Millie Bobby Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi announced they have adopted a baby girl, but she made an unusual promise to her partner before the couple expanded their family
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown said that she “always told” her husband Jake Bongiovi that she would do one thing before they had a baby.
The couple announced yesterday that they have adopted a daughter as Millie wrote on Instagram: “This summer, we welcomed out sweet baby girl through adoption. We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in peace and privacy. And then there were three. Love Millie and Jake Gongiovi.”
Before welcoming their new addition though, Millie told a podcast she wanted “to shave my hair off” when she had their first baby.
The actress made her name at the age of just 12 as the character Eleven in Stranger Things, who famously sports a shaved head.
Chatting on the Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper, she said: “I always tell Jake, for my first baby, I want to shave my hair off.
“I just feel like it was really liberating, (I) would suggest it for anyone, any girl.
“I think it’s such a liberating experience. To be a woman is… and I had that experience as a girl, but I’d like to have that experience as a woman (of having a shaved head).”
Millie and Jake – the son of music legend Jon Bon Jovi – met in 2021 and tied the knot last summer.
Just over a year since celebrating their nuptials with a private ceremony in Tuscany, Italy, the couple have expanded their family.
While there was no picture of the newest addition to their family, Millie’s message was accompanied by a graphic of a willow tree.
Jake was seen pushing a stroller on his wife’s Instagram at the end of July.
In March of this year Millie told the SmartLess podcast that it was her desire to “have a big family” as she revealed how excited she was for motherhood.
She said: “My mom actually had her first child at 21, and my dad was 19. And you know, it’s been my thing since before I met Jake.
“Since I was a baby, I told my mom, like, baby dolls. I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me. And my nan, my grandmother is, she was a huge part of my life.
“It’s a huge thing. Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married. So that was his thing. And my thing was, I really want a family. I really want a big family.”
Millie shot to fame overnight, after Stranger Things saw instant success when it launched on Netflix back in July 2016. After starring as ‘Eleven’ in all four series of the show, she has also gone on to appear in a number of other shows on the streaming site, including the Enola Holmes series.