Those hoping for a future Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult reconciliation may have to think again as it's just been reported that Hoult has become a father with girlfriend Bryana Holly.

The 28-year-old actor and 24-year-old US model have welcomed their first child together, according to People.

A source told the publication: 'They have kept the news under wraps, but are so happy and excited.'

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The news follows speculation that the couple were set to become parents when Holly - who previously dated Kim Kardashian's step-brother Brody Jenner - was photographed with a prominent baby bump in March.

The star previously opened up about their relationship last November when he was asked by Mr Porter's The Journal whether Holly had her own space in his bedroom.

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'I don't feel as though I'm that possessive over things like that,' he explained. 'She can put her stuff wherever she likes.'

He continued: 'My dad was an air pilot so he was flying a lot, and I grew up with two sister and my mum so I was used to "girl things" being around and a "girl environment" in the household.'

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Prior to his relationship with Holly, Hoult famously dated Jennifer Lawrence on and off for years before officially ending their relationship in 2014, shortly after they finished filming X Men: Days of Future Past.

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The Oscar-winning actress later reflected on their split - which coincided with the end of filming of the X Men movie - to Diana Sawyer, saying (via Vanity Fair): 'These movies had been my life for so long and they had to come first in everything.

'I was also in a relationship with somebody for five years and that was my life. So my life was this person and these movies and we broke up around the same time that I wrapped those movies. Being 24 was this whole year of, "Who am I without these movies? Who am I without this man?"'

Congratulations, Nicolas and Bryana!

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