Penn Badgley and wife Domino Kirke are expecting their first child
11 February 2020, 15:23
Penn's wife Domino has previously had two miscarriages.
Penn Badgley is expecting his first child with wife Domino Kirke. Yep, just like his You character Joe Goldberg, who is also expecting a baby in You Season 3 – that's the definition of life imitating art.
Domino announced the happy news on Instagram alongside a photo of her baby bump. She also revealed that they had suffered two miscarriages before falling pregnant again.
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"On the road again...pregnancy after loss is whole other thing," she penned. "After two miscarriages in a row we were ready to call it. I stopped trusting my body and started to accept the fact that I was done. As a birth attendant, I’ve seen and heard it all. It takes everything I’ve got to detach lovingly from the losses I’ve been present for and be in my own experience.
"When I was pregnant at 25, I knew nothing. I had no community. I dove in blissfully unaware about birth and its mysteries. Now, with 10 years worth of experience to pull from, I treasure my birth community and the knowledge I have. You’re already teaching us how to stay in the day in a way we’ve never had to, little one. Thank you."
Penn and Domino, a talented singer and doula (a non-medical professional trained to help with childbirth), married in 2017 after starting a relationship in 2014. Domino already has 10-year-old son Cassius from a previous relationship and she has previously gushed about what an amazing stepfather Penn is.
Speaking to Us Weekly in October last year, she said: "He's a really good stepdad. He doesn’t have to be 'dad' so he can have more fun with him. It’s really nice. The stepparent thing is definitely uncharted territory for me cause I didn’t grow up with one, but… he takes care of him really well."
While Penn is gearing up for real-life daddy duties, so is his You character Joe. Before Season 2 finished, Joe's girlfriend Love (Victoria Pedretti) was heavily pregnant with a little girl. Production on You Season 3 has just started so we won't have to wait too long to see how this pans out…
