Shay Mitchell, star of Pretty little Liars and YOU, has proclaimed some exciting news: she’s presently pregnant.
In an Instagram
post on June 28, Shay shared a
photograph of her partially nude,
clearly pregnant body, together
with the caption, “Does this mean I’m allowed to drive in the car pool lane at
all times now?” The comments section is already filled with congratulations, as well as from her PLL costar
and love interest, Sasha Pieterse, who responded
with several smiling
emojis. Other celebs
like Lauren Jauregui, Josephine Skriver, and Sophia Bush additionally chimed in with
happy tidings for her
news.
Shay additionally linked to
a YouTube Originals video that elaborates on her exciting news. “When
you’re in the public eye there are some things you want to keep a secret till you feel ready,” she says in
the video, which she recorded together with partner
of several years,
Matte Babel. “This for me has
been the toughest. It’s
gonna be very fun
and awesome when I’m not trying to hide it any
longer.”
She additionally talked concerning some of the more difficult elements of the pregnancy: “I assume pregnancy is awesome for the most part. However it’s additionally very f*cking lonely. It didn’t feel
right to just put a up a photograph and be like ‘I’m
pregnant” and have people think that everything is peaches
and rainbows.”
The announcement comes just a few months after she opened up concerning how some of her “darkest
days” were in 2018, when she experienced a miscarriage.
“We all have to deal with various struggles and challenges
in life,” she wrote on Instagram in January. The support and affection that so
many of you show me lifts
me up during even my
darkest days, one of which happened last year after I miscarried and lost the kid of my hopes and dreams”.
She ended with a
message of hope, “For 2019, let’s all try to be a bit more compassionate, empathetic,
patient and thoughtful with one
another.”
Shay’s video announcement additionally functions as a
trailer for her upcoming biweekly
YouTube Original Series titled “Almost ready,” which
will premiere every other Wednesday starting July 17, 2019.