For those of you who are too young to know who these people are, I’ll tell you: Anna Kournikova was famous for being a tennis player (briefly) and then she was famous for being really hot (while wearing skimpy tennis dresses). Enrique Iglesias was/is famous for being a singer, although his heyday was definitely more “circa 2001” (as was Anna’s). 2001 was also the year that Anna and Enrique got together. There were rumors over the years that they had gotten married OR that they were going to break up because she wanted to get married and he didn’t. No one really knew anything – at some point, Anna and Enrique became intensely private about their relationship. It wasn’t that fake “privacy” act that so many stars employ (cough Taylor Swift) – Anna could go years without being seen or photographed. So is that shocking that in the midst of what was a years-long disappearing act, Anna quietly got pregnant, gestated for nine months and gave birth to twins without anyone knowing until it was all over?
Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias are first-time parents — she gave birth to twins over the weekend … TMZ has learned, but the real miracle is … no one had a clue she was pregnant!
Sources in Miami tell us Anna had a boy and a girl Saturday in Miami, and their names are Nicholas and Lucy. The only thing overshadowing the blessed occasion is the fact they kept this whole thing a secret for 9 months. Fact is … Anna’s been way out of the spotlight for more than a year now. The last photo we can find of the 36-year-old in public is this shot on a boat in Miami … from November 2016.
They’ve been together since 2001, and although there have been marriage rumors for years — fueled by a HUGE rock on her hand — neither’s ever confirmed it. Congrats to the fam … and welcome to MILF-dom, Anna!
Nicholas is already a name popular in Russia (where Anna is from), and I’d be willing to bet that “Lucy” is actually Lucia or something more Russian-sounding. In any case, whatever they’re doing works for them, so God bless. I used to think she was an annoying famewhore, but I admire her disappearing act, and I respect that she truly got her private life. As for Enrique… well, sure, congrats to him too.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and WENN.
Congrats to them for really their private life private!! Another proof it can be done!
Just coming here to say that. Anna and Enrique do celebrity the right way.
PEOPLE!! If all celebrities were this under the radar, how would we get our Celebitchy fix?! 🙂
Rumor is that they are married and have been for a while. She wears a ring and he mentioned something about getting married in the future or in the past (aka they already got hitched).
16 years together is nothing to scoff at. So congrats to them. They clearly make it work and honestly keeping the public out of their relationship probably helps
Yeah, I’m amazed they’ve lasted this long, especially given how famous they are and the time at which they met (they were relatively young-ish, I think).
16 years ago, I probably would have thought they’d last 16 months.
Congrats. They’ve always been low key and no drama.
I like some of his music and he has always come across as a really nice, respectful guy – the opposite of his philandering father.
His most recent music is SO GOOD. He’s gone back to his Spanish roots and turned out a bunch of great tracks with Latin bands and a modern flamenco-ish feel. Seriously, his latest album is awesome. He’s still popular among Latinos.
I am not ashamed to admit that I LOVE Enrique! Always have, always will. I don’t think the Latino community will ever dismiss him; same with his dad, though I think love for him is more from the abuelitas at this point.)
From what I’ve read he does a lot of charitable and philanthropic work as well.
Man, that ring really is enormous.
Congratulations to them..
It seems while his grandfather was a famous womaniser, Enrique is totally one woman kind of man…
Do you mean his father, Julio Iglesias?
A lot of people know who Enrique is.
While his “heyday” in the English world was more like 2001 when the big Latin artists like Ricky Martin, Shakira and Enrique crossovered, make no mistake they are still a huge deal in the Latin world. They still release hits and are as relevant as ever. Anyway, congrats to Anna and Enrique!
He’s also still very popular in Europe. Every summer there’s an Enrique song that’s allllways playing everywhere.
Thank you. America is not the World.
He is really big in Europe. And Ana was at one point no. 1 in doubles, and she won a few grand slams.
“The only thing overshadowing the blessed occasion is the fact they kept this whole thing a secret for 9 months.”
What!?! Oh, TMZ…never change.
“and welcome to MILF-dom, Anna!”
