Pregnant Ellie Goulding appeared at a boxing event on Wednesday, in her first public appearance since announcing her baby news.
The singer, 34, who married art dealer Caspar Jopling, 29, in 2019, revealed she is eight months pregnant with her first child and revealed her bump for the first time in stunning at-home shots taken for Vogue Magazine.
The following day, Ellie, who revealed she fell pregnant while on a trip celebrating their one-year anniversary in Italy last August, appeared at the Anthony Joshua x BOSS collection launch in London where she showed her bump.
Prior to the event, Ellie’s last major appearance was at the the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in Milan in October and she has since spent the duration of lockdown at home in Gloucestershire.
Stunning: Pregnant Ellie Goulding appeared at a boxing event on Wednesday, in her first public appearance since announcing her baby news
Showcasing her shapely baby bump, Ellie posed for photographers with her fists raised in a nod to the boxer, while beaming at the camera.
The blonde beauty was showing off the fabled expectant mother glow as she larked around at the event with her due date looming in weeks.
In her big reveal, she revealed she was expecting during a TV appearance and did not know, however has since kept a low profile.
She said: ‘We did The One Show. I was pregnant and had no idea. That was [around] the time when Caspar and I went away briefly when we were allowed to for our one-year anniversary, and that’s basically when we found out.
Blooming: The following day, Ellie, who revealed she fell pregnant while on a trip celebrating their one-year anniversary in Italy last August, appeared at the Anthony Joshua x BOSS collection launch in London where she showed her bump
I do: Ellie and Caspar tied the knot at York Minster in August 2019 in front of star-studded guests including Princess Eugenie, James Blunt and Katy Perry
‘It was crazy because it was our one-year anniversary. That was not the plan. The thought of getting pregnant didn’t seem like it could be a reality…
‘Becoming pregnant kind of made me feel human. I want a better word than womanly, [but]—I have curves I’ve never had before…
‘I’m enjoying it. My husband’s enjoying it.’
Just a couple of months pregnant: Ellie placed her hand over her tummy when she attended the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in Milan in October
Bumping along nicely: Showcasing her shapely baby bump, Ellie posed for photographers with her fists raised in a nod to the boxer, while beaming at the camera
The singer said she had been enjoying a good streak of fitness before finding out her baby news. She said back in May 2020 that was no longer adopting a vegan diet.
And Ellie has now said that since finding out she is expecting, she went from ‘smug health freak to craving McDonald’s’ and ‘had a completely different body and energy.’
Ellie admitted that being pregnant during a pandemic felt like a lonely experience but felt like complaining about being pregnant was a taboo.
But while she does know the baby’s gender ‘by default’ when she had the scan, she admits she wasn’t in having any sort of gender reveal and just wanted a healthy baby.
Stunner: The blonde beauty was showing off the fabled expectant mother glow as she larked around at the event with her due date looming in weeks
And it seems she is looking to create a family home because in October, she put her stunning London townhouse up for sale for £5.95million.
The Love Me Like You Do singer is selling the 2,961 sq.ft four-bedroom house, featuring a series of dramatic tall windows to the ground floor, which sits just off London Marylebone’s High Street.
The home, called Oldbury Place, is fit for the society siren the home was designed by architects Stiff + Trevillion, is arranged over five floors.
Distanced: She posed alongside the man of the moment Anthony for his launch