional in danger.

And he insists his household’s challenges have made him ‘recognize the second you’re in, even whether it is throughout a disaster.’

‘I can’t be anymore happy with a six-year-old boy who sees the world that means,’ he says.

‘These youngsters that get affected, it has a profound impact on them. They have a look at issues in another way.

‘They do not take issues with no consideration. They’re within the second and the second is what all of us should be in and should replicate on as a result of we do not know if we will have the subsequent second.’

In Might, Benson paid tribute to Johnny on Instagram, saying, “Our little superhero, loving life on a regular basis. He is carefree and full of affection. It has been a bizarre couple of months however Johnny takes it like a famous person. Yesterday we had an extended clinic go to for an immunoglobulin infusion which minimize our desert keep quick.’