Hilary Duff congratulates Molly Bernard on her first pregnancy with wife Hannah Lieberman
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On Thursday, Hilary Duff congratulated her former younger co-star Molly Bernard on her first pregnancy at 13 months with her wife, attorney Hannah Lieberman.
The 35-year-old mother of three sprung: ‘Molly + Hannah 2 of the most kind hearted, smart, evolved people I know fortunately! I can’t wait to meet this little one!’
The soon-to-be 34-year-old also received congratulations from her celeb friends Rachel Brosnahan, Ashley Park, Laura Benati, Michael Chernus, Nico Santos, Judy Gold and Kathy Najimy.
Baby on board! On Thursday, Hilary Duff congratulated her former younger co-star Molly Bernard (L) on her first pregnancy at 13 months from her wife, attorney Hannah Lieberman (R)
The 35-year-old mother of three gushed: ‘Molly + Hannah 2 of the most kind hearted, smart, evolved people I know fortunately! I can’t wait to meet this little one!’
‘I’m thrilled to share the very happy news that @liebhan and I are expecting our first gayby!’ Molly made that known to her 162K Instagram followers.
“We couldn’t be more excited to begin our journey to parenthood! Creating a gay family in a world where LGBTQ+ rights are under constant threat is a daunting task. Loving Hannah has been one of the most profound highlights of my life and I am honored to be a parent with her.
‘Because I am who I am, I would like to say the following: pregnancy is a choice, no one should be legally obliged to do so. And please – I urge you to vote in these midterm elections for the people who will protect our right to be a family, not threaten to erase it.”
The 34-year-old public defender marked Bernard’s first relationship with a woman and they originally met in February 2018 at a wine and cheese book club.
Showered with love: The 34-year-old-to-be also received congratulations from her celeb friends Rachel Brosnahan, Ashley Park, Laura Benati, Michael Chernus, Nico Santos, Judy Gold and Kathy Najimy
Molly announced: ‘Happy to share the very happy news that @liebhan and I are expecting our first gayby! We couldn’t be more excited to begin our journey to parenthood!’
She continued: “Creating a gay family in a world where LGBTQ+ rights are under constant threat is a daunting task. Loving Hannah has been one of the most profound highlights of my life and I am honored to be a parent with her.”
Building a life together: The 34-year-old public defender (R, pictured Aug. 30) marked Bernard’s first relationship with a woman and they met in February 2018 at a wine-and-cheese book club
The Brooklyn native happens to be the godmother to Hilary’s four-year-old daughter Banks Violet Bair, and she even presided over Duff’s 2019 wedding to Matthew Koma.
The How I Met Your Father producer star loves Molly ‘to the core’ and calls her ‘an angel of a human being’ with an excess of ‘uniqueness, brains and empathy’.
Duff and Bernard fell “in love” playing Millennial Print head Kelsey Peters and pansexual publicist Lauren Heller respectively in the Paramount+ series Younger, which ended last year after seven seasons.
Last month, Molly was hard at work on the set of Richard Linklater’s next movie Hitman in New Orleans.
‘I’ve missed you!’ The Brooklyn native happens to be the godmother to Hilary’s four-year-old daughter Banks Violet Bair (R, pictured last December), and she even presided over Duff’s 2019 wedding to Matthew Koma
‘Best Friend’: The How I Met Your Father producer star loves Molly ‘to the core’ and calls her ‘an angel of a human being’ with a profusion of ‘uniqueness, brains and empathy’
End of an era: Duff and Bernard “fell in love” playing Millennial Print head Kelsey Peters and pansexual publicist Lauren Heller respectively in the Paramount+ series Younger, which ended last year after seven seasons
The action comedy — based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 Texas Monthly article — also features Glen Powell, Retta, and Adria Arjona.
“The world is constantly on fire, but I’m thrilled to be a part of this treat of a movie featuring a bunch of talented dreamboats,” the queer millennial wrote on October 4.
Bernard also produced and starred as eccentric detective Debra Carnegie in Verner Maldonado’s indie film debut Best Man Dead Man, which has been completed and is now being released. ‘submitted to film festivals.’
Molly originally made her acting debut at age 11 as Molly in Mimi Leder’s 2000 romantic drama Pay It Forward alongside Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment.
Action! Last month, Molly was hard at work on the New Orleans set of Richard Linklater’s (M) action comedy Hitman, alongside Glen Powell (L) and Adria Arjona (R)
BTS: The queer millennial also produced and starred as eccentric detective Debra Carnegie in Verner Maldonado’s indie directorial debut Best Man Dead Man, which has been completed and is now being “submitted to film festivals” (pictured in June)