Winners & Losers star Melanie Vallejo has shocked fans with a surprise announcement that she is pregnant with her first child
TV STAR Melanie Vallejo has surprised Winners & Losers fans — as well as Channel 7 — by revealing she is pregnant.
MELANIE Vallejo has surprised Winners & Losers fans, as well as Channel 7, by announcing she is pregnant.
The TV star is believed to be around six months pregnant and her baby is due in late September or early October.
The baby will be the first child for Vallejo and husband Matthew Kingston.
Vallejo’s announcement on Instagram today even took Seven executives by surprise.
The fifth and final season of Winners & Losers was filmed over a year ago and Vallejo is no longer contracted to the network.
“Surprise! Here’s what I’ve been up to since filming wrapped on @winnerslosers7 — my most exciting role to date!”, Vallejo posted.
Seven sources say Vallejo hadn’t intended to keep her pregnancy a secret but no filming and winter clothing meant no-one had guessed up until now.
The sources say Vallejo finally decided she wanted to be the one to announce the wonderful news.
Vallejo and Kingston have reportedly flown to New Zealand today where they will remain for the next few months and the birth of their child.
The couple married in 2011. Kingston’s family are based in New Zealand.
Vallejo plays Sophie Wong on Winners & Losers. The show, which also stars Melissa Bergland and Virginia Gay, has been a solid hit for Seven ever since it debuted in 2011. The current season of 13 episodes will be its last.
“When we got to the fifth season, knowing it was ending, there were a lot of tears not only from the characters but also the actors,” Vallejo says. “We feel like we’ve shared so much of each other’s lives.”
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