God, TMZ is such trash.
So gross. I blanched at that.
Enrique still very famous…. maybe just in the Latin and European world but his popularity did not end in 2001. I can bet he still recognized in the USA. Congrats to the couple!
Since when do I care? I mean that’s good that they kept their private life private, however are they relevant? Maybe in the Latino America region but now? I really want to k ow
So if someone isnt “relevant” in the states they arent relevant?
He is not only relevant in the “Latino America Region” he is always on tour here in the states. He is huge in the Latin American community
Kiki only cares about stateside celebrities and not these “other ” kinds…keep that stuff to Latino sites! #MERICA!! [Yes kiki thats how you sound]
Kiki, you don’t have to care at all. You don’t even have to click on the article.
I love his music and so do many here in this country. This is a multicultural country, like it or not. We are a multilingual country too, just so you know.
@Kiki please speak on what you know about. Enrique was on tour in the states a few years ago with Pitbull. I know for a fact because I saw them at Madison Square Garden.
And I believe they are gearing up for another tour, in the states.
You clicked on the article.
Wtf kind of remark is that?
So, some latin TV station told the story of how the news came out: a patient in the clinic saw Enrique on the hallway and a **doctor** confirmed it was him and told her that AK gave birth to twins. I am pretty sure the doctor was not supposed to share this?
Congrats to the parents and good wishes to them and the twins.
Is there also a non disclosure agreement (don’t know if there is a real term for that) between the patient and the doctor in the US?
Giving birth is not a disease in itself but it seems out of line for a doctor to share this information, he could have “just” confirmed the identity of Enrique…
Well if that was in the United States, that doctor or health care professional violated the HIPAA law by revealing their names, and health conditions (pregnancy), which is protected health information. Also just a really crappy thing to do.
Giving birth in a hospital is a medical act and as far as I know that should be protected by confidentiality. Also, I don’t see it as the doctor’s business to confirm his identity either. It should be the family’s prerogative to choose when to disclose the information. They are low-key after all.
There’s a law called HIPPA that makes it illegal for medical folks to disclose private patient information in most cases. But it’s not a criminal law so it’s not like that doctor would be arrested. He would likely face some administrative penalty in his hospital and he could be sued by Kournikova.
Enrique has on an average one big radio hit every year that plays non stop on radio till your ears burn and yet you wanna dance to it.
It’s pretty haydayei
Congrats to the couple.
He is soooooo cute! OMG! I love Enrique. Happy for them! They’ve been together for a while.
He is so sexy and handsome! 😄
I bet there kids are gorgeous. Anna just glows and sparkles.
These are going to be some good looking kids! Anna’s tennis skills may not be the best, but man is she gorgeous. Enrique’s not half bad either.
Just FYI – Anna Kournikova was a very talented tennis player. Not the best, or the GOAT, but very good. People like to belittle her achievements because of the way she looks, mainly taking the stat that she never won a singles title without any context. But the reality is she was the 8th best player in the World in 2000 – most of those talking down her tennis would kill to be the 8th best in the world at anything. She is a former World No. 1 doubles player too and has won a doubles slam. For comparison, Williams sisters aside – the US hasn’t produced a player as good as Anna in singles (based on rankings) for ages.
“Welcome to the MILFdom”
Seriously?
Tmz is the worst.
That made me gag, too. Gross.
Wow they have not aged a bit! I love how stealth they are, good for them.
Well they don’t live in LA so I’m sure it’s easy to keep a low profile. Plus she’s retired & he’s no longer topping the charts. I am a fan of his tunes however. So was it really a secret or did they just not call E! News?!
Wow! Nicholas and Lucy – such normal names against their Hollywood counterparts. Anyways, congrats to them.
An approved Russian collusion.
GAH, they are such a hot couple!! Good for them for keeping their private life private & bless them as they get through the first year with twins!!! It’s a rough one 🙂 Congrats!!
I still remember her marriage to Sergei Federov. I side eye HIM still to this day.
Why? What happened?
She was very underaged when they started dating.
Wow, I did not expect that. Thanks @word.
