The model son of Swinging Sixties photographer David Bailey has become a father – just three years after he was ‘pulled back from the brink’ of transitioning sex to become a woman.
Sacha Bailey, 30, announced on Sunday that his girlfriend Lucy Brown – a former assistant to political activist Tommy Robinson – had given birth to a son, Wolfgang Robert Bailey.
He posted a picture on Instagram of the newborn – just hours after his birth – wrapped in a white blanket in a hospital cot, along with the playful caption: ‘Who dis?’
Sascha, whose mother is David’s wife, model Catherine Dyer, told the Daily Mail in the run-up to the birth: ‘Wolfgang was going to be my name, but my Dad vetoed it. I always wanted it, so now I’m passing it on.’
The newborn’s arrival comes three years after Sascha nearly transitioned to become a woman.
The model previously shared he was so depressed during his marriage to Japanese lawyer Mimi Nishikawa, 49, that he thought he was suffering from gender dysphoria.
David Bailey’s son Sascha has become a father – just three years after he was ‘pulled back from the brink’ of transitioning sex to become a woman
Sacha Bailey, 30, announced on Sunday that his girlfriend Lucy Brown – a former assistant to political activist Tommy Robinson – had given birth to a son, Wolfgang Robert Bailey
He went on to say he began planning to change sex and was preparing to start hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
‘I felt totally lost. I didn’t want to be alive,’ he said. ‘I convinced myself I must be transgender – that I was living the wrong life in the wrong body. It felt like the only way out.’
Sascha obtained a prescription for female hormones after a brief consultation with a private doctor, but ultimately pulled back.Â
‘I just stopped and thought: hang on, this isn’t right. This is trauma. I don’t need a new body – I need to understand why I’m in pain,’ he explained.
Sascha now credits Lucy and his famously blunt father David with saving him from making an irreversible decision. ‘Lucy saved my life,’ he said. ‘She helped me feel grounded again. Like I wasn’t broken.’
The couple’s romance began shortly after the collapse of Sascha’s turbulent marriage to Mimi.Â
Their bitter divorce has dragged on for the last three years, marked by disputes over finances, property, and even unpaid utility bills.
‘It has been a nightmare but the divorce is in the final stage,’ he said in June. ‘So this will be a whole new beginning. I’ve never felt happier.’
He posted a picture on Instagram of the newborn – just hours after his birth – wrapped in a white blanket in a hospital cot, along with the playful caption: ‘Who dis?’
The newborn’s arrival comes three years after Sascha (pictured with his father David in 2018) nearly transitioned to become a woman
Despite describing the collapse of his marriage and the ensuing mental health crisis as ‘the worst years of my life’, Sascha has not been deterred from marriage.
‘I’m still traumatised from the last one,’ he admitted. ‘But with Lucy, I see it [marriage] in our future. I want to do it properly this time.’
Sascha recently published his memoir, Try to Hit the Pool, which recounts his darkest period – from suicidal thoughts and his aborted gender transition, to his fraught marriage and eventual recovery.Â
‘The book is a way for me to close that terrible saga of my life,’ he said.
Sascha has since become a vocal critic of what he calls the ‘rushed’ approach to gender treatment, particularly for young people.Â
He claimed he has been contacted by dozens of detransitioners who regret their choices but are ignored by the system.
‘So many of them regret it,’ he said. ‘But the system doesn’t want to hear from them – they’re treated like they’re an inconvenience.’
He has even considered how he would respond if baby Wolfgang one day raised the same questions about gender identity that once consumed him.
‘I’d be very against it, obviously,’ he said. ‘You can’t get a tattoo. You can’t change your gender. It’s really as simple as that. Kids have no control over their life. So we have to look after them.’
