Halsey Announces She’s Pregnant: “I Love This Mini Human Already!”

Halsey surprised her fans on Wednesday with the announcement that she’s pregnant.

The 26-year-old pop star revealed she’s expecting her first child via a post on her Instagram account, sharing a trio of images of her bare belly taken by photographer Sam Dameshek. “Surprise,” she captioned the shot in which she poses topless in jeans in front of a white and purple silk backdrop, adding a baby bottle, rainbow, and angel emoji. Dameshek also thanked Halsey for the opportunity to celebrate this milestone with her, writing on his own account, “you’re gonna be a great mother – thank you for letting me document this moment.” And her manager Anthony Tomasli commented on the big news, writing, “I love you with all my heart!!! we’re all so happy for you!! you’re gonna be the best mom ever.”

It seems that Halsey may have also revealed the identity of her baby’s father in the post. While she has yet to publicly address the relationship, she tagged screenwriter Alev Aydin over her belly in the shot. Aydin also re-shared the announcement on his own Instagram Stories with two red heart emojis and commented on her post, “Heart so full, I love you, sweetness,” to which the pop star replied, “I love you!!!!! And I love this mini human already!”

In the past, the singer has been very open about her struggles with endometriosis which affects fertility and can make getting pregnant much more difficult. In February 2020, she told The Guardian that she previously suffered a miscarriage. “It’s the most inadequate I’ve ever felt,” she confessed. “Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can’t do the one thing I’m biologically put on this earth to do. Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is demoralizing.” But she added that, after everything she’s been through, motherhood is “looking like something that’s gonna happen for me. That’s a miracle.”

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