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Need a sweet treat to whip up for Valentine’s Day? Good news! Dolly Parton is expanding her beloved line of Duncan Hines cake mixes.
“I knew Duncan Hines and I were bringing something special to the baking aisle when we launched our partnership last year, and I’ve been thrilled by the response,” the country legend said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan. 17). “I’m really excited to launch more baking mixes steeped in my Southern roots, like cornbread and biscuits. I think folks are really going to like them and hope they’ll bake up some special memories with family and friends.”
New flavors include Buttermilk Biscuit Mix, Sweet Cornbread & Muffin Mix and two installments of the Famous Brownie Mix. The latest additions to the Dolly Parton x Duncan Hines collection retails for $3.29-$3.49 per box and includes Parton’s recipes on the packaging.
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Parton’s Famous Brownie Mix ($3.49) is available in Caramel Turtle and Fabulously Fudgy flavors. Buttermilk Biscuit Mix ($3.29) is made with real buttermilk and features one of Parton’s favorite recipes for cheddar and chive biscuits on the box, while Sweet Cornbread & Muffin Mix ($3.29) features another of Parton’s favorite jalapeño cornbread recipes.
The new collection will hit stores soon, but fans can snag early access to Duncan Hines’ limited-edition Dolly Parton’s Baking Collection ($40) beginning Feb. 8 at shopduncanhines.com (while supplies last). Members of the “Duncan Hines Baking Community” will get early access on Feb. 1. Click here to join.
In addition to the delicious mixes, the limited-edition kit includes a pink spatula, exclusive recipe cards and collectible tea towel that reads “What Would Dolly Do?”
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While fans wait for the new editions to drop, the original flavors in Parton’s collection — banana and coconut flavored cake mixes, creamy buttercream frosting and creamy chocolate flavored frosting — are available online and in stores at multiple retailers.
Parton announced the “sweet surprise” in a tweet to fans last year writing, “Can’t wait for ya’ll to try it.” The limited-edition cake mix kit ($40) — featuring Dolly Parton’s Southern Style Coconut Flavored Cake Mix, Dolly Parton’s Southern Style Banana Flavored Cake Mix, Dolly Parton’s Creamy Buttercream Frosting, Dolly Parton’s Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, along with a collectible tea towel, spatula, and custom recipe cards — debuted on Jan. 26 and sold out within minutes.
“I have always loved to cook and, growing up in the South, I especially love that authentic Mom and Pop kind of cooking,” Parton said in a statement at the time. “I am excited to launch my own line of cake mixes and frostings with Duncan Hines, bringing that sweet, Southern-style baking experience I enjoy to others.”
“Duncan Hines is beyond thrilled to partner with Dolly Parton, one of the most revered and beloved women in the world, on a new line of products that are steeped in Southern comfort and inspired by Dolly’s family recipes,” added Audrey Ingersoll, Duncan Hines brand director. “We are excited to see this partnership – facilitated by Dolly’s licensing agency, IMG – evolve for years to come.”
The initial batch of Parton’s cake mixes were first available at DuncanHines.com before being released in grocery stores in March. You can buy the cake mixes and frostings online at Amazon, Walmart, H.E.B., Ralph’s and Instacart.
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Dolly Parton’s Southern Style Banana Cake Mix
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Are Kelsea Ballerini and Outer Banks‘ Chase Stokes dating? Wouldn’t you like to know. The 29-year-old country pop star has addressed the romance rumors for the very first time in a recent TikTok, but don’t get too excited. Instead of confirming or denying, she simply expressed her dismay over her love life being the subject of attention on popular gossip page DeuxMoi.
In the Monday (Jan. 16) video, Ballerini speaks to her followers while showing them a screenshot of a discussion that took place on DeuxMoi’s Instagram account that same day. The person who anonymously runs DeuxMoi had posted on Instagram Stories a screenshot of a direct message they received from a follower, who mentioned both Ballerini and Stokes by name, and speculated on the likelihood of their relationship.
The sender of the message alleged that Ballerini is “too busy” repeatedly asking out a Soho House Nashville employee to actually be in a relationship with Stokes, calling their recent appearance at the college football national championship game in Inglewood, Calif., a few days prior a “PR play.”
