Actress Shay Mitchell is about to take on one of the biggest roles of her life: She's
becoming a mom!
In June 2019, she confirmed her relationship with her boyfriend and announced her pregnancy.
And now she's taking fans along on her journey with a brand new YouTube series.
Actress Shay Mitchell rose to fame playing Emily Fields on Freeform's Pretty Little Liars,
a drama series surrounding four teenagers dealing with a murderous stalker after the
disappearance of their friend.
She starred in the series from 2010 to 2017.
But ever since the show ended, Mitchell has been plenty busy.
She starred in the Netflix series You and the horror movie The Possession of Hannah
Grace, and she's been filming the Hulu series Dollface, which will premiere in November
2019.
When the gorgeous former model isn't acting, she's taking "Shaycations" around the world
and sharing her travel adventures with her millions of Instagram followers.
In fact, the actress loves traveling so much, she even created a luxurious luggage collection
called Béis.
"Want some options for the weekend, with different shoes?
Wanna bring with you a couple pairs of shoes?
Wanna meet hot locals in your area?
Call 1-800..."
The year 2018 was a really big one for Shay Mitchell.
In a January 2019 YouTube video, Mitchell called 2018 "the BEST year" of her life.
It certainly looked amazing from the outside looking in.
Over the course of the year, she offered makeup tutorials with celebrity makeup artist Patrick
Ta.
She traveled to India.
She celebrated her birthday with a girls trip to Cabo, Mexico.
And she went to China with her boyfriend, Matte Babel.
"Whoa, look at that squid!
That's a lot of calamari right there."
In the YouTube video "China: Matte versus Shay," viewers got a good look at their romantic
relationship.
While traveling through China, the couple challenged one another to a food showdown,
and they clearly had a total blast picking out food options that would gross the other
one out.
"See, she always one-ups the challenge, like, I got something respectable that everyone
snacks on here.
Just some dried…"
"Everyone snacks on fish balls, too.
They're just a little moist."
Spoiler alert: Mitchell was definitely the victorious one in this particular challenge.
"I won. I won."
It was one of the first times we got to see what their chemistry is really like and it
was seriously refreshing to watch the actress let loose and be completely comfortable with
her man.
The gorgeous twosome certainly seem to be well-suited for one another, and it's easy
to see why they're together.
Things aren't always what they seem in the entertainment world.
Although 2018 was a big year for Shay Mitchell professionally, she was actually going through
one of the most difficult times in her life.
In a January 2019 Instagram story, Mitchell reflected on the last twelve months, and opened
up to fans about the fact that she'd had a miscarriage, an experience she'd been keeping
private.
In her post, Mitchell wrote:
She made a point of thanking her fans, too:
Mitchell even shared an image of her sonogram and included a broken heart emoji.
The actress ended the post by urging her fans to be compassionate to one another in 2019,
because no one ever truly knows the hardships someone else is going through.
Just six months after revealing the heartbreaking news of her miscarriage, Shay Mitchell shocked
the world by announcing that she was pregnant.
On June 28th, 2019, the soon-to-be mom made the announcement on Instagram by sharing a
stunning photo showcasing her bare baby bump.
In the caption, Mitchell joked:
The actress hid her pregnancy from the world for months while waiting for the right time
to make the announcement.
In a YouTube video also posted on June 28th, she said:
"It didn't feel right to just put up a photo and be like, 'I'm pregnant,' and have people
just think that everything has been peaches and rainbows."
This will be the first child for the actress and the star sounds ready to be a mom.
In the caption for the June 28th YouTube video, she wrote:
"Now I can do this."
Mitchell and Babel have been dating on the down-low for about two years, and had been
keeping their relationship relatively quiet.
From the looks of it, Babel will be heavily featured in Mitchell's upcoming YouTube series
Almost Ready.
While we're fans are happy that Mitchell has found love, they undoubtedly want to know
more.
Who is this Babel guy, exactly?
Well, for one thing, he's a former Entertainment Tonight Canada host.
"I think you are definitely enjoying yourself."
"I'm still having fun."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
Mitchell and Babel have reportedly been an item since 2017.
And while some publications romantically linked Mitchell and Babel when she first shared news
of her miscarriage, she didn't officially confirm their relationship at the time.
But in the trailer for her new YouTube series, Babel can be seen smiling from ear to ear
while holding Mitchell's belly.
While Shay Mitchell was shooting her 2018 horror film The Possession of Hannah Grace,
she was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight Canada in January 2017 by a handsome host
who couldn't stop smiling.
That's right…She was interviewed by none other than Matte Babel.
"When was the last time you've been on a date?"
"God, a long time."
"Are you dating right now?"
"I am having so much fun with my friends and my family."
"Are you?"
"Yeah."
Throughout the interview, it's clear that Mitchell and Babel get a huge kick out of
teasing one another…but were they teasing us, too?
"Hey guys, it's Matt Babel here with Shay Mitchell, another fellow Canadian."
Mitchell evidently can't keep her hands off the television host.
She takes Babel behind the scenes of her film which, as you can see, was largely set in
a morgue.
