Jessie J Announces Pregnancy in Emotional Instagram Video: “Ya Girl Just Wants to Ugly Cry”

Jessie J is pregnant! On Jan. 6, the 34-year-old singer announced the exciting news on Instagram with an emotional video detailing her pregnancy journey. “I am so happy and terrified to finally share this…,” she captioned the clip set to her song “Sunflower.” “Please be gentle with me ? Honestly, ya girl just wants to ugly cry in public in a catsuit eating a chocolate covered pickle with no questions asked.”

Shortly after her post went up, a handful of celebrities chimed in with congratulatory messages in the comments. “AHHHHHHHHH SCREAMING CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!” Kelly Rowland wrote. Ruby Rose also commented, writing, “When you told me – in my heart I’d [sic] hearts I felt the most gratitude.. you deserve this beyond belief xxx.”

After going public with her pregnancy loss back in November 2021, Jessie opened up about the grief she was still feeling nine months later in August 2022. In an intimate Instagram post, she wrote, “When I was 16 years old I wrote a list of things I wanted by the time I was 30 • 1st thing on the list was to be a Mum. Now I’m nearly 35 and some days the grief of losing a baby and it not being easy to have one, and wanting my life in that way to look completely different to what it looks like right now just overwhelms me.”

She continued: “I know it’s healthy and normal to have days of complete sadness and to honour all the feelings that come up, good and bad. The bad isn’t often at all and yes I could go through this moment right now today alone in private and usually do, but today I am here. Because I know thousands of people around the ? feel just like I do. Maybe you read this and feel the love I have for you. I hope you can. Connecting is key. Hugging you all ??.”