Actress Imani Hakim is going to be a mom! The Mythic Quest star announced that she and her partner Chris Naoki Lee are expecting their first baby together. The news comes a few weeks after the couple revealed they are engaged.
The actress shared a black and white video that focused on a close-up of Imani and then panned out, revealing the mom-to-be wearing a two-piece set that exposed her growing baby bump. Chris sat beside her and the couple’s dog Kobe. The Gabby Douglas Story alum didn’t share any further details about her baby but wrote in the caption, “world premiere 2025.”
Fellow celebrities took to the comments of the couple’s post to wish them congratulations. Actor Terry Crews, who co-stared with Imani on the TV series Everybody Hates Chris, gushed, “WHA…!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!” Another fellow Everybody Hates Chris co-star, Tyler James Williams, wrote, “Ahhhh! Congrats yall!! ❤️.”
The couple’s pregnancy news comes on the heels of their engagement. Earlier this month, the film writer shared a video of him proposing to Imani. The video showed friends of the couple preparing the house they’d just moved into for the grand moment. “Months of planning and secret phone calls led to one magical afternoon, and fortunately, she had no idea,” Chris wrote in the caption. When Imani came into the house, their dog Kobe ran in with a ring on his collar. The actor gushed in the caption, “Greatest thing is to love and be loved in return. So here’s to a lifetime of loving cause we ENGAGED! .” Imani commented on the video with her own thoughts writing, “Overwhelmed by all the love. Thank you everyone .”
Congratulations to Imani and Chris on the news of their first baby!
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