“I know, I know. Stop reading, stop looking,” Ballerini says in her TikTok, gesturing to the screenshotted conversation. “But what is happening, guys? What?”
“Let’s not do this, you know?” she added, before blowing a defeated raspberry.
The “Peter Pan” singer then captioned the video, “i’m about to break up with the internet 5 sure.”
Fans have been curious about Ballerini and Stokes’ possible romantic link since the two were included in a group photo from the championship that Raising Canes founder Todd Graves shared on social media. Later, Stokes shared a carousel of photos that included a snap of him getting cozy with a blonde woman, whom he tagged as Ballerini, sitting next to him at the game.
See Kelsea Ballerini sort of address the Chase Stokes dating rumors in her new TikTok below:
Happy new year indeed! Chrissy Teigen gave birth to her third child with husband John Legend on Friday (Jan. 13), a rep confirms to Billboard.
The singer-songwriter announced the happy news during a private concert that evening, People was first to report. “What a blessed day,” Legend told attendees, according to the publication. The 12-time Grammy winner also said that though he had spent a lot of time at the hospital and hadn’t gotten much sleep ahead of the event, he felt “energized” after the baby’s birth.
Some who attended the private performance also shared the news of the baby’s birth on Twitter. “@johnlegend just told us he had a baby this morning #congratulations,” wrote one.
The couple have not yet shared any additional details about their newborn.
The joyous arrival of Legend and Teigen’s new baby comes after the cookbook author suffered a pregnancy loss in September 2020. The model revealed at the time that they lost son Jack at 20 weeks after a pregnancy complication. She later shared more details, saying that the couple had learned Jack “would not survive,” and neither would she without medical intervention. “Let’s just call it what it was: It was an abortion,” the star said during Propper Daley’s “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation” summit in September. “An abortion to save my life for a baby that had absolutely no chance.” Teigen noted to attendees that at the time that the fact it was an abortion shocked her.
In February 2022, she shared that she was undergoing IVF treatment in order to conceive again, but asked her followers to not make comments about if she was pregnant or not.
“I honestly don’t mind the shots … they make me feel like a doctor/chemist … but the bloating is a bi—, so I humbly beg you to stop asking if I’m pregnant because while I know it’s said with excited, good intentions, it just kind of sucks to hear because I am the opposite of pregnant!” she wrote at the time.
Teigen announced her pregnancy news on Instagram in early August 2022 by sharing a series of baby bump mirror selfies. “The last few years have been a blur of emotions to say the least, but joy has filled our home and hearts again,” she captioned the post. “1 billion shots later (in the leg lately, as u can see!) we have another on the way. Every appointment I’ve said to myself, ‘ok if it’s healthy today I’ll announce’ but then I breathe a sigh of relief to hear a heartbeat and decide I’m just too nervous still. I don’t think I’ll ever walk out of an appointment with more excitement than nerves but so far, everything is perfect and beautiful and I’m feeling hopeful and amazing. Ok phew it’s been very hard keeping this in for so long!”
Legend and Teigen, who tied the knot in 2013, are parents to 5-year-old Luna and 4-year-old Miles.
Nick Jonas and wife Priyanka Chopra have been celebrating all of their daughter Malti’s milestones, so when she turned 1 recently, Jonas couldn’t help but share a few details about her birthday party on Friday’s (Jan. 13) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.
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Clarkson inquired about Malti’s age, asking if she is about to turn 1. “She did, over the weekend. We had to celebrate,” Jonas shared. “She went through a pretty wild journey in the earlier part of her life, and so we had to celebrate in style. She’s 1, she’s beautiful, she’s amazing. The best.”
Jonas and Chopra first revealed back in January 2022 that they had welcomed Malti via a surrogate. On Mother’s Day, the Jonas Brothers singer updated his followers that the baby girl was finally home after spending more than 100 days in the newborn intensive care unit at both Rady Children’s Hospital La Jolla and Cedars Sinai in L.A. Since then, the couple have been private about their daughter and don’t share pictures of Malti’s face online.
