Anne Hathaway Surprised by the News of Baby No. 3 on the Way
Anne Hathaway expressed her surprise upon discovering that she is expecting her third child.
“We were aware of what we were doing but … we were completely taken aback that it happened this way,” the Odyssey star, 43, mentioned during her appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday, July 14. She and her husband, Adam Shulman, referred to this pregnancy as their “buzzer-beater,” likening it to a basketball shot made just before the final buzzer sounds.
Hathaway, who shares sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6, with Shulman, 45, also sought advice from Meyers, 52, as he is a father of three himself—sons Ashe, 10, and Axel, 8, and daughter Adelaide, 4—alongside his wife, Alexi Ashe.
“Do you have any tips?” Hathaway inquired, to which Meyers humorously responded about the simplicity of managing three children. “Oddly, it becomes almost automatic. Once you have three, there’s not a lot you can do other than observe,” he joked.
On June 19, Hathaway shared the news of her expanding family on Instagram, posting a video with the caption, “x Baby I’m yours x.”
The adorable clip showcased Hathaway walking into frame wearing a flowing white dress, then revealing her baby bump with a smile as she hugged it before darting off-camera.
In her interview with Meyers, Hathaway also touched upon the strange emotions she’s experiencing during this pregnancy. After Meyers joked that she and Odyssey director Christopher Nolan were “on a break” between their last collaboration — 2014’s Interstellar — Hathaway candidly admitted it was an overwhelming thought.
“You can’t say we were on a break when I’m pregnant,” Hathaway replied to Meyers. “My body was clearly saying, ‘No we weren’t, he was just … in Dunkirk.’” (The historical film was directed by Nolan, 55, in 2016 and released in the following year.)
Hathaway has been open about her experiences as a mother, previously discussing her challenges during a 2024 Vanity Fair cover story where she shared about suffering a miscarriage nearly a decade ago.
“The first time didn’t work out for me. So when things finally went well, having been on the other end — where you have to find the strength to be happy for others — I wanted to tell my fellow mothers, ‘You don’t always have to be strong. I see you and I understand,’” she reflected at that time.
