My first reaction upon hearing the happy news that Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy are expecting their first child: “OMG, Will this affect Homeland?!?!?” Because, yes, I LOVE that show and if you watched the first season you know that it would be very wrong and weird to introduce a pregnancy for Claire’s character. Of course, it could happen. OMG IS IT BRODY’S?!?!?! No, I won’t go there. GAH! I can’t wait for the second season of Homeland. Those bitches are making us wait until September 30 for the second season. I don’t know if they’ve finished filming the season yet? It could be that Claire just announced the news as Homeland wrapped? Perhaps.
Her so-called life just got a little happier! Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy are expecting their first child, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
“There’s definitely a chance, no plans yet,” the Homeland star, 33, told PEOPLE last fall when asked if a baby could be on the way shortly. “But yeah, that’d be fun.”
Danes, who won a Golden Globe in January, wed Hannibal star Dancy, 37, in a private ceremony in France in 2009.
While there was no official comment from Homeland‘s production company, Fox 21, a spokesman says that Danes’ pregnancy is not expected to impact the production of season two — which premieres on Showtime Sept. 30 — in any way.
Weird sidenote: I’ve been getting strange vibes from Claire and Hugh over the past year or so. Yes, he’s British and rather posh and fancy, so maybe it’s just a cultural thing, but I really thought they were on the verge of splitting. That was the vibe I was getting, so I didn’t expect this. I think it’s unfair to assume that this is a Band-Aid Baby, though. I don’t really know what’s going on in their marriage. Maybe they’re fine. Hopefully they’re all good. He’s in an acclaimed and award-winning Broadway play (Venus In Fur) and she’s getting nominated for every award out there for her ballsy and amazing performance on Homeland. Maybe they’re just two of the best actors out there, procreating quietly. Congrats!!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
This better not affect homeland.
+1.
Can’t wait for season 2
+1000!
I love that show!
LOVE Homeland! (They make us wait a year, just like HBO does with True Blood and Boardwalk Empire – jerks!)
Congrats to them!
Morning, Bella!
Homeland is AMAZING and Danes is great in it.
Everyone is so excited about this show, I guess I better tune in! I love Claire Danes, so beautiful.
Morning OKitt! It is such an excellent show – so very intense.
FinallyFr33, try to stream it so you get to see the first season.
Loved Homeland so much, however it would be kind of funny to see Carrie with a baby. She wouldn’t have a clue.
Ohh, if you have to wait til Sept/October, then we’ll have to wait even longer over here in Blighty!
Phooey.
Anywho, congrats to them!
I don’t think she’d keep a baby. She may give it up for adoption, or it would wind up with her sister.
Sucks that you have to wait even longer! 🙁 Can you stream it?
I always thought he is way too good for her, but well congrats!
and kaiser I felt exactly the same way, like they are on the verge of splitting for more than a year, as you said I hope it’s not a band-aid baby!
I’ve always found them to be an odd couple. It appears on the surface to be more of a business arrangement than a true romance. I think I think that because of rumors early in their relationship that he’s gay. Who knows what the real story is.
What rumours?
I think they seem somehow weird as a couple…I don’t know. Strange chemistry.
But congrats, must be happy times for them now.
I cannot for the life of me remember the source, possibly Perez Hilton, I am ashamed to say I used to read him years ago…but I recall the allegations clearly.
I’ve never heard any gay rumors, but they are awkward together.
Because I’m celebitchy, my first reaction was related to the gay rumors.
When he first got together with Claire Danes, I think Lainey linked to gossip that he was getting it on with male hotel staff, Sal-style (Mad Men ref).
Oh my god, seriously? 😉 Never would have thought that. So he’s bisexual or faking his marriage?
There was a revealed blind item in CDAN yesterday that they were taking a break, so your vibe was right, K. Guess the break didn’t take….congrats to them!
You do know that CDAN is a fraud right? Why people repeat the crap on that site I will NEVER understand. Congrats to Claire and Hugh.
i like her, and im happy shes pregnant!
