Every year we like to keep track of all the celebrity pregnancy announcements because there’s nothing more exciting than learning that a baby is on the way! (Well, except for maybe that the baby arrived.) And while some stars kept things hush hush — not announcing anything until the baby was already here (we’re looking at you Paris Hilton, Chrissy Teigen, and Ashley Olsen) — or posted a simple and stunning sonogram photo, others went all out with their show-stopping pregnancy announcements.
And so during this time when we look back on the year and prepare for the new one (eek!), we’ve compiled a list of the 10 best pregnancy announcements of 2023. While some of those announcements can definitely be recreated by us mere peasants, we don’t stand a chance with others.
Because like it or not, I will not be playing the Super Bowl halftime show anytime soon. Yes, you know we have to tip our hats to Rihanna as well as a wide array of other singers, actors, media personalities, and more. Some of whom have already welcomed their little bundles of joy!
Without further ado, here are all the ways these celebrities delivered before they actually, well, delivered.
Rihanna & A$AP Rocky
Rihanna stunned the more than 28.5 million households who watched her Super Bowl halftime show live when she revealed her baby bump on a stage that floated high above the crowd. If that’s not the most epic way to announce Baby No. 2 is on the way, we don’t know what is!
She and boyfriend A$AP Rocky welcomed their first son, RZA, in May 2022. The couple’s second son, Riot Rose, was reportedly born in Aug. 2023. The first photos of the family of four were then revealed in Sept. 2023.
Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker
Kourtney Kardashian announced her pregnancy at one of her husband Travis Barker’s concerts in June. She recreated a scene from Blink-182’s “All the Small Things” music video by holding up a sign that said, “TRAVIS, I’M PREGNANT.” Whether or not Barker knew beforehand (some fans say he must have!), it was still an exciting surprise for the rest of the world.
In Nov. 2023, the couple welcomed their first child together, son Rocky Thirteen. Kardashian also shares kids Mason, 13, Penelope, 11, and Reign, 8 with ex Scott Disick. Barker shares Landon, 19, Alabama, 17, and stepdaughter Atiana, 24 with ex Shanna Moakler.
Darren Criss & Mia Swier
Glee alum Darren Criss’ pregnancy announcement is being called “the most incredible [one] ever” by fans, and it’s something anyone with a basic understanding of Photoshop can recreate.
Criss posted a photoshopped version of the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again movie poster in which his face is over Meryl Streep’s face, his wife Mia Swier’s is over Amanda Seyfriend’s, and their daughter Bluesy’s is over Lily James’. There are also two positive pregnancy tests on the poster which has fans wondering if twins are on the way.
“And COMING SOON…let’s hope the sequel is better than the photoshop ✌️🤪 ‼️” Criss captioned the Instagram post.
“Ur hilarious. CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🍾,” actress Vanessa Hudgens commented.
“only you to announce it like this I’m crying,” one follower said.
“DADren criss the sequel,” another commented.
Brant Daugherty & Kim Daugherty
Pretty Little Liars alum Brant Daugherty and his wife Kim Daugherty are already proud parents to their 2-year-old son Wilder. And so Kim enlisted the toddler’s help when telling Brant that Baby No. 2 is on the way.
“I told him, ‘You’re going to be a big brother, now go tell Daddy,'” Kim told E! News. “And he brought [a box that had ‘bun in the oven’ written on it] over to Brant and gave it to him.”
“My toddler just came up to me with a box and I had no idea what it was!” Brant said.
The plan was a special nod to the way Kim told Brant about her first pregnancy when she placed a positive pregnancy test in a box that said, “Happy Early Birthday.”
Alexis Ohanian & Serena Williams
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian expertly announced their pregnancy right before attending the 2023 Met Gala and we’re still not over it. “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the 3 of us to the Met Gala,” captioned her Instagram post. And no, the third person was not their 5-year-old daughter Olympia. It was Baby No. 2!
The tennis legend and the co-founder of Reddit welcomed their second daughter, Adira, in August.
Chloe Bridges & Adam Devine
It will come as no surprise that Adam Devine and Chloe Bridges’ pregnancy announcement was hilarious.
“Look we’re pregnant!” Devine captioned an Instagram post with a photo of the two of them standing back-to-back, cradling their respective “bumps.”
“Well, I’m just fat now but Chloe is all preggo with a human baby!” the The Righteous Gemstones star continued. “Obviously, very exciting stuff! This will mostly be a baby page now, as I will be dedicating my life to my child in hopes he doesn’t use my decades of recorded dirty jokes against me.”
Ryan Cabrera & Alexa Bliss
WWE superstar Alexa Bliss and singer Ryan Cabrera had several adorable pregnancy announcement ideas included in the Instagram post sharing their exciting news. Bliss’ first photo included a onesie that said “Best oops ever!” because yeah, sometimes things aren’t planned. In the second, Bliss and Cabrera are each blowing balloons. Bliss’ pink balloon said, “Expected to pop” and Cabrera’s blue balloon said, “December 2023.” The happy couple held a sweet sonogram photo between them. In the third photo, the two kissed while sitting on a piano bench, clinking wine glasses with a note that said, “Do not refill until December.”
But, surprise! Hendrix Rouge Cabrera, arrived on Nov. 27.
Shawn Johnson East & Andrew East
Shawn Johnson announced she and her husband Andrew East were expecting a third baby in the absolute perfect location. The Olympic gold medalist shared a picture of herself standing in front of the Olympic rings at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens cradling her baby bump. How special and meaningful is that?
Fellow Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin commented, “CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU + LIL BB 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.”
Johnson and East — who are also parents to daughter Drew, 3 and Jett, 2 — welcomed their son Barrett “Bear” Madison East in Dec. 2023. “You spend your whole pregnancy wondering how you could possibly love another baby just as much as your first two and then in an instant your heart expands and basically triples in size, it’s incredible,” she said after his birth. “Being a mom is truly my favorite thing.”
Evan Spiegel & Miranda Kerr
When your husband is the CEO of Snap Inc., your pregnancy announcement strategy is handed to you on a silver platter. Miranda Kerr announced the happy news on Snapchat with two photos of herself showing off her baby bump.
“So excited to announce baby no. 4,” she captioned the first. “And it’s a boy 🩵🩵🩵🩵,” she said on the second.”
The model is mom to Myles, 4 and Hart, 5 — who she shares with husband Evan Spiegel — and Flynn, 12, who she shares with ex-husband Orlando Bloom.
Janai Norman & Eli Norman
Good Morning America anchor Janai Norman surprised her co-hosts while starting the “Oh, baby!” segment in which she talks about baby animals.
“We talk about baby animals, but this one, it’s about our favorite types of babies, human babies,” she said. “I’m having another one.”
A cannon with pink confetti went off and her surprised co-hosts jumped to their feet to hug her. “You kept a secret from me! How did you keep this secret?!” Whit Johnson asked again and again.
Norman welcomed her son with husband Eli in November and wrote a special post in December. “Dear Santa, We’ve already got more than we could’ve ever imagined to wish for 🧡.
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