The little girl’s first birthday party is just one of the many occasions the Jonas-Chopra family have celebrated the past year, with the musician and actress most recently marking Malti’s first ever Diwali in October, as well as Mother’s and Father’s Day back in May and June, respectively.
Watch Nick Jonas talk about Malti’s first birthday celebration with Clarkson in the video above.
Need something steamy to wear this Valentine’s Day? You already know Bad Girl Ri Ri has you covered, or, as far as the clothing itself goes … not so covered. With just about one month left to go before Feb. 14, Rihanna dropped her “V-Day” line of lingerie on her Savage X Fenty website and posted a red-hot video of herself modeling one of the designs.
In the Thursday (Jan. 12) video, the “S&M” singer poses in a black lace jumpsuit with a revealing heart-shaped cutout just under the neckline. “Phuck yo roses,” she captioned the post on Twitter, adding a red heart emoji.
The piece Ri models in the video looks to be the “Lovestruck Lace” catsuit — which, according to the Savage X Fenty website, is “crotchless.” Do with that as you will.
The catsuit is now available for purchase on the site along with lacy bodysuits, corset tops, bra-and-panty sets and more. There’s even a Valentine’s-themed jockstrap for the fellas.
Similar to the design Rihanna models in her video, many of the pieces have racy cutouts or stretches of transparent fabric. As Savage X Fenty puts it in a tweet promoting the line on the company’s official account, they’re “Hot from e’ry angle.”
The new drop comes just days after the nine-time Grammy winner attended the Golden Globes Tuesday (Jan. 10), where she was in the running for best original song with her Wakanda Forever track “Lift Me Up.” Though she didn’t take home the award that night, she and A$AP Rocky — with whom Ri welcomed a son last May — did unofficially win best-dressed couple at the event.
Valentine’s Day isn’t the only major occasion happening in February that Rihanna is gearing up for, though. Two days before the holiday of love, she’ll headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show — an occasion she also celebrated with a Savage x Fenty line of “Game Day” clothing.
See Rihanna modeling her new V-Day line of Savage x Fenty lingerie below:
Machine Gun Kelly and fiancée Megan Fox have hit another milestone in their relationship — the twin flames have been engaged for a year. To celebrate, the “Papercuts” singer shared a throwback video to his Instagram Story on Wednesday (Jan. 11) from the day he proposed.
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The video features MGK delicately slipping the emerald portion of Fox’s ring onto her finger. He captioned the sweet moment, “one year ago under a banyan tree.”
The banyan tree Machine Gun Kelly references is the one he discussed after announcing his and Fox’s engagement. “‘Yes, in this life and every life.’ Beneath the same branches we fell in love under, i brought her back to ask her to marry me,” he shared one year ago. “I know tradition is one ring, but i designed it with Stephen Webster to be two: the emerald (her birth stone) and the diamond (my birth stone) set on two magnetic bands of thorns that draw together as two halves of the same soul forming the obscure heart that is our love. 1-11-2022.”
Fox also shared the significance of the banyan tree in her engagement announcement, in which she wrote, “In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree … Somehow a year and a half later, having walked through hell together, and having laughed more than I ever imagined possible, he asked me to marry him. And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes… and then we drank each other’s blood. 1.11.22.”
Watch MGK’s anniversary video before it disappears here.
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Happy Lunar New Year! If you’re not familiar with Lunar New Year, which starts Jan. 22, the annual celebration — also known as Chinese New Year — follows the lunar calendar. It contains 354 days, versus the 365-day Gregorian calendar that you might be more familiar with.
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2023 marks the Year of the Rabbit, an animal that symbolizes patience, longevity, peace and luck. The Chinese zodiac is separated into 12 astrological signs that are governed by different animals like the tiger, rat, snake, horse, ox and monkey. The astrological calendar repeats itself every 12 years, which means that there are a lot of people who were born in years that correspond with the rabbit. (Of course, you don’t have to be born during a rabbit year to get a gift.) In China, where Lunar New Year celebrations can last up to 16 days, the color red represents happiness, success, vitality, beauty and good luck, which is why most Lunar New Year products feature red coloring.
Below, find a curated list of Lunar New Year gifts.
