Cameron Diaz & Benji Madden Were Reportedly ‘Always Hoping’ for Another Baby Before Surprise Welcoming a Son
Celebrity moms love announcing surprise babies (hello Chrissy Teigen, Paris Hilton, and Halle Bailey, and it’s easy to see why. It’s fun to shock the world by hard-launching your new baby! And we definitely were shocked by the latest couple to drop their baby news: Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden. This star-studded duo was apparently “always hoping” for another baby to add to their family, and they finally got their wish!
ICYMI, the Good Charlotte rockstar and Charlie’s Angels star announced over the weekend that they welcomed a baby boy named Cardinal.
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“We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden????,” Madden wrote on a joint post on Instagram. “He is awesome and we are all so happy he is here!”
He added, “For the kids safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures — but he’s really cute ?? We are feeling so blessed and grateful ??Sending much love from our fam to yours ????Best wishes and Good Afternoon!! ????”
Diaz and Madden, who are also parents to daughter Raddix, 4, had been wanting another baby, according to reports. “They were always hoping for a second baby, because they love being parents,” an insider told PEOPLE. “For years, Cameron wanted to be a mom. She gets very emotional when she talks about the long journey to motherhood. She feels beyond lucky to now have two children.” Now we’re getting emotional, because that is too sweet!
This baby news seems to prove a July 2022 source right, who told Us Weekly, “Cameron and Benji have discussed having another child and have even been looking into surrogate options for a while now. Benji always wanted a big family, and Cameron didn’t need to be persuaded after the arrival of their daughter.”
The insider added that the couple would “love a boy.” And now their dreams have come true!
The Avaline wine founder welcomed Raddix via surrogate when she was 48 years old, and she opened up about this on an episode of Naomi Cambpell’s YouTube series No Filter in Oct. 2020. “I feel like a lot of people do it the other way around … they get married, they have a family in their youth. I’m kind of doing it in the second half of my life.” She joked, “The only pressure for me now is I have to live to be, like, 107, you know? No pressure!”
Diaz added, “Having a family when you’re young … it’s like anything when you’re young: You do it. But when you’re my age and you decide to do it, it’s a real choice. You really have to work hard for it.”
We are so happy for this new family of four!
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