Tom Payne and Jennifer Åkerman have welcomed an “entirely unexpected” surprise.
Payne, of The Walking Dead fame and his wife, who is a Swedish model and musician have just welcomed twins, People reports.
“We are overjoyed to share the news that on April 1st, 2024, we welcomed twins into our family! An entirely unexpected and wonderful surprise,” the couple told People in a statement.
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The two new family members join their older brother, two-year-old Harrison who the couple welcomed in January 2022.
“Harrison is over the moon to have not one but two new siblings,” the pair shared.
“Jennifer and I have joked that he had something to do with this because there’s nothing he likes more than a house full of people.”
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The couple, who are soon to launch a new podcast, shared that they look forward to sharing their pregnancy journey with the world.
“We’re excited to share our journey (from the moment we found out we were having twins, to their unique birth and beyond) in our new podcast California Dreamin’,” the couple told People.
“We’ll be talking about our life in LA and how we now juggle our careers with three kids!”.
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After sharing the news in the exclusive People interview, the couple took to Instagram with a teaser of their upcoming podcast reconfirming the newborn news.
“The news it out!,” they captioned the post.
“On April 1st we welcomed identical twins to our family and with already so much going on, why not start a podcast?!” the post continued.
The first episode of the podcast involves a conversation the couple had in the weeks before the birth of their twins.
“We thought it was going to be a very easy journey to the second child and ‘oh this is going to be nice we’ll be this cute little family’,” Payne explained.
“And then we discovered that we were having twins,” he revealed.
Watch the video above.
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“That changed our perspective on pretty much everything and we never expected it because twins don’t run in either of our families,” Payne continued.
After learning she was having twins, Åkerman says she has “never been so shocked in [her] life.”
Embarking on this new chapter of their lives, the couple look forward to navigating “careers, finances and three kids in the Hollywood Hills.”
“Its going to be a unique journey for our whole family,” Payne shared.
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