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Are Gigi Hadid, Zayn Malik, Chris Pratt, Lea Michele and Soo Hyun all part of a coronavirus baby boom? 5 celebrity couples expecting by the end of 2020

For Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid, Lea Michele, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, the coronavirus pandemic will be memorable for some special reasons. Photos: Instagram/ @gigi_zayn/ @leahmichele/ @prattprattpratt
For Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid, Lea Michele, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, the coronavirus pandemic will be memorable for some special reasons. Photos: Instagram/ @gigi_zayn/ @leahmichele/ @prattprattpratt

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik, Lea Michele and Zandy Reich, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, Bella Astillah and Aliff Aziz ... whatever condom maker Durex says, it seems these celebrities have been getting down to some family planning during lockdown

Will there be a coronavirus baby boom? Although social distancing measures might have worked for giant pandas Ying Ying and Le Le – who mated for the first time in a decade with the absence of visitors to their home at Hong Kong’s amusement complex Ocean Park – it has been reported that it is rather unlikely there will be a surge of newborns in nine months time.

According to the maker of Durex condoms, the coronavirus is actually taking its “toll on the number of intimate occasions” across the globe. Reportedly, both casual and established couples seem to be having less sex because of increased anxiety.

That said, for some, there has been no better time to get down and busy with family planning. While the rest of us may be anxious about job security or an impending economic crisis, some celebrities are taking this opportunity to go forth and multiply.

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Here are five celebrity couples who are bucking the trend and expecting the pitter patter of tiny feet by the end of the year.

Lea Michele and Zandy Reich

 

The most recent quarantine baby announcement has come from former Glee star Lea Michele. Wearing a flowing blue maxi dress, the 33-year-old actress embraced her baby bump in an Instagram post, confirming online rumours.

 

The baby will be Michele's first child with husband and entrepreneur Zandy Reich, who she married in March 2019.

Irene Pyne
Irene Pyne is a professional copywriter, storywriter and all-round content guru. Her interests include East Asian culture and politics, modern art, food, television and film. When she’s not writing for us, she’s spending time at idNerd’s animation studio, debating over the projectile speed of snot - for a cartoon, of course.