“I’m so happy for you,” Cohen, himself afather of two, told her. “You’re going to be a great mom.”
“I think being a Chief Stu really trained me for it,” Chastain said, referencing her years of working as a yacht stewardess — noting that the first skill she plans to teach her child is “dishes.”
PEOPLE reported news of Chastain’s pregnancy exclusivelyon Tuesday, with Chastain — who is due on May 8, 2023 — saying that she’d long hoped to have a child of her own one day. “I am absolutely thrilled to become a mother,” the reality star gushed. “It’s something I’ve always hoped for so this is truly a dream come true!”
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Kate Chastain and Andy Cohen.Bravo
Earlier in the show, Cohen had joked that he was the father. “This happened to us at BravoCon,” he teased. “It was a sloppy night after the Legend’s Ball.”
“Yes, I’m so happy to be here to announce that!” Chastain quipped back. “I highly recommend you getting tickets for the next one, it was great.”
She also said that she has a name picked out already — “a family name.”
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Chastain first joinedBelow Deckin its second season, which debuted in August 2014.
She was a staple on the series for six seasonsbefore departing the showin February 2020. She went on to executive produce and hostBravo’s Chat Room, is a regular on the network’s seriesBelow Deck Galley Talkand is one of the contestants on Peacock’s upcoming reality competition series,The Traitors.
Based on a popular Dutch series of the same name, the show follows 20 contestants as they compete in challenges with the objective of earning a cash prize. The catch? Three of the contestants are “traitors,” trying to sabotage the rest of the group.
Other celebrity contestants include fellow Bravolebrities Kyle Cooke (Summer House) and Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset). Olympian Ryan Lochte, formerBachelorArie Luyendyk Jr.,Big Brotherwinners Cody Calafiore and Rachel Reilly as well asSurvivoralums Cirie Fields and Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick are also among the starry cast. There are also 10, non-celebrity contestants.
source: people.com
