Sophia Grace, a social media celebrity who rose to prominence as a 5-year-old after an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011, announced on Saturday that she is five months pregnant.
“I am here to tell you guys that I am pregnant,” gushed the 19-year-old in 7 minutes, 52 seconds video featuring a backdrop of pink and blue balloons. “So, I am 21 weeks today.”
Grace explained that she waited so long to make the news because she wanted to ensure that both herself and the baby were completely healthy.
“I’m sure a lot of you are going to be very shocked,” she added, “because it probably was unexpected, but I was very shocked when I first found out.”
Grace announced her pregnancy to more than 3.3 million YouTube subscribers, and she stated her material would now include more baby and maternity clothes. Grace, who noted that the baby is currently the size of a banana, also teased that the baby’s gender will be revealed in a forthcoming video.
Grace stood up and displayed her “swollen” belly at one point. She also showed two sonograms, one of which shows the baby sucking its thumb. Grace claimed she finally heard the baby’s heartbeat during her 17-week appointment.
“That was literally so cool because it’s like mad to think there’s literally, like, another life inside of you,” she said. “So that was super cool.”
Grace also discussed her pregnant adventure thus far and her opinions on so-called morning sickness.
“I do not know why they call it morning sickness because it lasted all day long!” she quipped.
Grace rose to prominence after performing Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” in pink tutus and tiaras with Rosie as 8- and 5-year-olds on Ellen in 2011 after their viral video.
They returned in May and discussed their initial appearance.
“My first memory, because I was obviously five years old, so I don’t remember a lot, but the first thing I remember obviously was Nicki Minaj coming out,” Rosie shared. “At that point I didn’t know who she was and then it clicked, ‘Oh Sophie’s singing this song, she must be Nicki Minaj, the one singing it.’”
Sophia Grace and Rosie went on to meet Drake on the red carpet, have tea with Taylor Swift, see One Direction, and even create their own novels. DeGeneres is still remembered fondly by the girls years later.
“One of them was probably with Drake,” Sophia Grace said about her favorite memory. “Cause me and my dad have always been big fans. I saw him just casually coming down the GRAMMYs carpet when we were there, and I was like, ‘Drake, my dad loves you so much.’ And we had a chat with him. He ate some of our candy.”