Jesse McCartney got all choked up as he learned the sex of his and wife Katie Peterson’s first child.
In an emotional reveal, uploaded to both their Instagram accounts, the Beautiful Soul singer and his spouse shared a video of their gender reveal, for which they enlisted the help of their dog Bailey.
On Tuesday, the couple, who revealed they were expecting just last month, posted the heartwarming footage of the moment they found out their little one is a baby boy.
The recording showed them sitting outside on a blanket with a sign reading ‘Boy or Girl” in front of them as the former Disney star told their pooch: ‘You’re going to be a big sister.’
McCartney and Peterson, then counted down from three before closing their eyes opening a hamper in front of them to reveal a collar for Bailey, which was blue.
The 37-year-old singer-and-actor’s mouth dropped open and he threw his hand into the air before pumping his fist to say: ‘It’s a boy! No way!’
Jesse McCartney got all choked up as he learned the sex of his and wife Katie Peterson’s first child
He then grew tearful as he and Katie, also 37, shared an embrace on the blanket.
The couple – who married in 2021 – announced their baby news last month.
Jesse wrote on Instagram: ‘Our lil Valentine [rose emoji, teddy bear emoji] arriving 8/8 xo, JK.(sic)’
The couple’s nearly 756.6K combined followers flooded the comments with support the for parents-to-be, with some fans quipping that their unborn child would be ‘an heir to the throne.’
‘Can’t wait to watch you guys become mommy and daddy to lil mac,’ one penned. Another chimed in, ‘The guy I’ve loved since I was five years old is having a kid of his own now????’
‘This baby is SO LUCKY to have you as parents ❤️,’ one user added. Another fan added, ‘Sooo happy for you both!! Your baby will be the cutest with your genes!! Can’t wait to see the baby bump and hear the baby name! ❤️ Cute pictures too!’
McCartney and the Step Up Revolution star exchanged vows back in 2021 at a rustic inspired ceremony held in Carmel, California after seven years of dating in the public eye.
In April of 2024, McCartney told Today that he and his wife were ‘trying’ to conceive while discussing the inspiration for his recent hit Make a Baby – featuring rapper Yung Gravy.
In an emotional reveal, uploaded to both their Instagram accounts, the Beautiful Soul singer and his spouse shared a video of their gender reveal, for which they enlisted the help of their dog Bailey
On Tuesday, the couple, who revealed they were expecting just last month, shared heartwarming footage of the moment they found out their little one is a baby boy
The recording showed them sitting outside on a blanket with a sign reading ‘Boy or Girl” in front of them as the former Disney star told their pooch: ‘You’re going to be a big sister’
The 37-year-old singer-and-actor’s mouth dropped open and he threw his hand into the air before pumping his fist to say: ‘It’s a boy! No way!’
‘The truth is that it takes time and you have to be ready to go at all times. It’s not necessarily always as sexy as people talk about,’ he told the outlet.
Jesse recently told of his plans to start a family amid a musical comeback.
Asked if he and his wife had thought about kids, he told JustJared: ‘Yeah, we talk about it a lot. And I think that’s definitely in the cards in the near future.’
Jesse – who made appearances on the Disney Channel alongside Miley Cyrus on Hannah Montana and Brenda Song on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody but has since written songs for the likes of Leona Lewis – added that he had been making plans for a comeback tour and celebrating the 20th anniversary of his first hit as well considering a move out of LA to start a family.
He said: ‘Actually, I’m in the process of discussing that with my team. We talked about possibly going overseas. A couple of these songs are doing really well in Southeast Asia. And there’s a big market over there. I think we have a lot of fans over there. So we’re thinking about maybe touring over there maybe later in the year, potentially Australia too, because we were supposed to tour there in 2020 before COVID hit.
‘Then like I said, maybe trying to get something together for the anniversary of Beautiful Soul if we can pull it together in time.
‘So those are the plans. And, you know, just sort of also personally working on family, trying to maybe start a family and potentially move. We love our home here, but we’re thinking of getting something a little bit more family friendly. So real estate is another thing that we’re looking into.’