Anne Hathaway announces third pregnancy in Instagram video

Anne Hathaway turned a family milestone into a controlled public reveal, using an Instagram video to show her baby bump rather than a formal statement. The post spread fast, drawing more than 800,000 likes in just over 30 minutes and putting the actress’s private life back into the center of a very public conversation.

A representative confirmed Friday that Hathaway, 43, is pregnant with her third child. The video showed Hathaway smiling as she revealed the bump, set to Barbara Lewis’s 1965 song “Baby, I’m Yours,” with the caption “Baby, I’m yours,” a nod to the era-spanning track that framed the announcement with a soft, personal tone. Hathaway’s spokesman added, “I think the video is pretty obvious.”

The announcement also fit a pattern Hathaway and husband Adam Shulman have maintained for years: keeping Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6, out of the spotlight. Married since 2012, the couple has largely separated their children’s lives from the publicity machine that surrounds Hathaway’s career, a choice that has become increasingly common among high-profile parents who want to control how and when family news is shared.

That control matters even more when the news arrives during a crowded professional stretch. Hathaway’s slate this year includes The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mother Mary and The Odyssey, underscoring how the actress continues to balance major studio projects with motherhood. She has previously spoken about how raising her sons with Shulman changed her priorities, and this latest reveal again shows how carefully she manages the line between stardom and home life.