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Leighton Meester, husband Adam Brody welcome first child

Word the actress and the actor were expecting broke in May.

By Annie Martin
Leighton Meester at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Judge' in 2014. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
1 of 5 | Leighton Meester at the Los Angeles premiere of 'The Judge' in 2014. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Leighton Meester and husband Adam Brody have reportedly welcomed their first child.

Sources told Us Weekly the 29-year-old actress and 35-year-old actor became parents this week. Meester and her baby bump were last spotted in Los Angeles in July.

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Meester and Brody met on the set of The Oranges in 2010 and married in February 2014. Word the couple were expecting broke in May, but the pair never confirmed the actress' pregnancy.

The actor declared his "infinite" love for Meester during a Reddit AMA last year, revealing the star does the figurative "heavy lifting" in their relationship. He also joked he wants to have "12" kids with the actress.

Meester is best known for portraying Blair Waldorf on The CW series Gossip Girl, while Brody came to fame as Seth Cohen on the Fox drama The O.C. The actress will next appear in Like Sunday, Like Rain with Debra Messing, with Brody scheduled for Yoga Hosers with Johnny Depp.

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