Avril Lavigne has shocked fans by announcing she’s become a mom for the first time. The singer had kept her pregnancy completely secret.
Avril Lavigne has surprised fans by revealing she has become a mom for the first time. The 42-year-old singer shared the news on Instagram on Friday, November 13, posting three black-and-white photos of her newborn daughter.
“Our Mini F***ing Princess has arrived,” she wrote, adding bow, crown, baby bottle and pink heart emojis. The caption is a playful nod to a famous line from her 2007 hit Girlfriend.
Lavigne had never publicly announced that she was pregnant.
A family of three
The first photo shows Lavigne and her partner holding their baby girl’s tiny hand. In the second, she cradles her daughter close to her chest. The third shows three pairs of checkered Vans sneakers, two adult-sized and one tiny pair, lined up on a skateboard. Fans were quick to point out the nod to her 2002 hit Sk8er Boi.
A representative for the singer told People that she has been spending time with her new family of three. The Canadian star has not revealed the name of her daughter, or who the father is.
Lavigne has kept her love life private for years. Back in 2024, she appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast and refused to say whether she was seeing anyone.
“I never really did the dating thing. I was always, like, in a pretty major relationship,” she told host Alex Cooper. “I would date me. I cook. I’m a really big cook, really big into, like, the house and decorating.” She added that the most important thing is “finding someone that you’re compatible with.”
Lavigne has been married twice. She wed Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in 2006, and they divorced in 2010. In 2013, she married Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, but the couple announced their split in 2015.
She was later engaged to musician Mod Sun before they parted ways in 2023. That same year, she was linked to rapper Tyga, which Billboard notes was her last public relationship. According to TMZ, however, her current partner isn’t anyone famous.
Fans can’t contain themselves
Lavigne turned off comments on the announcement, so fans flooded her other posts instead.
“So THAT’S why she hasn’t been posting,” one wrote. Another added: “Avril, I’m so happy for you, congratulations.” The singer hadn’t posted on Instagram in more than a year before the big reveal. Now everyone knows why.
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