LEGO
LEGO Lunar New Year Display Set
$89.99
The LEGO Lunar New Year Display set makes a great gift and a fun family activity. The 872-piece set includes two separate structures that can be displayed together or separately and feature traditional, festive symbols including koi fish for good luck, buildable golden ingots in the traditional Yuan Bao design, red pockets symbolizing good wishes and fortune, the “Zhao Cai Jin Bao” greeting that welcomes fortune and treasures into the home, peony flowers (representing wealth and prosperity) and the greeting “Hua Kai Fu Gui,” meaning blooming prosperity and happiness. The Lunar New Year Display is available at Lego.com, Target and Walmart.
Kate Spade
Kate Spade Year of the Rabbit Mini Pendant
$58
New year, new jewelry! This Year of the Rabbit Mini Pendant from Kate Spade is made from plated gold and cubic zerconia with a lobster closure (the chain measures 16 inches with a 3-inch extender). Kate Spade’s Lunar New Year collection includes a Year of the Rabbit Studs ($48) and matching cocktail ring ($128), a Lunar New Year Bunny Ring Stand ($38), Fluff Embellished Faux Fur Small Bucket Bag ($448). Shop the full collection here.
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Disney Year of the Rabbit Lunar New Year Mini Backpack
$88
If you love Disney, this mini backpack will help you bounce into the new year with style! The Loungefly Mini Backpack for Lunar New Year 2023 boasts a square design, golden trims with an envelope-style front and features Judy Hopps from Zootopia and the White Rabbit and it matches perfectly with this $36 White Rabbit shirt. Shop Disney’s 2023 Lunar New Year Collection here.
Fossil
Fossil Lunar New Year Townsman Stainless Steel Watch
$270
Looking for a new watch? Fossil’s Lunar New Year Townsman Automatic Stainless Steel Watch is designed with a rabbit-shaped window cutout and it comes in a specially designed tin box. Click here to shop men’s and women’s watches and other items in the collection.
Redbubble
Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit iPhone Case
$38
This iPhone case is a subtle way to welcome in the Lunar New Year. The Year of the Rabbit case from Redbubble features two adorable bunnies bundles up in winter gear.
Amazon
BEXOA New Year Kawaii Rabbit Keychain
$12.89
This bunny keychain is to cute not to buy! The keychain is available in multiple colors including green, yellow, black, red and pink.
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JHkim 2023 Chinese New Year Rabbit Mascot Zodiac Bunny Plush
$9.98
Another cute gift idea from Amazon, this stuffed plushy doubles as a decorative piece. The 8-inch rabbit is made with a blend of cotton and short plush.
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Lunar New Year Wool Cashmere Sweater
$168
The Ralph Lauren Lunar New Year collection includes cashmere sweaters, polo shirts, sweatpants and more in vibrant red, black and white. The classic, cable knit sweater above is available in sizes XS-XXL and accented with the brand’s signature embroidered Pony. Click here to shop the full collection.
The North Dace
The North Face Men’s Lunar New Year Pullover Hoodie
$65
Channel the Year of the Rabbit in this pullover hoodie from The North Face. The hoodie is available in red or black in sizes ranging from XS-XXL.
New Balance
New Balance Lunar New Year 574 Sneakers
$99
There are a bunch of Lunar New Year sneaker drops to shop for the Year of the Rabbit, like Nike’s Lunar New Year editions of the Air Dunks and Air Jordans coming soon. In the meantime, New Balance dropped a new collection that includes the Lunar New Year 574 sneakers — an all-time classic sneaker with a rich pigskin and mesh material construction and available in crimson red and mindful grey.
Our Place
Our Place Rice Bowl Set
$65
For the foodies! Our Place launched a deliciously festive Lunar New Year Collection on Jan. 11, which includes Year of the Rabbit-inspired rice bowls designed and hand-glazed by artist Vanilla Chi, bamboo chopsticks with stoneware chopstick rests and the best-selling Always Pan ($145) and Perfect Pot ($165) in firecracker red.
Pandora
Pandora Shining Rabbit Charm
$65
Give the gift of a Pandora’s Shining Rabbit Charm for Lunar New Year! This particular design commemorates the year of the rabbit, but you can get the charms in any of the signs in the Chinese zodiac. Each charm is finished in 14k gold plating with brilliant-cut, clear cubic zirconia eyes.
