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Cecily Strong is pregnant and expecting her first child with her fiancé, Jack.
“A couple years ago I did a piece on SNL as Goober the Clown who had an abortion the day before her 23rd birthday,” the Saturday Night Live alum, 40, wrote via Instagram on Friday, November 1. “I’m happy to report that same clown is now very happily pregnant from IVF at 40.”
Strong opened up about her journey with pregnancy, from an abortion in her early 20s to seeking out in vitro fertilization (IVF) later in life.
“I’ve been in lots of waiting rooms with other women throughout my life,” she reflected. “Feeling terrified and lonely all those years ago at a clinic in California, to feeling frustrated and anxious in fertility offices in New York the past couple of years, to giddily talking everyone’s ear off and wishing everyone around me good luck like I was Forrest Gump the day of my transfer.”
So many stars have announced that they are expanding their families by welcoming babies in 2024. Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child, Buckingham Palace announced in October 2024. The palace said 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, “are very pleased to announce that they are expecting their second child together in […]
The actress added that while she’s been candid about her life experiences, many have turned to her as a pillar of support.
“I’ve had a friend sit with me and give me the biggest hug after my abortion at 23, only for me to sit with her and give her the biggest hug 17 years later after a difficult pregnancy loss,” she continued. “I had family and strangers reach out after Goober and tell me of their own experiences — some of whom had never shared with anyone before.”
She continued: “I’ve seen so many women in these waiting rooms going through their own struggles and journeys with their reproductive health and family planning and bodily autonomy. Some look relieved. Some look excited. Some look fearful. Some look like they are carrying the deep sadness of prior losses and the even deeper hope of some good news finally. Some look as simply dumbstruck happy to be there as me as Forrest Gump on my transfer day. But the one thing nobody in those rooms has ever looked is unable to make her own decisions.”
Strong concluded her announcement by encouraging everyone to vote in the upcoming election. She added that she is “really hopeful” to meet her baby “next spring.”
While some celebrities get started growing their families early on, these stars waited to have children until later in life. Alanis Morissette, for example, announced in March 2019 that she is expecting her third child at age 44. The “Ironic” singer, who married rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway in 2010, posted a baby bump pic to […]
Earlier this year, Strong revealed during a March appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers that she and her longtime partner, Jack, got engaged at the end of 2023. The actress shared that the proposal was meant to be a surprise, but it ended up getting spoiled.
“One day he was like, ‘I’m so inundated with emails and texts, look at this. ‘ And he showed me his phone, and the first text was from a friend that said, ‘How did it go?! Ring emoji,’” Strong recalled. “And then, I was like, ‘Oh no, should I?’ And he went, ‘Did you see that?’ And I was like, ‘I could try very hard to lie, but…’ So then I knew.”