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- YouTube Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes revealed on Instagram they’re expecting their first child.
- Sugg, 30, and Deyes, 27, will welcome a baby girl in September 2021.
- The couple has been together for eight years and documented their relationship online.
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YouTube stars Zoe Sugg and Alfie Deyes revealed they’re expecting their first child.
Sugg, known for her popular blog Zoella, revealed the celebratory news on Saturday morning with a heartfelt Instagram post. The couple will welcome a baby girl in six months.
“We’re super excited to share with you that our baby girl will be joining us in September,” Sugg, 30, told her 9 million Instagram followers. A montage video showed intimate moments between the family, including footage of the couple attending an ultrasound and Sugg rubbing her stomach.
Deyes, 27, also shared the news to his 3.7 million followers with a video of him and Sugg that showed the couple sat together in their home sharing photos from the ultrasound.
They celebrated their eighth anniversary together in October 2020 after meeting in August 2012.
After the announcement, people flooded Twitter with positive reactions and fanfare.
"oh my god zoella and alfie are having a baby!! 13 year old me is SCREAMING," one person wrote.
—milly 🌵 (@booth_milly) March 6, 2021
One person wrote, "zoe sugg and alfie deyes raising a whole generation of internet children and nOW AN ACTUAL CHILD OF THEIR OWN!!!! a little piece of my heart will always belong to the OG youtubers -- wow, congrats internet mum and dad."
—Jack Edwards (@jackbenedwards) March 6, 2021
YouTuber Eleanor Neale wrote that she was "sobbing" over the news and couldn't "believe the whole internet is getting a niece."
—Eleanor Neale (@ELEANORXNEALE) March 6, 2021
Sugg first rose to fame in 2009 after launching her successful blog, Zoella. She later branched into posting lifestyle content on YouTube, where she amassed more than 10 million subscribers by 2016 and currently counts 4.8 million.
The blogger recently made headlines in late January, when she was dropped from school supplies items aimed at teenagers after posting "adult content."
Deyes also rose to fame on the internet, posting videos to his YouTube channel Pointless Blog, which currently has more than 4.8 million subscribers.