Anne Hathaway’s bare baby bump sparked wild speculation after photos went viral – but the pregnant star needed just four words to shut down the noise.
Anne Hathaway is preparing to become a mom for the third time with husband Adam Shulman, more than six years after the couple welcomed their youngest son, Jack. They also share 10-year-old Jonathan.
The 43-year-old actor first surprised fans with the news on June 19, when she revealed her pregnancy in a playful clip on social media.
Wearing a flowing white dress, The Devil Wears Prada 2 star walked into the frame with her arms positioned in front of her stomach before smiling and cradling her growing belly.
“x Baby, I’m yours x,” she captioned the announcement.
‘We were so shocked’
As Hathaway settled into her third pregnancy, she made no secret of just how thrilled she and Shulman were to be expecting another baby.
During a July appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the star of Les Misérables described the pregnancy as “amazing,” while admitting that even she had been surprised when it happened.
“Oh, my gosh. It’s amazing. It’s amazing,” she told the host. “I mean, we knew what we were doing, but we were so shocked it worked.”
“We were so shocked it went this way, so we’re calling this one our buzzer-beater,” joked Hathaway, explaining that the nickname carried a deeper meaning for the couple, who had gone into the possibility of another pregnancy with low expectations.
“There’s always, you know, hope until there’s not, but when you get to a certain age, that hope looks like it’s about 1% to 2%. So…we just decided to see where life took us, with a very, very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low. We’re overjoyed because we just know from personal experience that not everybody gets this, and certainly not when you want it – sometimes not ever. It’s a blessing that we do not take for granted,” she told Access Hollywood at the New York City premiere of The Odyssey on July 14.
“So, we just decided to see where life took us, with a very, very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low.”
Less than a month later, however, it wasn’t Hathaway’s words about her pregnancy that had people talking – it was her baby bump.
‘That looks fake’
On Aug. 9, Hathaway arrived at the Los Angeles world premiere of The End of Oak Street wearing a blue silk top that was cropped in the front but swept to the floor behind her, paired with low-rise jeans that left her pregnant belly completely exposed.
Photos and videos of The Princess Diaries star quickly spread online, but rather than simply discussing her daring maternity look, some viewers became convinced there was something unusual about her bump.
“I’m sorry but that looks fake,” one person commented on a TikTok video of Hathaway at the premiere.
“Fake as anything, seriously actors will be actors,” a second wrote, while a third added, “Oh, come on. That is not real.”
With the images continuing to attract attention, Hathaway didn’t leave much room for speculation about whether the pregnancy she had announced nearly two months earlier was genuine.
‘Real bump’
The following day, the Oscar-winning actor shared a clip on social media, taking followers behind the scenes as she prepared for and headed to the End of Oak Street red carpet.
And tucked into the caption was a cheeky answer for everyone who had spent the previous day scrutinizing her stomach.
“Fake hair, real bump,” Hathaway wrote.
She then turned the attention back to her new movie and the sweltering conditions surrounding its premiere, adding: “Enjoy The End of Oak Street Block Party chaos with me as my outfit literally melts in the heat!!”
After weeks of happily discussing her surprise “buzzer-beater” pregnancy, Anne Hathaway apparently didn’t feel the need for a lengthy explanation when strangers questioned whether her baby bump was real – four words were enough to put her response on the record.
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