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Penn Badgley's wife once had 2 consecutive miscarriages. Now they're expecting twins.

Actor Penn Badgley and musician Domino Kirke-Badgley have announced they are expecting surprise twins.

Domino revealed the news on Instagram on Saturday, sharing photos featuring her growing baby bump, Penn, and their first child (whose face was covered).

penn-badgley-and-wife-domino-kirke-badley-child-and-baby-bumpPenn and Domino are expecting twins. Image: Instagram/@domino_kirke_badgley

"Babies #3 and #4 coming this Summer!" the singer wrote. "Talk about a PLOT TWIST! Spontaneous twins are beyond magical."

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She added: "We are stunned. We are in awe. Can't think of anyone else I'd rather be on this ride with @pennbadgley."

The twins will be the couple's second and third children together after they welcomed a baby boy in 2020, following two miscarriages.

"Were ready to call it," Domino wrote on Instagram at the time. "I stopped trusting my body and started to accept the fact that I was done.

“As a birth attendant, I’ve seen and heard it all. It takes everything I’ve got to detach lovingly from the losses I’ve been present for and be in my own experience."

Domino, who is now 41, fell pregnant at 25, and confessed she "knew nothing".

"I had no community. I dove in blissfully unaware about birth and its mysteries.

“Now, with 10 years worth of experience to pull from, I treasure my birth community and the knowledge I have. You’re already teaching us how to stay in the day in a way we’ve never had to, little one. Thank you.”

Penn, 38, married Domino, the sister of Girls star Jemima Kirke in 2012.

Watch: Justin Baldoni speaks to Penn Badgley about his wife Emily. Post continues after video.


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Although the beginning of the couple’s relationship was kept relatively quiet, it’s believed the pair started dating back in 2014, three years before they wed.

In interviews that followed, Domino admitted that she wasn’t very serious about their relationship at first.

“I was sort of getting used to being a single mum, maybe a little too used to it. I had a really good thing with my kid and we were like this little team,” she told Hey Mama.

“Penn and I were dating, but it wasn’t nearly as serious as it is now, of course. I didn’t think marriage was in the cards for us. So I was sort of just chugging along, surviving and getting through the days, and I think the difference now is that I’m really living.”

At the beginning, the singer also wasn’t keen on dating an actor — especially considering both of her sisters are working in the profession.

“I was like, ‘Ugh, actors’… and then I married an actor,” the 41-year-old told WWD.

Eventually, their relationship transformed into a much more serious one and, before long, they were married — not once, but twice.

“It all happened quite quickly,” Domino admitted.

“I got married and it was a bit of a whirlwind I wasn’t expecting for the next phase for Penn and I,” she told i-D.

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“To be honest, it came as a huge surprise.”

penn-badgley-and-domino-kirke-badgley-weddingPenn and Domino had two wedding ceremonies. Image: Instagram/@domino_kirke_badgley

The couple had two wedding ceremonies in 2017.

In February, the couple exchanged vows in a small courthouse ceremony in Brooklyn.

They followed up their intimate wedding with a big reception in June 2017 in upstate New York.

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The event was attended by a number of celebrity guests, including Debra Messing, Zac Posen and Mariska Hargitay.

Speaking to People in September 2019, Penn shared how he believes his faith led him to his relationship with Domino.

“I don’t think I could truly value human love until I developed divine love,” he explained.

“[Domino and I] very much had a romantic beginning, and I think that you discover in marriage that what sustains a marriage for decades — there are less and less people who can tell us this — but I think it has something to do with [divine] love.”

The You actor has also taken in Domino's son from a previous relationship with musician Morgan O'Kane.

penn-badgley-babyPenn holding his son with Domino. Image: Instagram/@domino_kirke_badgley

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Before marrying Domino, Penn dated a few famous faces.

His on-screen romance turned real when the actor started dating Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively, who is currently embroiled in a legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni.

Penn and Blake denied they were in a relationship at the time, only admitting it publicly years later.

The couple, who were together for three years, then had to spend another four seasons filming together after they split up.

Penn then dated Zoe Kravitz from 2011 to 2013, getting romantically involved with his now-wife the following year.

Feature Image: Instagram/@domino_kirke

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This post was originally published on January 16, 2019, and has since been updated.

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