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Megan Walerius, also known as “Sparkle” Megan, is a mom!
The reality star, 35, announced the news during the season 9 Love Is Blind reunion on Wednesday, Oct. 29, while reflecting on her previous doubts about her ability to be a stepmom to then-fiancé Jordan Keltner’s 5-year-old son Luca.
“Today I actually have a little bit of a surprise,” Megan began. “I am a mom now. I had a baby boy 2-and-a-half months ago.”
She called the newborn, named Brooks, “my whole world,” adding, “I now know more than ever I was meant on this earth to be a mom. He’s amazing and our family is very happy.”
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Megan’s partner Paul was also in attendance, supporting her from the audience. She explained that they were introduced by a friend three months after she wrapped the Netflix series, and they got pregnant three months into dating.
“We had our ups and downs,” she admitted. “I’m not going to say it was perfect. But Paul has been amazing, and we’re very happy.”
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“I’m definitely learning to be a lot more selfless,” Megan went on to say. “I think that becoming a mom is the ultimate act of selflessness. It’s given me a lot more empathy too for Jordan and being a single dad. I applaud Jordan for even doing this experiment and putting his heart out there. It’s really special.”
While all their LIB castmates were just learning the news, Jordan shared that he and Megan spoke prior to the taping.
“I had some disgusting person reach out to me on Instagram pretty much trying to stir the pot, so I just reached out to Megan,” he said. “She was very transparent, which I appreciate. If I would’ve found out right here, right now I think that would have been jarring, so I appreciate the transparency and the honesty. You’re gonna be great parents, and I have no doubt in my mind about that.”
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Megan noted that “it was hard” to keep her pregnancy a secret, but she was still able to enjoy it. She even had a baby shower, which she kept phone-free.
“Being cast into the limelight now, I just wanted to have my pregnancy and the start of Brooks’ life for us to have in private,” she said.
Megan’s big announcement followed speculation that she had become a mom when paparazzi captured photos of her with a baby earlier this month. Then, in the hours leading up to the reunion airing, she took to Instagram with a cryptic message.
There’s always more to the story… Who’s ready for the reunion tonight?! Tune in to @netflix at 6pm PST✨
In the final episode of LIB season 9, Megan ended her relationship with Jordan, who she got engaged to in the pods, days before their wedding was supposed to take place.
“I still have reservations, and that’s not how I should be feeling going into my wedding [and] our wedding,” Megan told Jordan. “I’m sorry for not feeling more compassion for you and understanding and giving you what you needed in a fiancé. I just can’t do this.”
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The former couple initially bonded over Jordan’s son having the same diabetes diagnosis as Megan’s late father. In a confessional, however, Megan revealed that dating Jordan had her “questioning” if she even wanted to have kids.
“I mean, maybe I’m just not cut out to be a stepmom. Honestly, this has me questioning if I’m even cut out to be a mom,” she said in the episode.
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“I don’t know, maybe I am too caught up in my own life. All I wanted coming into this experiment was to find love and to find my partner,” Megan added. “I will love Jordan always — but he’s not my partner.”
Jordan later claimed he had regrets about introducing Luca and Megan, who met off-camera, although he clarified at the reunion that it wasn’t personal.
“I didn’t mean I regretted introducing you as a person,” Jordan said. “Just, at his age, stability is very important. That wasn’t even you, that was me signing up to do this and bringing him into the whole experiment. It had nothing to do with Megan, she’s an amazing person.”
The first nine seasons of Love Is Blind are available to stream on Netflix.
