Being pregnant isn’t easy. With the unpredictable morning sickness and near-constant body changes, it’s really difficult to know what to expect day-to-day. Of course, being a parent is a wonderful thing, but it’s too bad that being pregnant and giving birth has to be such a struggle! This is probably why so many celebrities have hid their pregnancies, for as long as possible at least.
When you’re living life in the public eye, pregnancy can be even more complicated. It can be hard to solely focus on yourself and your baby’s health while you’re also trying to deal with all the attention and criticism from the media that comes along with it. Plus, before you even get pregnant there is all the speculation around exactly when or if you’ll have kids, and then of course the totally weird conspiracy theories about whether or not the pregnancy is real once it’s announced. It can be really hard to just live your life when a picture of a very-pregnant you would sell for top dollar, as we saw when Hillary Duff called out a photographer for stalking her all day while she was nine months pregnant. It seems like it would really, really suck to be pregnant while famous.
That’s why it makes sense that some celebrity couples choose not to tell the world. They keep out of the public eye or wear clothing that hides their bump and try to keep their private lives to themselves. It couldn’t have been easy, but these famous parents hid their pregnancies — and kept it a secret until b-day!
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling
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This couple has become well known for trying to hide their pregnancies and they’ve been pretty dang successful.
When they hit it off while co-starring in the film Beyond The Pines, Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling immediately made a habit of keeping their relationship private. This continued when they began a family together — they managed to keep their first pregnancy secret until Mendes was seven months pregnant!
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The couple was even more successful in keeping their second pregnancy under wraps.
It wasn’t until TMZ managed to get their hands on the baby’s birth certificate that the world learned about the arrival of Esmeralda Amada. Although the arrival was a surprise, there had been rumors of a pregnancy for the month leading up to her birth. The couple’s desire for privacy has gone beyond having hid their pregnancies, as their daughters have rarely been spotted by the paparazzi.
Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser
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For some celebrities, acting is really about the work. This couple would prefer to work and enjoy their freedom outside of the spotlight.
The two met when Alexis was a guest star during season five of Mad Men. Her time on Mad Men may have been short, but it was life-changing — she and Vincent began a private relationship shortly after. This couple has also worked incredibly hard to hide the details of their life together from the public eye, starting with their secret wedding.
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In 2015, Alexis and Vincent welcomed their first child.
It wasn’t until after he was born that the world knew they were even expecting. Hilariously, it was an old Gilmore Girls co-star that accidentally let it slip that she had a child several months after the baby was born. To this day, the two have managed to keep pictures of their baby off of the internet, which is so impressive.
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody
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The two stars met on the set of the movie The Oranges, but didn’t start dating until 2013.
The have kept their romantic life and marriage very, very private. The two were said to be married in a private ceremony in February of 2014. They have worked so hard to keep their lives and their family private and kept Leighton’s pregnancy under wraps for a long time.
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In 2015, the paparazzi caught up with the two and managed to snap a picture of Leighton’s baby bump.
These pictures were the only proof a pregnancy at the time. No one really knew when the baby would arrive, but a leaked birth certificate confirmed the baby’s arrival in August of 2015. Their baby’s name is Arlo. Despite the Leighton and Adam’s desire to keep their daughter’s life private, the paparazzi have caught glimpses of them a few times.
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
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As if maintaining a marriage while working together isn’t impressive enough, these two also successfully kept their pregnancy out of the public eye.
These two celebrity parents started their relationship on True Blood and Anna became pregnant while they were still filming the series. Impressive camera angles and wardrobe illusions made it possible to keep her pregnancy a secret while they wrapped up the season, which is saying a lot since she was expecting twins!
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In 2012, the twins were born prematurely, according to Us Weekly.
The couple still managed to keep the birth a secret, announcing the names and the genders of their babies for the very first time in June of 2013. During press for the season premiere of True Blood, Stephen shared that their twins were a boy and a girl with the names Charlie and Poppy. How sweet!
Rashida Jones and Ezra Koenig
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This celebrity couple may or may not be in a relationship and they may or may not have a child together.