She resembles the Goopster to me.. Congrats to them..
I was JUST looking at these pics analyzing what it is that speaks to me about her face. After all these years I get it…I agree she looks like GOOP.
Homeland is awesome.
But I don’t like Claire Danes as the woman treats the guys she dates like crap. First she cheats on Ben Lee with Billy Cruddup (breaking up his long term relationship with a super pregnant Mary Louise Parker) And then 3 years later cheats on him with Hugh Dancy.
http://www.celebitchy.com/2608/claire_danes_and_billy_crudup_what_comes_around/
Congrats on the baby-but I totally think it’s a band aid.
100 per cent agreed on all of your points.
Co-sign.
Wow! Thanks for the link!!
I didn’t know she cheated on Billy. He deserved it! I think he’s scum for how he treated Mary Louise Parker!
Interesting that the gay rumors were mentioned in the first reports of Hugh’s hookup with Claire!
I wonder if she will remember what she did to that actress with the 3 names- helping to split up the woman’s relationship while she was pregnant.
Mary Louise Parker. Yeah, I thought of that, too.
Awwww Angela Chase is all grown up.
I loved that show so much. But I think I love Hugh more. So cute…
One of the best shows ever.
Congrats to them! But I will never understand how Claire hardly ever gets labeled a “home wrecker” as other celebrities do. I mean, it will be brought up a few times, but overall, the media seems to have just let it go even though it was quite scandalous and if I am not mistaken she did it publicly twice. Or maybe I just don’t pay that much attention to her to notice what they say. To some celebs, something like that would follow them forever.Oh well, there’s always karma Claire.
I am happy for them, but is it me or has Dancy become less handsome and more bland looking since being with Danes?
what’s going on with his beard in that last photo?
Funny, I thought about Homeland the moment I read the headline. That show is awesome.
When rayanne graff said i needed to dye my hair crimson glow, she wasn’t just talking about my hair. She was talking about…my life.
I didn’t know he was 37. Guess his clock is ticking. They’ve seemed akward in public. I thought he seemed insecure at all the award shows where she won. I wish she did more films. I don’t have cable. I feel like she made good choices on tv the last couple years, but if she hadn’t she’d be on the c or d list. Maybe tv is her niche. I don’t see them together forever, but who is nowadays?
In the header pick I thought Hugh was Levi Johnston and that he and his latest had their baby.
Knowing they’ve had enough tension in photo old lately and knowing how Clare operates, I wouldn’t be surprisedbif thebaby wasn’t his.
How awkward would it be if it emerged with red hair . . . ?
Hope all of the Latisse doesn’t produce a baby with monstrously thick, luxurious eyelashes. *Hopes an eyelash curler is on their baby registry*
am i the only one who thinks she looks like brian molko?
Cheater/homewrecker who a very reliable source told me is butt nasty in real life, like mutant fugly. My source’s exact words were “she’s the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen”, and my source was disappointed as he’s a fan of her acting. Granted, maybe if she didn’t homewreck/cheat so dang much her being fug wouldn’t be a big deal, but I have to wonder what all those hot dudes see in her.
Please. She makes Goopy Paltrow look friendly and down to earth. I got through high school on Tori Amos and My So Called Life, and loved her as Angela. Now I can’t watch anything with her in it w/out thinking what an outstanding asshole she is. Did anyone else read the interview where she goes on about “choosing” to fall in love with Billy Crudup? If there is any justice, Hugh will leave her ass when SHE’S 7 months along. Takes two to tango, but it takes a real C-U-Next-Tuesday to do that to another woman.
Yep, but there’s always karma and it will hit her right when she least expects it.
Yeah i agree. If I were Claire Danes I would have been really careful about choosing to get pregnant because karma has been waiting for her.
Somewhere MLP is having a big old drink!
I don’t know if I’d hope her husband leaves her, but it would be nice if when she’s 7 months along she’d take the time to think about how Parker felt when she was homewrecked.
