LOS ANGELES — After months of hypothesis by followers and social media onlookers, Vanessa Hudgens on Sunday publicly confirmed her being pregnant by exhibiting off her “child bump” on the Oscars crimson carpet.
Sporting a full-length black robe, Hudgens proudly cradled her rising stomach as photographers outdoors Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre snapped photographs of the “Spring Breakers” actress.
The large reveal was made as Hudgens, 35, is ready to host “The Oscars Crimson Carpet Present” alongside co-host Julianne Hough. The official lead-in to the 96th Academy Awards is scheduled to start at 3:30 PDT on ABC.
As lately as final week, Hudgens opened up throughout an episode of the “She Pivots” podcast about being the topic of being pregnant rumors throughout the web and the way that made her really feel.
“I actually simply had a run-in with the general public taking management over their opinion of me in a manner that was disrespectful,” Hudgens mentioned, recalling how her social media posts from her bachelorette getaway in October garnered feedback theorizing that she was anticipating.
“And I used to be like, ‘That’s so impolite,'” she continued. “I am sorry I do not put on Spanx day-after-day and, like, am an actual girl and have an actual physique.”
Hudgens mentioned she did not let the discourse destroy what she referred to as “one of many happiest occasions of my life” and as a substitute needs to make use of it as a refresher for folks to know “easy guidelines for being a very good particular person.”
“Certainly one of them is do not make assumptions … in all elements of life, however particularly over different ladies’s our bodies,” she mentioned.
Hudgens mentioned ladies “cope with a lot with different folks making an attempt to manage our our bodies” and hopes this second reminds everybody to “be a little bit extra conscious.”
The singer-actress married husband Cole Tucker in December. Through the “She Pivots” episode, she famous that there is “nothing incorrect about being pregnant, clearly” and mentioned she “cannot look forward to the day.”
Sunday’s internet hosting duties mark Hough’s inaugural 12 months and Hudgens’ third consecutive 12 months internet hosting the pre-ceremony telecast.
The 30-minute particular will spotlight Oscar nominees, performers and presenters, and supply a multiview expertise of the crimson carpet arrivals.
ABC Information contributed to this report.
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