If there is a prize for keeping your private life private, Rashida Jones and Ezra Koenig are in first place. Their relationship with each other was not public knowledge before their birth of their child. Only a few, scarce photos of the two have been dug up online that pre-date 2016.
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When a birth certificate was secured by People, we learned of Rashida’s pregnancy and child for the first time.
Isaiah Koenig was born in August of 2018 and news of his birth leaked in September. The Parks & Rec star and lead singer of Vampire Weekend did an amazing job of keeping things on the down-low. Rashida even made public appearances and hid her bump by wearing a belted trench and a loose-fitting jacket.
Zoë Saldana-Perego and Marco Perego-Saldana
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It’s no secret that these two have a family together.
Saldana, with her most recent acting credit being Guardians of The Galaxy, has been married to Perego since June of 2013. They made headlines when they announced that they would both take the others’ surnames. Their first pregnancy was public knowledge and the actress gave birth to twins in November of 2014.
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When Zoë announced the birth of the third child, she took her Instagram followers by surprise.
In February of 2017, Salanda shared that her family had welcomed a third son.
“Marco and I are elated to share the news of the the [sic] birth of our son Zen,” she writes in the caption. “We couldn’t feel more blessed with the new addition to our family. #threeboys… oh boy!”
Saldana was honest about her choice to keep her pregnancy a secret, telling E! News she was intentionally preserving her energy for focusing on nesting and adapting to being a mother of three.
Sutton Foster and Ted Griffin
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The two have been married since 2014.
Ted Griffin is a screenwriter and Sutton Foster is a Broadway actress turned TV star, and the two got engaged in 2013. She was married once before to Christian Borle, whom she met in high school. They ended their marriage four years later and remained friends and occasional colleagues, like when he guest-starred on Younger.
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In 2017, we learned that Griffin and Foster’s family grew.
The couple announced that they had welcomed a daughter into their lives through adoption. Emily Dale was a sweet addition to their family after years of struggling with infertility. In 2018, Sutton shared how hard she had tried to make sense of her difficulties having children but now believes that Emily Dale belonged in their family.
Megan Fox and Brian Green
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When rumors of Megan Fox’s third pregnancy circulated, the internet began speculating.
She kept her pregnancy a secret for a long time, only showing off her bump at a Comic-Con event after months of using purses and loose clothing to keep things under wraps. The fact that she was pregnant wasn’t stirring up as much curiosity as the question of who the father of the baby was.
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In August of 2015, Megan Fox and Brian Green filed for divorce.
The couple had been married for two years and had two children together, sons Noah and Bodhi. When Megan finally let the world in on her little secret, there were a lot of guesses and a lot of teasing about the paternity of the child. As it turns out, Fox had reconciled with the father of her children and Green in the father of their third. Journey River was born in August of 2016.
Donald Glover and Michelle White
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The Lion King star has worked hard to keep his private life private, but we have uncovered a few clues about his family.
Glover and White have been together for quite some time, but have been pretty quiet about their relationship. He was quoted as saying that marriage wasn’t something he believes in, but also called his partner his wife at one point during an interview for The Lion King. Whether or not they’re married, they’re certainly committed and have a family together.
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Glover’s children have only been captured on film a handful of times by the paparazzi.
This couple has worked so hard to keep their children out of the public eye, with their only documented family outing captured in New York. At this time, we know that his oldest son’s name is Legend, but there are no details about the name or birth date of their second son who is over a year old now.
Beyonce and Jay-Z
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When you’re as big of as a star as Beyonce, it’s hard to keep anything a secret.
Still, Beyonce managed to keep her first pregnancy a secret until she was about five months pregnant and made her announcement at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. If you haven’t seen this epic pregnancy announcement, hop on over to YouTube and watch Queen Bey rub her bump during her performance while the whole world watched.
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Her MTV Pregnancy Announcement wouldn’t be the last time she surprised the world with a pregnancy.
In February of 2017, she took to Instagram to share some major news with her followers. Looking like the goddess she is, Beyonce posed, veiled, cradling a bump. Her caption reads:
“We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. – The Carters”