I haven’t been able to watch her act because of her cheating ways but then I stumbled upon ‘”Homeland” a week ago and have watched the entire season in 1 wk! It’s amazing and she is so good in it. TV is where all the good roles are for women. I still think she is physically unnappealing and looks waaay too thin, like she is anorexic.
If you haven’t see it, Season 1 of”Homeland” is available On Demand on Showtime until 7/17! Cable will let you subscribe for a few days and cancel and pro-rate.
Yeah, the person I know who saw her in real life said there’s something really weird about her broad shoulders, thinness and complete lack of breasts that makes her look mannish and awkward, coupled with her face. I reluctantly give her props tho for not getting tit implants.
Congrats!
I hope she gets some awards for her amazing performance in Homeland.
I love Homeland and I think she is a great actress, but her personality stinks. I think it was after the Golden Globes this year were she was being a major B to everyone. Supposedly she wasn’t gracious at all about her win.
Can you imagine what it must be like to spend a good sixteen hours a day on set with her and Mandy Patinkin?
Pazuzu, take the wheel!
I’ve said it a million times on Brangelina posts and I’ll say it again-Can we PLEASE just put the “homewrecker” label to bed already? Have you ever heard a MAN use the term “homewrecker”? Do you ever hear a MAN get called a “homewrecker”? No, because it is a term created solely to villify women and pit women against each other.
I don’t know, I’ve heard Russell Crowe described as a home wrecker. Also, when Frank Sinatra left his wife for Ava Gardner she emerged unscathed but he took an incredible beating from the Catholic church, housewife crowd, Hollywood gossip columnists, etc. The mob even cooled their ties with him! Women seemed to get vilified more but men have been savaged too.
I agree, I have heard it being applied to both men and women. A home wrecker is a home wrecker, I don’t care what gender you are.
Men might be called “cheaters” (which is about as literal as you can get) but I have NEVER seen one called a “homewrecker”. The term should not exist, period. And take “husband-stealer” with it. The inference is that men are a piece of valuable property to be kept, stolen or owned. It’s so insulting to women’s intelligence and makes the man seem like a “prize” to be won while two infatuated women duke it out for his affections. Ugh.
Exactly. I hate homewrecker/ husband stealer crap. A home cannot be wrecked, there must be problems in the relationship for one person to stray. And while I will never condone someone going after someone in a committed relationship, the person who should get the majority of the blame is the person in the relationship.
I tried to tell this to my MIL & my husband’s 85 yo grandma in regards to AJ & BP but they, um, didn’t see it my way. I hope we didn’t get written out of the will
Hey Bodhi!
Haven’t seen you ’round these parts in a while 🙂
Exactly-infidelity is a triangle composed of three people who are equally flawed-equally victims and equally responsible imo.
I don’t like the word homewrecker either. That said, the woman did cheat on her last 2 partners, one of whom was Billy Cruddup had a 7 month pregnant partner at home at the time. He’s the one who cheated on Mary Louise Parker (and karma got him once Claire cheated on him several years later), but I’m still going to look down on anyone male or female who cheats with a person in a committed relationship.
I don’t know what the word is to describe her behavior other than serial cheater.
@Jennifer12 you took the words right out of my mouth.
Claire Danes hooked up with Mary Louise Parker’s ex, some douche, an insignifact actor whose name I can’t remember right now, while Mary Louise was pregnant with his child.
Congrats! Lovely news.
Hugh what have you done to yourself?!
I don’t give a flying pig about Claire Danes. I hope to God this isn’t a bandaid baby.
Loved him in Hysteria.
She’s looking kind of Cammy Diaz in the face lately…
if she gets left by him in her 3rd trimester, i’m converting…’cause officially Karma ‘does’ exist & it is a bitch! 🙁
Am I the only one who thinks she looks older than 33?
No I am totally with you!While we are absolutely sure that 33 is her real age, she certainly looks like goop’s older sister!!!Gosh she is not ageing well at all and she is just 33!!