NARS
NARS Lunar New Year Makeup Brushes
$95
This Lunar New Year Brush Set from NARS features four, full-sized brushes with specially designed “New Year red” handles.
Pat McGrath Labs
Pat McGrath Labs Lunar New Year Venus in Fleurs Luxe Quad: Voyeuristic Vixen Eyeshadow Palette
$452
Inspired by “the joy” of 2023, the Pat McGrath Lunar Lab’s New Year Everything Kit ($115) includes limited editions of Matta Trance Lipstick in Rouge 8 red, the Venus in Fleurs Luxe Quad: Voyeuristic Vixen eyeshadow palette featured above and blurring powder. The Lunar New Year collection is sold separately and as a set. See the full collection here.
Neiman Marcus
Sugarfina Lunar New Year 2-Piece Bento Box
$23
Start the year off on a sweet note! You can’t go wrong with Sugarfina’s Lunar New Year 2-Piece Bento Box.
Williams Sonoma
Williams Sonoma Lunar New Year Tea Set
$165
A gift for tea drinkers. This intricately designed, porcelain tea set from Williams Sonoma includes fours cups and saucers and a tea pot. Williams-Sonoma’s collection includes dinnerware, flatware, table runners and more inspired by Lunar New Year. Click here to shop the collection, and here for a more affordable tea set.
Coach
Coach Lunar New Year Mini Wallet With Chain
$60 $150 60% off% OFF
Coach is another brand with an extensive selection of Lunar New Year items, such as this adorable mini wallet covered with pink bunnies. The mini wallet has a detachable chain and it’s on sale for just $60 at the Coach Outlet. Click here for more items from the Lunar New Year Collection.
Estee Lauder
Estee Lauder Limited Edition Lunar New Year Lipstick
$36
Speaking of makeup, Estée Lauder’s Lunar New Year Lipstick is a nice gift option to spruce up any beauty collection.
Marc Jacovs
Marc Jacobs Year of the Rabbit Faux Fur Tote
$450
Make a fashion statement with this Marc Jacobs Year of the Rabbit Tote Bag. This faux fur bag features leather trim, an interior zip pocket, a slip pocket and top zip closure along with a removable and adjustable webbing strap. See more items from the collection here.
Tory Burch
Tory Burch Rabbit Bubble Jelly
$198
The weather is cold in most place but at least you’ll be prepared for the cooler weather with these Rabbit Bubble Jellies from the Tory Burch Lunar New Year collection. Shop the full collection here.
Roots
Roots Lunar New Year Socks
$14
These Lunar New Year-inspired socks are a great gift option for less than $20. The socks are made from a blend of soft cotton yarn with a terry cushioned sole and ribbed leg for added comfort.
Rastaclat
Rastaclat Men’s Lunar New Year Bracelet
$30
Rastaclat bracelets are inspired by music, action sports and street culture. The brand carries a 12-piece Lunar New Year Collection of bracelets featuring red braided styling, gold lourex with a gold circular ball and all 12 animals of the zodiac. Each bracelet represents a different animal and comes packaged in an exclusive box outfitted with the entire zodiac calendar.
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Johnnie Walker Blue Label: Year of the Rabbit Limited Edition Whisky
$223.99
Alcohol is synonymous with New Year celebrations, but this beautifully designed Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rabbit limited-edition whisky is the kind of bottle that you’ll want to keep on display rather than drink. The special Lunar New Year Blue label bottle was illustrated by Chinese artist Angel Chen.
Cordae and Naomi Osaka are going to be parents. In a surprise Wednesday (Jan. 11) announcement on social media, the 25-year-old pro tennis player revealed that she is expecting a baby with the 25-year-old rapper, whom she’s been dating since 2019.
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“The past few years have been interesting to say the least, but I find that it’s the most challenging times in life that may be the most fun,” Osaka wrote in a note posted to Twitter, also sharing a photo of an ultrasound. “These few months away from the sport has really given me a new love and appreciation for the game I’ve dedicated my life to.”
