These days, it seems like we know everything about our favorite celebs (and sometimes they reveal even more after they become celebrity moms). We’re talking to you, Kim Kardashian! From Instragram to their own apps to Twitter, certain celebrity moms share all their is to know about their kiddos.
But here’s the thing: Not every celebrity mom is so willing to tell all about her life, especially when it comes to her children. In fact, some stars have managed to keep their baby’s birth — and, in some cases, news that they have a baby on the way — super private. Here, the celebrity moms who surprised us all with their ability to keep a major secret.
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11 Celebs Who Kept Their Baby News A Secret
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Eva Mendes
The "We Own the Night" star is the best secret keeper of them all! News of her baby's birth was leaked to the tabloids but never confirmed (she and boyfriend Ryan Gosling never even admitted their first child was on the way). Their daughter's name -- Esmeralda Amada Gosling -- only became public after TMZ published the baby's birth certificate on October 9, 2014.
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Nicole Kidman
Kidman says keeping quiet about her daughter Faith Margaret Urban, now 4, was one of the hardest things she's ever had to do, according to People. The child was born via surrogate in Nashville. "This was our thing together,” she told Giuliana Rancic at the Screen Actors Guild Awards shortly after Faith's birth. Kidman added that she also wanted to protect everyone involved. The actress has another daughter, Sunday Rose, 6, with hubby Keith Urban and two adult children, Isabella and Connor with ex-husband Tom Cruise.
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Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington proudly showed off her baby bump on the red carpet, but she managed to keep the birth of her first child, Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha, under wraps...at first. TMZ revealed the baby had arrived (two weeks after the fact) by publishing Isabelle's birth certificate.
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Anna Paquin
It was well publicized that Anna Paquin was expecting twins with husband Stephen Moyer -- but the fraternal twins, Poppy and Charlie Moyer, were born secretly. (The True Blood star’s rep confirmed their birth some time after it happened.) The babies were born premature with Moyer confessing their first few weeks were “touch and go.”
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Megan Fox
When the Transformers beauty gave birth to son Noah with husband Brian Austin Green, she took to her own Facebook page to announce the baby’s arrival -- weeks after he was born.
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Sandra Bullock
Bullock and then-husband Jesse James managed to keep the adoption of son Louis Bardo a secret for two months. The couple waited to announce Louis’ arrival until after the Oscars -- the same time they announced they were splitting up.
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Drew Barrymore
Barrymore never even commented on her pregnancy when she was expecting Olive, her first daughter. Instead she let the wedding portrait of husband Will Kopelman holding her bump speak for itself. The actress was much more open about her second pregnancy, with daughter Frankie, however; she even chatted about it on "The Ellen Show."
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Charlize Theron
According to court docs leaked by an Arkansas judge, Theron adopted baby boy Jackson in January of 2012. Two months later, her rep announced that the Oscar winner had become a mom. And yes, that creepy judge has since been removed from his job.
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Uma Thurman
Her rep quickly confirmed the birth of her third child in July of 2012, but Thurman managed to keep the baby's name -- Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson -- under wraps for three months.
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Neve Campbell
The Scream star confirmed that she was expecting, but she never revealed news of the baby's birth. Instead, the actress simply hit the beach one day with her baby boy, making it clear that he had arrived...at some point.
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Ellen Pompeo
On ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy," Pompeo’s Meredith Grey is an open book. But in real life, she didn't reveal the birth of second daughter Sienna May Ivery until two months after the baby’s arrival via surrogate. "Sienna May Ivery welcome to the world," Pompeo wrote on Instagram Thursday, Oct. 2, debuting her little one via WhoSay. "We love you more than words can say." Pompeo and husband Chris Ivery have another daughter together, Stella Luna, 4.
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