Jennifer Affleck Pregnant, Anticipating Third Baby with Husband Zac Affleck

The 2 revealed the information on Tuesday, with a splashy photoshoot in PEOPLE journal through which she reveals off her naked bump on the seaside alongside her husband. The 2 are already mother and father to 3-year-old daughter Nora and son Lucas, 19 months.

“Whereas it was a shock, we each had a sense there was one other child ready for us,” she instructed the outlet, including that they are ready to seek out out the child’s intercourse till it is born. “We have been very excited, there have been quite a lot of feelings after a really loopy yr!”

That loopy yr, after all, included the 2 showing on the primary season of the Hulu sequence — which put fairly the highlight on their marriage. Their relationship woes got here to the forefront within the sixth episode, when the ladies — together with Zac and Taylor Frankie Paul’s boyfriend Dakota — went on a visit to Las Vegas.

Throughout the episode, costar Jessi Ngatikaura stunned the ladies with tickets to see Chippendales. Zac was extraordinarily upset along with his spouse, and his nasty response to Jen even contemplating going to the present not solely raised eyebrows among the many MomTok group, however with followers as effectively.

Zac went off on Jen, sending her scathing textual content messages, through which he made a sequence of disparaging and insulting remarks. As Jen stated within the episode, Zac questioned her character and threatened divorce. She added he made it really feel as if she cheated on him, instructed her he was “achieved” and “will not be married to somebody with out values and morals.”

Talking with TooFab forward of the present’s premiere, nevertheless, Jen stated issues between them have been “nice,” because of the work they’ve put in after filming.

“I really feel like because the present ended, we have been doing nonstop remedy, and so at this level, I actually really feel like we have healed from every part and we have been fully susceptible and trustworthy,” she shared. “It positively wanted to occur. It is positively helped us in so some ways. And I believe at this level, it is solely simply publicity remedy.”

Regardless of these feedback, her followers have been nonetheless fairly shocked by the child information — taking to the feedback of the announcement publish to share their reactions.

“and the group is…. confused,” learn one remark. “HIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT. THIS IS NOT WHAT I PLANNED. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY I DO NOT UNDERSTAND,” exclaimed one other.

“Oh so no divorce? That’s crazyyyyyy,” wrote one follower, as another person added,
“Ohhhhhh nooooo by no means have one other child to avoid wasting a poisonous marriage oof.”

Others included, “How many individuals checked out this and stated Oh God Noooo out loud? 😆😆😆”, “Now Jennifer…what is that this,” and “Not the information I used to be anticipating from this couple.”

Her costars, nevertheless, have been very celebratory within the feedback — with Jessi and Mikayla Matthews each sharing coronary heart emojis, Mayci Neeley writing, “So cute 😍❤️” and Whitney Leavitt including, “🥹 perfection truthfully ❤️❤️”

Talking of their relationship to PEOPLE, alongside the announcement, Jennifer stated, “There have been many darkish days. There’s a lot extra to our story than folks understand.”

“Whereas I’m not sharing all the main points on-line, it has been important for our relationship and psychological well being to maintain our journey non-public till we’re prepared to speak about it,” she continued, earlier than including, “After coping with the backlash from season 1 and moving into season 2 with quite a lot of baggage, this being pregnant has been the hardest.”

Season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is streaming on Hulu.