Shay Mitchellinitially kept her pregnancy a secret — even from the cast and crew of her new television show!
Asked at the show’s Television Critics Association panel on Friday whether she walked around carrying a lot of laundry baskets, Mitchell told reporters that it was relatively easy toconceal her growing bump, thanks to the way her character dresses.
“There’s just big sweaters,” she remarked, adding that things wouldn’t have been so easy for her had she been playing another part.
“But truly, my character’s wardrobe prior to them even knowing was already kind of loose and free-flowing,” she shared. “Brenda’s character was the complete opposite. Had I been in her position I would have had to tell them a lot earlier. Once I saw the first fitting I thought, ‘Oh I’m good.’ ”
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TheYoustar went on to reveal that while she didshare her good newswith her coworkers about a month before she told the rest of the world, though they may have already suspected that she was expecting.
“I’m sure they did know, they just didn’t say anything,” she said. “They were very polite.”
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(L-R) Brenda Song, Kat Dennings, and Shay Mitchell.Benjo Arwas/Contour/Getty Images
Mitchell, who previouslysuffered a miscarriage in 2018, celebrated her pregnancy announcement on YouTube late last month with a vlog titled “Guess Who’s Preggers.”
During the TCA panel, the actress told PEOPLE that it was “really important to” her to reveal her pregnancy on her own terms.
As for the part of her journey she’s enjoying the most on a daily basis, Mitchell shared that she loves not knowing what to expect next.
“It’s good and bad but I enjoy the unknown in life so I think that’s what’s the most fun,” she explained.
“Some people thought that I knew and I was like, ‘No, absolutely not,’ ” she shared, adding that the couple “thought we were having a boy.”
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The fashionable star went on to share that while she and her boyfriend have only purchased three outfits for their daughter so far, she will “have a great wardrobe” when she arrives.
“I will go ham when I meet her,” Mitchell admitted. “It’ll be amazing. It’ll befun twinning the whole timeuntil she can tell me no.”
Dollfacewill begin streaming on Hulu on Nov. 15.
source: people.com