Babel eventually quizzes Mitchell on surgical equipment.
"This is a…?"
"That's a drill."
"This is a drill?
Is that what they call it?
It's still a drill.
Ding-ding-ding-ding."
The chemistry between the pair is pretty obvious, and it certainly seems like they're attracted
to one another.
That same month, a source told Entertainment Tonight that the pair were indeed a couple,
had been dating for several months, and had even spent the 2017 holidays together.
What's more, Babel reportedly brought Mitchell as his date to Drake's 30th birthday party.
The source told Entertainment Tonight:
So, were Mitchell and Babel already an item during that January 2017 Entertainment Tonight
Canada interview?
Hard to say for sure…but it sure sounds like it to us.
Matte Babel has already discussed Shay Mitchell's pregnancy online.
After she made the big announcement, he posted his own message to social media.
On June 29th, 2019, he took to Instagram to share a touching black and white photo of
a pregnant Mitchell, writing in the caption:
With a sweet, heartfelt message like that, it's easy to see why Mitchell would want to
have a baby with Babel.
Shay Mitchell's new bi-weekly YouTube series, Almost Ready, premieres on July 17th, 2019.
Throughout the show, she'll be sharing all the ups and downs of her pregnancy journey,
and the series will presumably end with the birth of her first child.
In the trailer for the series, Mitchell says:
"When you're in the public eye, there are some things you want to just keep a secret
until you feel ready.
This for me has been the hardest."
The former Pretty Little Liars star will let fans see her more vulnerable side.
Viewers will watch Mitchell as she informs friends and family of the pregnancy news,
and they'll watch her become emotional about her changing body.
Shay Mitchell has lived a relatively private life, so it's rather surprising that she's
willing to show the world her pregnancy journey in Almost Ready.
As you can tell from the trailer, emotions are running high for the mom-to-be.
Sometimes she just doesn't feel like herself.
Other times, keeping her pregnancy a secret has made her feel upset and isolated.
It looks like Mitchell really isn't holding back anything: She's showing fans exactly
what her real life is like.
In the description for her YouTube video, Mitchell wrote:
Mitchell further opened up about her decision to create Almost Ready, telling Deadline:
As of the making of this video, no one knows for sure why Shay Mitchell kept her pregnancy
a secret for so long.
But after suffering a miscarriage in 2018, it's understandable why she was initially
cautious about sharing the news.
Now far past the point of keeping her baby bump under wraps, the actress is sharing the
joys and challenges of her pregnancy.
In the trailer for her upcoming YouTube series, Mitchell details how she kept the pregnancy
a secret by wearing oversized sweaters.
She also opens up about how it's impacted her emotionally:
"I think pregnancy is awesome for the most part.
But it's also really f---ing lonely."
Thankfully, the secret is finally out.
Now, Mitchell can openly share pregnancy updates, concerns, milestones, and, eventually, the
birth of her first child.
Hopefully, we'll get even more baby updates on Mitchell's social media and get to see
her adorable baby right away!
Before making her pregnancy announcement, Shay Mitchell shared something else with her
fans: She was releasing high-end diaper bags.
You heard that right.
The bags are an addition to her luggage collection Béis, which she launched back in 2018.
The constant traveler shared the product news in this June 2019 Instagram photo with the
caption: "Coming soon…Béis Baby."
The photo depicts a chic black bag stuffed with diapers, bottles, pacifiers, and more.
Without the added baby accessories, the bag is sleek and classic enough to be worn as
an everyday personal handbag.
We suspect the post was meant as a tease…a hint that much bigger news was on the horizon.
Surely fans must have wondered why Mitchell wanted to create a diaper bag in the first
place.
Of course, now it's obvious: The jetsetting actress will soon be a mom and she and her
baby will certainly be traveling in style!
On July 4, 2019, Mitchell teased fans with yet another big update on her pregnancy a
gender reveal!
In a new video on her channel, Mitchell decided to surprise Babel with the news, which was
complicated by the fact that she didn't know the gender herself.
Enlisting the help of two friends who were in the know, Mitchell arranged a mock battle
between a pink and a blue Power Ranger in their own backyard.
Talk about an epic reveal.
The two combatants plunged into a fountain and briefly struggled to breathe when their
masks filled with water, but in the end the pink Power Ranger came out victorious.
That's right, folks, Shay Mitchell is having a girl!
And it only took a little accidental waterboarding to share the news.
"They can't breathe."
"Can they not breathe in there?"
"Can you breathe?"
It's clear that the expectant mom is, indeed, "almost ready" for the big day.
Over the coming months, fans will likely find out more and more about this exciting time
in Mitchell's life.
And it appears the actress may be in the middle of a babymoon.
In July 2019, Mitchell shared her travels via Instagram Stories and even included an
Instagram photo of her breakfast.
With an upcoming television series on Hulu, a successful luxury luggage collection, and
a baby on the way with the man of her dreams, it's safe to say 2019 will, in fact, be Mitchell's
best year ever!
"You're just so beautiful."
"Oh now I can see it."
"This is getting huge now."
"It's so pretty."
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