The 30 Most Shocking Celebrity Birth Announcements Throughout the Years

When Natalie Portman skipped the Academy Awards in 2017, rumor had it that it was because she very pregnant. The real shocker came when fans learned that she'd actually given birth days before the ceremony—news she kept secret until early March.

In 2017, Donald Glover thanked his son in his Golden Globes acceptance speech and it was the first official confirmation the actor gave that he was a father.

Laura Linney stayed quiet about the birth of her son for more than two years.

"Well, I was an older mother-to-be, and it had taken me a very long time to have a child," she said of her decision to keep the pregnancy secret. "I wanted to make sure that my child actually arrived, and was safe and healthy."

Even though everyone knew the couple was expecting, they were so low-key about their pregnancy that news Russell had given birth didn't break for a few weeks after their child was born.

Anne Hathaway pulled off her biggest lie ever when she welcomed her son, Jonathan, in March 2016 (news didn't break until April).

"I get very flushed when I lie, so I am very bad at keeping secrets. People can always tell what's up," she said of keeping the secret. "The only secret that I kept, and I will tell you I got really good at lying, was when I was pregnant. I lied about everything having to do with it."

In January 2016, the supermodel shocked fans when she announced that she welcomed her first child via surrogate.

"The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here. He's got my fingers and big eyes and his daddy Erik's mouth and chin. As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this joyous milestone. York Banks Asla, welcome to the world," she wrote on Instagram.

The notoriously private couple welcomed their first child, a son, in December 2015. No one knew and no one would have known if Bledel's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life costar Scott Patterson hadn't spilled the secret.

"She's really blossomed as a woman and now she's a proud new mother and married and happy," he told Glamour magazine.