Taye Diggs & Idina Menzel are expecting their first child


Taye Diggs is going to be a daddy. Taye and wife Idina Menzel are expecting their first child together. The couple confirmed to US Magazine that the baby is due later this year.

Taye and Idina have been together forever. They met in 1996, dated for years and years and then finally married in 2003. They always seem crazy in love, and there’s never been a whiff of scandal about either of them, as far as I’ve seen. While Taye built a career in film and television, Idina built herself a brilliant, Tony-award winning career on Broadway. US has more:

After 13 years together, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel are expecting their first baby, their rep exclusively confirms to Usmagazine.com. The baby is due later this year.

The Private Practice star, 38, and the Tony award-winning actress, 37, first met on the original 1996 Broadway production of Rent in NYC. After seven years of dating, they got married in January 2003.

Menzel hinted to Us last January that once she finished promoting her third solo album, I Stand, she would consider starting a family with Diggs.

“It’s definitely in the plans,” she told Us. “I’ll settle down and start popping out some babies.” She said Diggs has been ready for kids since “the day I met him.”

“He wouldn’t talk about marriage, but he’d talk about me having his children,” she told Us. “He’s always wanted kids. He grew up with four younger brothers and sisters, so he’s very comfortable around children.”

How do they keep their marriage together?

“We just really work hard to try to stay best friends,” Menzel told Us. “I love him so much, and I feel like we both have each other’s backs, and we have a great respect for each other. We’re enjoying each new phase of our lives together.”

From US Magazine

God, what a sweet couple. Now I’m going to have fantasies about Taye Diggs telling me he wants me to have his babies. Sigh.

That baby is going to be gorgeous too. Idina’s lovely and Taye is gorgeous… how could the baby not be a heartbreaker? Congratulations to the happy couple!

Taye Diggs and Indina Menzel are shown at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on 1/25/09. Credit: PRPhotos

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  1. Obvious says:

    omg. I LOVE Idina and Taye. I was so bummed when I missed her appearance on Private.

    CONGRATS!!!!!

  2. HashBrowns says:

    AWWWWW, love them. They are going to have a gorgeous little baby 🙂

  3. Sauronsarmy says:

    I’m surprised shes still with him. Hasn’t he been foolin’ around on her for years?

  4. MSat says:

    Seeing all these moms having babies well into their late 30s and early 40s with no complications is encouraging….

  5. Annie says:

    I gotta say, I’m not ready to marry by any standards, but Diggs telling me he wants to have my babies? *swoon*

  6. lara says:

    “Me digs Taye Diggs”. What a super sweet couple, congratulations to them.

  7. daisyfly says:

    That kid’s either going to have the most phenomenal voice in history…or it’ll screech like a drunken parrot.

    Either way, I’m thrilled for the two of them. I’ve been looking forward to this day almost as much as they have! LOL!

  8. Wow says:

    I never got the public’s love for Taye, but I love their story as a couple. They’ve been together forever. Congrats to them.

  9. georgiagrl says:

    YEAH!!!!
    Loves them!

  10. hmm says:

    I love them. So, Yay.

  11. Lina says:

    That baby is going to be on broadway for sure! Im so happy 4 them!

  12. Autumm Leaves says:

    Congrats to the happy couple. I pray they have a happy and healthy addition to their family.

  13. Zoe (The Other One) says:

    Congratulations! Fantastic news for them – such a lovely couple.

  14. CB Rawks says:

    He is delicious! She sounds a sweety too. Congrats to the lucky couple!

  15. Feebee says:

    Didn’t know they were together but they’re vey cute together. Any kids are going to have huge smiles (pic 1).

  16. katrina says:

    OMG my friend told me she was pregnant during the middle of class i was screeming my head off cause i was so happy…then i got a detention but idk they r having a kid omg i love them so much i watched rent 15 times strait and wicked 5 times and then enchanted like over 70 times i love idina so much !!!!

  17. Dani says:

    I really really like this couple. I agree that they seem very much in love. I wish them nothing but happiness.