TheOscar-winning actress, 48, announced Wednesday onGood Morning Americathat she andhusband Philip Schneiderare expecting twins.
“This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time and my next thing isI’m gonna be a mom,” said Swank. “And not just of one, but of two. I can’t believe it.”
Swank appeared onLive with Kelly and Ryanshortly after herGMAinterview, saying of her pregnancy, “I’m feeling great right now, even with the time — you know, I’m on Pacific time, so I’m a little cross-eyed with that. But I’m feeling good right now.”
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She added that herAlaska Dailycrew didn’t know she was pregnant until her Wednesday announcement, as she is now into her second trimester.
“But my clothes started not to fit so I had to, the other day … cut [my jeans] open. And then I put ajacket on that wasn’t in continuity,” the actress recalled. “And [they] came and said, ‘That’s not in continuity.’ I said, ‘Oh, I think it works.’ ‘It doesn’t.’ ‘No, it does. I’m going to make it work.’ She’s like, ‘If you’re an executive producer, you can do it, but this is weird.’ "
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Swank went on to reveal that twins run in both her family and Schneider’s, and that she is “so excited” for the next phase.
“It’s such a blessing. It’s a total miracle. It’s unbelievable,” she raved.
Hilary Swank and Philip Schneider.Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
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Swank and Schneider, a social venture entrepreneur,tied the knot in August 2018, almost two years after the two were first spotted together in November 2016.
“It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it,” Swank previouslytoldVogueof their wedding. “I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true.”
source: people.com
