Noah Nicholas Martin Evans arrived on 10th February 2009 at 8:21am, and his dad announced it live on BBC Radio 2. Proper Chris Evans style — sharing the moment with millions of listeners whilst still processing becoming a father again at 42.
The birth wasn’t straightforward. Noah’s umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck. Scary stuff. But Chris Evans, the presenter who’d built his career on being loud and brash, went quiet when talking about it. He just said his wife Natasha did the hard work, helped by “a very nice man called Pat”.
What struck me about that announcement was Chris admitting Noah was “the only one of the three of us not to have cried.” That’s the thing about Chris, as he’s honest about being emotional, which isn’t typical for men his age in the media.
Chris Evans TV Presenter And His Family
Chris Evans built his reputation on chaos: The Big Breakfast, TFI Friday, walking out of Radio 1 after 18 months. He’s been married three times — to Carol McGiffin in the 90s, Billie Piper from 2001 to 2007, and then Natasha Shishmanian in August 2007.
Natasha is a professional golfer and part-time model. They met at Sky One’s All-Star Cup celebrity golf tournament in 2005 and became partners on the course, then in life.
Their wedding Was Low-Key At Guildford Register Office, which tells you something about how Chris had changed by then.
My mate’s cousin worked at Virgin Radio when Chris was there. He said he’d talk about his kids constantly and showed everyone photos, and he is a proper doting dad — complete opposite of his wild early career when he bought Virgin Radio, owned it, and then sold his media company for £225 million.
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The Chris Evans Presenter Children
Chris Evans’s children include five in total. Jade is from an earlier relationship with Alison Ward (she’s 39 now, married with a son called Teddy), then four with Natasha.
Noah Evans is the eldest at 16. Eli Evans arrived on 1st June 2012, making him 13 now. Then the twins Boo Evans and Walt Evans were born on 19th September 2018; they are seven.
Chris Announced The Twins’ Birth On His Radio 2 Show that Friday morning, admitting he’d been out “wetting the babies’ heads” and hadn’t got much sleep. Natasha rang in and said she had all four children in bed with her, and the older boys wanted to take the twins to school to show their mates.
That’s quite sweet — no nannies keeping them separate, just a proper chaotic family morning.
Noah Nicholas Martin Evans Growing Up In Public
Being Chris Evans’ son means your life gets shared with Radio 2 listeners whether you like it or not. Noah and Eli have appeared on their dad’s breakfast show multiple times over the years.
In June 2020, The Whole Family Did A Photoshoot For Hello! Magazine Wearing Matching Scrubs. They’d designed special “Noah Rainbow” fabric to thank the eldest son for his fundraising efforts during COVID. The bright material was used by Scrubs Glorious Scrubs to make outfits for NHS workers.
Noah was 11 then — old enough to be properly involved in charity work, young enough that having his name on special fabric probably felt quite cool. The family were photographed in their garden near Windsor Castle, all six of them grinning.
That photoshoot was rare. Chris might talk about his kids on air, but actual photos don’t appear often. He’s learned from his earlier marriages about being constantly photographed and picked apart.
Noah At 16 Now
Noah Nicholas Martin Evans is 16 in 2025. That’s GCSEs done, sixth form starting — proper teenage years.
Chris has mentioned Noah playing golf, like his mum. There’s a handicap system in golf where lower numbers mean you’re better. Chris plays off 15, which is decent for someone who took it up later. Noah apparently picked it up quicker, having grown up around it.
What Noah actually wants to do with his life, we don’t know. Chris doesn’t share those details, which is fair. Imagine being 16 and having your career plans discussed on national radio by your dad — mortifying.
The Twins: Boo Evans And Walt Evans
Boo Evans and Walt Evans are seven now, in Year 3. They were born in September 2018 when Chris was 52 and Natasha was 40.
Their names caused chat online when announced. “Boo” is presumably short for something, though Chris never said what. Walt could be Walter or just Walt. Neither are typical celebrity baby names, which is probably why Chris picked them.
The twins were born at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey. Chris was back on Radio 2 that Friday morning, two days later, talking about it. Natasha rang in during the show — a modern family moment: mum’s just given birth to twins and rings her husband’s breakfast show whilst four kids pile into bed with her.
Chris Evans joked he’d just talk about babies all day if guests weren’t coming in after 8am. Rowan Atkinson, Joanna Lumley, and Take That were all scheduled. But all Chris wanted to discuss was his twins.
Natasha Shishmanian: The Steady Presence
Natasha Shishmanian doesn’t do the celebrity circuit much. She writes for Golf Punk magazine and models occasionally, but mostly she’s busy with four kids.
She was 17 when she met Chris at that golf tournament in 2005. He was 39, famous, wealthy, and twice divorced. She was a young professional golfer. On paper, a weird match. In practice, they’ve been married 18 years and had four kids together.
Chris has said publicly that Natasha grounds him. His first two marriages were to women in the industry — Carol McGiffin was a TV producer, and Billie Piper was a pop star and then an actress. Those relationships were lived entirely in public. Natasha is different. She’s got her own career but it’s not about fame.
When Chris moved from BBC Radio 2 to Virgin Radio in 2018, taking a massive pay cut to have more creative freedom, Natasha supported it. That’s the kind of partnership that lasts — not just when things are easy.
Growing Up Evans
What’s it like being Noah, Eli, Boo, Or Walt Evans? Probably quite normal most of the time, then occasionally weird when your dad’s on TV or someone recognises him at Tesco.
Chris has talked about taking the kids to football matches, going to the cinema, and normal dad stuff. He’s mentioned Noah asking questions about his earlier career, the wild years, and the controversies. Chris reckons he’s honest with his kids about his past, the mistakes, and the lessons.
That’s decent parenting — not pretending you were perfect, just explaining you learned.
In 2023, Chris Announced He Was Being Treated For Melanoma. Scary for the whole family. By September, he was cancer-free. Natasha and the kids had been through a proper worry, but he came out fine.
Family Life In 2025
As of October 2025, Chris still hosts The Chris Evans Breakfast Show On Virgin Radio, 6:30–10am weekdays. Noah is 16, Eli is 13, and the twins are seven. Natasha is 49; Chris is 59.
They live near Windsor, run around ferrying kids to school and activities, and deal with teenage moods and twin chaos. Chris talks about it on air sometimes — the school runs, the chaos, the exhaustion.
He’s Britain’s most down-to-earth famous dad, really. He earns millions, drives Ferraris (although he sold 13 of them in 2015 to raise money for Children in Need), and admits when he’s exhausted from parenting.
The family still does CarFest every year. It’s Chris’s festival, but it’s become a family tradition. The kids see thousands of people show up, millions raised for charity, and their dad using his fame for something meaningful.
What Matters
Noah Nicholas Martin Evans didn’t choose to have a famous dad. None of the Evans kids did. But Chris Evans and Natasha have done something right — their kids seem normal. They’re not constantly in tabloids, no drama, no rebellion stories.
That takes work: keeping boundaries, saying no to things, and not exploiting your kids for content or publicity.
Chris learned from his earlier marriages being public disasters. He’s kept this family life more private, shared bits on his terms, and protected his kids whilst being open about the reality of parenting.
Noah is 16 now, making his own choices about what comes next. Whatever he picks, he’s grown up seeing his dad work hard, raise money for charity, be honest about struggles, and properly love his family.
That’s not bad, really. Could’ve been a lot worse, growing up as Chris Evans’ son.
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