26 September,2020 09:05 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Hardik Pandya, Natasa Stankovic and Gaurav Chopra/picture courtesy: celebrity social media accounts
While the world was locked in owing to the pandemic, the stork was working overtime everywhere. Our celebrities were no exception, with many glam couples making a welcome addition to their families in the past months. IANS draws up a list of desi and international celebrities who rejoiced the arrival of a little one amid the lockdown
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Actor Sumeet Vyas in June tweeted the arrival of a new member in his family, writing: "It's a boy. Shall be called Ved. Mamma and Daddy are acting cliche... Smothering the child every few minutes." Sumeet tied the knot with actress Ekta Kaul in 2018, and Ved is their first child.
Cricketer Hardik Pandya and Bollywood dancer-actress Natasa Stankovic became parents in July. Hardik's Twitter post read: "We are blessed with our baby boy." It was posted with the picture of the baby's arm.
Actor Ruslaan Mumtaz and his wife, entrepreneur Nirali Mehta, welcomed their first child, a boy, in March, around the time lockdown started. "26-03-2020: CHOTA BABY HAS ARRIVED. I was going to avoid uploading any of my baby's pictures for atleast 3,4 months but given the current gloom and doom in the world right now I think news of a chota baby will only brighten your day," Ruslaam wrote on Instagram along with photos of the baby.
TV star Gaurav and his wife, fashion consultant Hitisha, had reason to celebrate when they welcomed their child earlier this month. Gaurav posted a long note on his verified Instagram account: "Mere ghar aaya ek nanha kunwar...chandni ke haseen rath par savaar ... I remember singing this for a sequence in #Uttaran as #Rpr gets a baby home ..I wish I knew the actual feeling then .. As we welcome this angel , who's come into my life as precious rain falls on parched ground..I thought I should share the moment with all of you .. [sic]"
Supermodel Gigi Hadid and former One Direction singer Zayn Malik recently got their fans, family and friends excited when the couple took to social media to post the news about the birth of their first child. "Our baby girl is here, healthy and beautiful. To try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding. Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, and thankful for the life we will have together x," wrote the 27-year-old singer on his verified Twitter account on Thursday.
Hollywood star Jude Law has experience in parenting. He became a father for the sixth time during lockdown. Law confirmed that he and his wife, behaviour change specialist Phillipa Coan, welcomed their first baby together, reported eonline.com. In an interview with host Jimmy Fallon earlier this month, the actor was asked what he's been up to at home amid quarantine. Law said he's been gardening. "Oh! And on top of that I had a baby. So there you go," he added.
Singer Ed Sheeran, who had taken a break from social media, took to Instagram on September 1 to share the news he and his wife, part-time pro hockey player Cherry Seaborn, had been blessed with a daughter. The singer posted a picture of booties and a blanket. He had captioned it: "Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you... Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter - Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran."
Pop star Katy Perry and her fiance, actor Orlando Bloom, welcomed their first child together in August. They also revealed the name of their child -- Daisy Dove Bloom. The couple had shared the news through UNICEF, where they serve as Goodwill Ambassadors. The organisation posted the news on its social media handles.
Sophie Turner, best known as Sansa Stark in "Game Of Thrones", and pop singer Joe Jonas became parents of a girl, Willa. "Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their baby," eonline.com had quoted a representative for the couple as saying.
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