Jenny Slateis opening up about welcoming daughterIda Lupine.
While appearing onWednesday night’s episodeofJimmy Kimmel Live!,theObvious Childactress, 38, joked about her experience giving birth to her first child with fiancéBen Shattuck.
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“It’s like, ‘Wow, we’re really doing this.’ [Ben] was allowed in. We weren’t sure how it was gonna go and we had our masks on and everything. And that’s good because I was making a lot of faces that I might not want him to remember,” she told hostJimmy Kimmel, 53.
“We should have thought more about giving her something to commemorate this distinct time in our universe,” Slate added, referring to her daughter’s name.
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TheBig Mouthstar explained that she and Shattuck had looked into their heritage to find the perfect moniker.
“We don’t have any family members named Ida, but… My side of the family is kind of from all over the place — Jewish people from all over the place. And one of the places they are from is Eastern Europe,” Slate said. “We were looking at some Eastern European names and we didn’t go with this, but one name we were both obsessed with was spelled B-A-G-R-A-T.”
“While I was pregnant we just kept calling her ‘Bag-rat,’ which I’m sure is not how you pronounce that,” the actress joked.
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Slate —who has been engaged toShattuck since September 2019 — first announced that she had welcomed their daughter in an interview withEntertainment Tonightpublished earlier this week.
“I can say, without a doubt, that motherhood is for sure the most meaningful thing that has ever happened to me. I feel really lucky and happy,” she told the outlet, adding that giving birth made for a “strangely rather romantic” moment bonding with Shattuck in the delivery room.
“Being a mother is such a joy — it’s so cliché, but I love it,” she added, referring to her new addition as “our sweet gal.”
source: people.com
