Jessica Mauboy seemingly confirmed she was pregnant on stage during a Melbourne concert in September 2024, and we’ve now been given confirmation that she in fact expecting!
This is the Australian singer’s first child with husband Themeli Magripilis.
“To my family, this is like a surprise and also they’ve been waiting,” she said about the pregnancy.
“But I’m like ‘when I’m ready when it happens and it will be a blessing’ and it really does feel like that.”
The Daily Telegraph alleges that Jessica Mauboy, 35, told her family, close friends, and creative team the exciting news in September.
It’s believed the former Australian Idol star is around eight months pregnant, and is due to give birth in early 2025.
The 35-year-old has largely kept her relationship out of the spotlight, and has only attended a handful of public events with Themeli by her side.
The pair have been together since the singer was 18, and met at a nightclub in Darwin.
“We had a girls’ night,” Jess told Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley during an episode of their Life Uncut podcast about the first time she met Themeli.
“[My friend] points to this person in the crowd and goes ‘I want you to crab claw him on the butt, like his cheek’.
“At the time I didn’t know who he was, but my friends had known of him and thought he was a very handsome man.”
After seeing him around the city, Jess decided to ask a friend for his number, and the rest is history.
“I texted and said ‘I’d really like this to work, how about you?’ and I didn’t think I would do anything in my life like that,” she shared.
Due to Jess’ career, the pair were in a long-distance relationship for many years, which the singer confessed almost tore them apart.
“We were eight years in a long distance relationship and we felt really apart, we weren’t doing things together, we weren’t creating a future,” the former Voice coach told The Daily Telegraph.
“Finally we worked out how to salvage our relationship and made the move together and eight more years later, we’re living this beautiful life together in Sydney.”
Jess and Themeli got engaged in 2019 and officially tied the knot in July 2022 in a beautiful Darwin ceremony surrounded by 300 guests.
Congratulations to the happy couple!
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