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NBC Anchor Jenna Wolfe Announces Pregnancy and Comes Out on “Today”

Jenna Wolfe appeared on Today to come out as gay and announce that she and her girlfriend, NBC journalist Stephanie Gosk, are expecting a daughter in August, according to US Weekly. Wolfe is a weekend anchor on the Today show.

“Of all the jaw-dropping, head-turning, and eye-popping things I’ve ever told my friends and family (‘I swam with killer sharks,’ ‘I jet-packed 30 feet out of the water,’ ‘I scaled the tallest building in Canada’), nothing garnered more shock and awe (and, yes, some tears) than when I told people I was pregnant,” she wrote in a blog post.

“Just writing those words — ‘I’m pregnant’ — is surreal to me,” she continued. “After all, I was never the kid that ran around playing house. I never had daydreams about being a mom and raising a family…As a kid, I would have chosen raising my adrenaline over raising children any day of the week. But then a funny thing happened on my way to adulthood…I grew up.”

Wolfe said the following about motherhood: “I’ve never changed a diaper. I don’t know how to decorate a nursery. I don’t really understand what a breast pump is. And don’t get me started on the feeding schedule,” she joked.

“Something just sort of told me it was time. Two years into a great relationship we felt like we wanted to share our adventures with a wide-eyed, little person,” she explained in her blog. “The more we talked about it, the better the idea seemed. And so in December, we embarked on Operation Baby. And might I just add that despite the morning sickness, it’s been the best decision we’ve ever made.”

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