Vanessa Morgan. Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic
Vanessa Morgan is now a mother of two as she has welcomed her first baby with boyfriend James Karnik.
“The hot dad walk out of the hospital did not disappoint,” Morgan, 32, wrote via a TikTok video on Thursday, August 1, which featured Karnik, 33, leaving the maternity ward with their newborn. In the background, Mary J. Blige’s “Family Affair” played as a clip of Belly from The Summer I Turned Pretty could be heard saying, “This is totally your look, Connie Baby.”
“Fine, knock me up again, 😂🤰🏽” she captioned the post.
Karnik responded to Morgan in the comments section, writing, “Hahaha got me feeling myself,” and Morgan replied, “Zadddddyyy.”
The Riverdale alum is already the mother of son River, whom she welcomed with ex-husband Michael Kopech in January 2021.
Morgan kept her second pregnancy under wraps until shortly before her daughter’s arrival. “So in love with this man, our family of 4 coming this month,” she announced via Instagram on July 6, showing off her bare baby bump in a series of maternity photos with the basketball player. “Surprise! Thank you GOD.”
Karnik, for his part, shared an image of himself lifting Morgan off the ground while placing his hand on her belly. “Holdin BOTH my girls at the same time,” he wrote via Instagram, confirming the sex of the
Morgan followed up her initial post with more maternity pictures, hinting at her due date in her caption. “My GIRL🌸.. can’t believe you’re gonna be here any day now,” she gushed. “River literally asks everyday [sic] is baby sister coming today!? He’s so excited to be your big brother. Me, Riv and your Daddy can’t wait to meet you!”
Prior to moving on with Karnik, Morgan married Kopech, 28, in January 2020. When she announced her first pregnancy that July, she did not include Kopech in her social media post. News later broke that he filed for divorce shortly before her pregnancy was made public. (Kopech has since married Morgan Eudy and welcomed son Vander and daughter Clover.)
In March, Morgan spoke out about the split for the first time. “In the moment, it’s so painful. It’s almost like we idolize what our dream reality [was] from when we were a kid,” she said on the “Broad Ideas” podcast. “You mourn the future that never happened. You mourn the fantasy that you created, and that