“I realize that life is so short and I don’t take any moments for granted, every day is a new blessing and adventure,” she continued. “I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one thing I’m looking forward to is for my kid to watch one of my matches and tell someone, ‘that’s my mom,’ haha.”
The athlete did not mention Cordae in her post. However, the “RNP” musician’s rep confirmed to Billboard that he is indeed the father.
Osaka concluded her note — of which she also shared a Japanese-language version — by writing that even though she doesn’t think there’s a “perfectly correct path to take in life,” she feels that “if you move forward with good intentions you’ll find your way eventually.”
See Naomi Osaka’s pregnancy announcement below:
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Prince Harry’s highly anticipated memoir is finally here and it’s already a hit in the sales department. After debuting Tuesday (Jan. 10), Spare shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s bestsellers list and set “record-breaking, day-one sales” at Barnes & Noble.
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With 2 million copies printed in the U.S. alone, Spare is expected to be one of the biggest books of 2023. According to Barnes & Noble, customer demand compares to the first day of Michelle Obama’s bestselling 2018 memoir Belonging.
“It is thrilling as a bookseller to have a massive release like this to start our new year,” Shannon DeVito, director of books, Barnes & Noble said in a press release to Billboard. “We are experiencing the most extraordinary first-day sales, buoyed by the explosive headlines and litany of press. The leaking of extracts has only heightened the frenzy and is drawing customers into our bookstores in amazing numbers. The appeal of Spare is vast, piquing the interest of both fans and followers of the Sussexes, as well as their critics, and anyone interested in the British Royal Family.”
Per the description, Spare chronicles Prince Harry’s “journey with raw, unflinching honesty” while sharing “insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.”
The father of two gets candid about grieving the death of his mother, Princess Diana, and battling “post-traumatic stress and crippling panic attacks” as a result. He also chronicles falling in love with Meghan Markle and later being “preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies.”
“Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country,” reads the book description. “Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother.”
Detailing his experience as one of the most famous royals in the world, Prince Harry goes on to open up about his beloved late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II , and the now strained relationship with his father and brother, Prince William and father King Charles III .
The 38-year-old royal promoted his new book in recent interviews with 60 Minutes (streaming on Paramount+) and Good Morning America (streaming on Hulu).
Spare is available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, audiobook and e-book editions at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Target, Books-A-Million in addition to Audible, Google Play Store and Apple Books.
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What’s Jessie J‘s go-to accessory these days? A barf bag. That’s because the 34-year-old pop star, who recently surprised fans by announcing that she’s pregnant, has been in the throes of her first trimester — a not-so-glamorous reality she opened up about in a revealing Instagram video Sunday (Jan. 8).
The video features a reel of clips filmed at different times during her first trimester, many of them showing the “Price Tag” singer doubling over in discomfort, her head occasionally planted in a trash can or airsickness bag. In one clip, she leans down into a sink and runs water over her flushed face, and in another, she breaks down into tears.
“I can’t even explain to you how sick I feel,” she says in the video. “Look at the state of me.”
“I was warned about that first trimester and it was WOOFY WOOF,” she captioned the post, adding a series of emojis to visually express the exhaustion and nausea she’s facing:🤰🏻🥱🫣🤤🤢🤮😵💫🙄😂😭😏🤮😳
But all is not bad. In a second video on Monday (Jan. 9), the singer shared with followers how delighted she is. “Happy Grateful Excited,” she captioned the visual, which shows clips of her with a big smile on her face, recording vocals, showing off her baby bump, and crunching into a giant cucumber as she rubs her belly.
The candid videos come just a couple days after the musician announced to the world that she’s expecting, a moment made bittersweet by the heartbreaking pregnancy loss she experienced a year prior. “I am so happy and terrified to finally share this… Please be gentle with me,” she wrote Friday (Jan. 6), sharing clips of her positive pregnancy test and ultrasound.
When she shared her pregnancy loss in 2021, the British star shared a raw, since-deleted post on Instagram that explained she’d decided to “have a baby on my own” because becoming a mom was “all I ever wanted.” “To get pregnant was a miracle in itself and an experience I will never forget and I know I will have again,” she wrote at the time.
See Jessie J’s videos about the realities of trimester pregnancy below: