Criminal Minds’ Shemar Moore revealed he is just one month away from becoming a father, after beginning to worry ‘that ship had sailed,’ on The Jennifer Hudson Show.
While chatting with the 41-year-old EGOT winner’s talk show on Monday, the actor, 52, revealed the exciting news that he preparing to welcome his first child.
The soon-to-be father gushed that on the three-year anniversary of his mother’s death on February 8, 2020, that he ‘is about to be a daddy.’
Daddy! Shemar Moore revealed he is just one month away from becoming a father, after beginning to worry ‘that ship had sailed,’ on The Jennifer Hudson Show
‘On February 8th I’m gonna make one of her dreams come true because in real life Shemar Moore is about to be a daddy,’ he said, which prompted the audience to cheer.
Congratulations!’ Hudson told him. ‘That’s news! And your mama is gonna be so proud, smiling at you from heaven.’
Moore then said: ‘I’m sorry she can’t be here. I was worried for a while that maybe that ship had sailed’
Exciting: While chatting with the 41-year-old EGOT winner’s talk show on Monday, the actor, 52, revealed the exciting news that he preparing to welcome his first child
Despite feeling that his life is already ‘pretty grand,’ Moore predicted fatherhood will be ‘the best’ experience.
On his Instagram, Moore shared a sweet video from his gender reveal party shared a sweet video from his gender reveal party, in which he learned he would be having a little girl as a helicopter released pink smoke.
His loved ones clapped and he beamed with joy while holding up a ‘Girl dad’ t-shirt.
Girl dad! On his Instagram, Moore shared a sweet video from his gender reveal party shared a sweet video from his gender reveal party
Overjoyed: His loved ones clapped and he beamed with joy while holding up a ‘Girl dad’ t-shirt
Parents: Moore is expecting his little one with model Jesiree Dizon
Making memories: The pair learned they would be having a little girl as a helicopter released pink smoke
In 2016, the S.W.A.T. star revealed he stepped away from Criminal Minds and his beloved character Derek Morgan to focus on his family.
‘I need balance in my life. I love what I do for a living, I love it from action to cut, but I also want to walk my dogs, travel, get married, have kids. I want balance, and it’s hard to do with the schedule that we have,’ he told TV Line, at the time.
The hunk has done his best to push through a challenging three years, which included the devastating loss of his mother and battling COVID-19.
About time: In 2016, the S.W.A.T. star revealed he stepped away from Criminal Minds and his beloved character Derek Morgan to focus on his family (pictured in 2017)
‘I need balance in my life. I love what I do for a living, I love it from action to cut, but I also want to walk my dogs, travel, get married, have kids. I want balance, and it’s hard to do with the schedule that we have,’ he told TV Line, at the time
Upon announcing her passing to the world, he told fans in an Instagram video that he was ‘heartbroken.’
‘I don’t know life without this woman. I don’t know what to do but I will figure it out because that’s what she would want,’ he said. ‘Everything I’ve accomplished is because of this amazing woman. My mother is gone, she ain’t here no more. But she’s here,’ he wrote.
Additionally, the performer called his mom his ‘best friend and partner in crime and that he crime,’ in addition to saying he missed her ‘more than’ he ‘ever thought possible.’