True Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis‘s Monica Garcia is expecting with her fifth child.
Garcia, 39, uncovered the information on the Thursday, April 11, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast when questioned what’s next for her pursuing her one time stint on the Bravo fact clearly show. Garcia in the beginning seemed hesitant to share the announcement just before declaring she’s seven weeks expecting.
“I practically just uncovered out. … I have not instructed a person f—king person apart from for my ideal close friend,” she continued.
Garcia described that she experienced long gone “into urgent treatment for some thing completely unrelated,” and a physician finally informed her of the pregnancy. When requested who the father is, Garcia gave a coy reaction.
“I have not even — I’ve been relationship him for a 12 months and no 1 even is aware of who he is,” she reported.
The truth star proceeded to get psychological, telling host Nick Viall and his fiancée, Natalie Pleasure, that they built “a safe and sound space” for her to open up up. Garcia pointed out that she and her mystery gentleman weren’t seeking to conceive.
“I need to not be [pregnant],” she extra. “I actually, I was on the urgent treatment flooring bawling my eyes out. ‘Cause I’m like, ‘I’m 39, there’s no way.’ I’m on delivery manage. Like, by all suggests, I should not be pregnant. … It’s so scary, but it’s so mad.”
Garcia is already a mother of 4, sharing Bri, 18, Jaidyn, 13, West, 7, and Kendall, 6, with ex-partner Mike Fowler. The former few finalized their divorce very last year. (The twosome in the beginning break up in 2013 and rekindled their relationship before contacting it quits for great.)
Garcia, who disclosed at the end of the episode that her boyfriend’s identify is Braxton, defined on Thursday that the pair satisfied although filming RHOSLC. Garcia joined the solid for period 4 of the display and built a single of the most surprising reveals in Housewives background through the bombshell finale in January, confessing that she contributed to the Salt Lake gossip account Actuality Von Tease just after she was confronted by her costars. Earlier this 12 months, Andy Cohen verified Garcia is not returning for season 5.
“He works in Utah at Wasatch Excursions. He, like, manages that residence,” she defined of her boyfriend. “And that is exactly where Heather [Gay] and I shot our snowmobiling scene.”
The twosome started chatting “a few months right after that.” When Garcia was filming at the assets, she questioned the tour guidebook whether or not her now-boyfriend was solitary and realized he was “courting” another person else.
“I’m like, ‘What the f—k does courting imply?’ I’m not in Bridgerton periods,” she quipped. “I don’t know what that implies.”
While courting is a term typically associated with the Mormon faith, Garcia mentioned her male doesn’t at this time exercise the religion. “But he did used to be [Mormon],” she extra. “We do have that in typical.”
Garcia was ultimately the a person to make the 1st go. “When we had a crack, I went above to him and I was like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’” she recalled. “And he stated, ‘No, I’m just dating somebody.’”
Soon after clarifying that he was not in an distinctive partnership, Garcia gave him her variety. She later on discovered that the pair are 10 several years apart in age. (Garcia’s boyfriend is 29.)
Garcia’s new man has been “so supportive” because getting out she’s expecting. “We both equally had been in shock,” she explained. “But he has been outstanding. … He’s been very, like, ‘Whatever you decide, I support.’”
Inspite of her enjoyment, Garcia acknowledged that she however has some fears. “I believed I was carried out [having kids],” she claimed. “I feel currently being so substantially more mature and getting a infant is, like, truly freaking me out. Also my youngest is 6. I considered I was completed. It’s like, it’s so a great deal.”