She still will not confirm that they were married. There was a divorce settlement and everything!
For those that don’t know: at the age of 16, Anna dated and then secretly married the much older fellow Russian hockey player Sergei Fedorov. She dumped him not long into it, then secretly divorced. Their relationship was public knowledge, the wedding not so much. Funny enough, it actually threw off his game he was so distraught.
Neither of them are really famous anymore so it would be easy for no one to care about them. But there were pictures of her looking pregnant like back in 2011 and something probably happened with that pregnancy, which is why they kept it completely quiet.
He is huge in Europe and South America. How on earth is he not famous anymore? The Us is not the world.
I believe Enrique put out a new song earlier this year and possibly touring so still relevant. He’s also Latin music Royalty[his dad is HUGE] so yea congrats for keeping it secret… you see celebrities it can be done but you’d probably not like the non attention! :’-)
Whoohoo! I hadn’t heard of them in forever, good for them!
Wow! I honestly thought they broke up a long time ago! That’s what I call “private” 🙂
Congratulations!
So private that like 10 years in, she still hadnt met his dad hahaha
Julio said so in an interview a while back.
Anna has always been incredibly private, but it’s pretty obvious that they’ve been married for years. She gets a lot of flack for not being a tennis champion, but she had talent and was plagued by injuries. Aside from her season on the Biggest Loser, she seems happy to just do her thing in Palm Beach.
No she never had a great talent as a tennis player she never won anything major she just had proential for a minute and was blonde. Sort of a precursor to Sharapova but way nicer/better attitude. When the modeling and sponsorship money came in she took it and became a minor celebrity and no one can blame her for that.
“She had talent and was plagued by injuries”. But thanks for the mansplaining.
“No she never had a great talent as a tennis player she never won anything major”
*Cough* She won 2 Grand Slams in doubles (at the Australian Open) and won the WTA Tour Finals twice in doubles too.
oh and she was blond. great job stereotyping women:)
Was it only injuries? After reading Agassi’s autobiography, I’ve always wondered what type of damages someone like Bolletieri could do to a young personality. I mean, a child, cut from her family, her native country in a military type academy can easily want to throw it all away when the cage opens.
She gave the vibe that she discovered there was a way, and a more pleasant one, outside of tennis. Not that she would have been Seles anyway.
Just yesterday I read an interview with him online somewhere & he said they were very happily unmarried. That sure looks like a wedding ring on her finger, though!
Good for them–I’ve always liked them both.
I was just going to say that, I see I was beat to it. He is super famous! That ‘s like saying daddy Yankee & the Wisin twins are not famous because they don’t chart the US often
Happy for the news
Enrique is still hugeee in Latin music, and all over the world but i see here some people think hes a nobody because hes not chart topping in pop songs in the US (eyeroll) or in every magazine cover.
USA is not the center of the universe!
Also hes probably still getting tons of money in royalties from Hero or Bailamos.
Anyway back in the day when it was between him and Ricky Martin i was always #TeamRicky
And still am. I dont care if hes gay i would still hit it today. 😂😂😂
I think I live in an alternate universe…Who the heck doesn’t know Enrique?
He’s always popping up on the charts here in the UK over the years.
Super ignorant to assume he is no longer relevant. There’s a gigantic Latin base of fans in the US and outside. I got sucked
Into it living abroad.
Private life level expert. Too bad the Kartrashians cannot take a lesson from these two.
Enrique is a huge huge star in the Spanish community and still making hit records. So he is very very famous, I say all that to say, they are still able to keep their private lives private. P.S ( I am speaking like TRUMP)
Seems like they chose names that work in both Spanish, English and Russian. Lucy is a nickname for women named Ludmilla and there’s Lucia in Spanish. Nicholas is Nikolai in Russian and Nicolas in Spanish
They were born around winter-St.Nicolasday, which is widely known in Russia. And, if I’m not mistaken, Lyudmila (Lyusya/Mila) is either Anna’s mother or grandma’s name. It’s so rare these days. Now, they mostly name Mila as in Milena/Milana like Mila Kunis…
It’s actually HIPAA 😉