Vampire Diaries star Candice Accola King reveals she and her husband Joe King are expecting their second child together
Candice Accola King revealed on Monday that she was expecting her second child with her husband Joe King.
The 33-year-old Vampire Diaries star made the announcement on the newest episode of her podcast Directionally Challenged.
The upcoming baby will be the second child for her and her husband, though they also share two daughters from Joe’s first marriage.
New baby: Candice Accola King, 33, revealed Monday on her podcast Directionally Challenged that she was expecting her second child with husband Joe King; pictured in July 2019
‘Something I have not shared yet on this podcast is that I’m actually pregnant. I’ve got a bun in the oven,’ Candice revealed to her co-host Kayla Ewell and her listeners.
‘I’m a little over five months, so it’s been the entirety of the whole quarantine experience and everything that 2020 has brought us this year, and it’s been a journey to say the least,’ she continued.
The actress explained that she had sat on the news until she was ‘comfortable and confident that I’m in a good place in pregnancy and that, you know, my baby’s okay and I’m okay as best as we can be. But I’m finally at that place right now, which feels really good.’
Special announcement: ‘Something I have not shared yet on this podcast is that I’m actually pregnant. I’ve got a bun in the oven,’ Candice revealed. She said she got pregnant at the start of the pandemic; pictured in 2014
‘I feel comfortable and confident enough to discuss it now,’ she continued.
Monday’s podcast featured a pregnancy-related conversation with Haize Hawk, a doula and a student midwife, and Candice used the occasion to tease her news.
‘This week we talk about about pregnancy during a pandemic, what a doula does, and how to keep yourself balanced during these times,’ she wrote. ‘Whether you’re surrendering to 2020 or to a pregnancy in 2020, Haize makes us all feel that we can drop into ourselves to find our true strength. Oh, and there might also be some exciting news shared in this special episode.’
Candice previously gave birth to her first daughter Florence May, now four, in January 2016.
No rush: She said she waited to announce until she was ‘comfortable and confident’ that the pregnancy was safe; shown in 2014
Growing family: She and Joe welcomed their daughter Florence May, four, in 2016, and Joe also has two daughters from his first marriage; pictured together in 2017
Her husband Joe, 40, who plays guitars and sings in the rock group The Fray, also shares daughters Ava and Elise King with his first wife Julie.
The Originals actress and the rocker became engaged in Florence, Italy, in 2013 after three years of dating.
The couple married in New Orleans in October of the following year.
Going strong: The couple married in New Orelands in 2014 after getting engaged in Florence, Italy, the previous year; pictured New Year’s Eve 2019