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Less than 24 hours after the season finale three-part reunion of “Real Housewives of Potomac” aired, star and actress Candiace Dillard-Bassett revealed some long-awaited news: she’s pregnant!

The news was shared in an exclusive with Entertainment Tonight, during which she and her husband announced that she was in her second trimester. The news was also accompanied by an adorable video sharing the news which was posted on the couple’s respective Instagram pages.

As you may recall, last month, Dillard-Bassett shocked “RHOP” fans when she revealed she wouldn’t be returning for a ninth season. Looking back at the timeline, it would appear that she was in the early months of pregnancy during the filming of the reunion.

“I am about 13 weeks so just about into the second trimester. It’s been weird, but also really wonderful, I think, to keep it kind of to ourselves to this point,” she told the outlet. “Our immediate family knows, my mom—I told my mom on her birthday in February. My dad knows, [Chris’] parents know, my siblings know and that is my core, best friend group. But outside of that it’s just been, like, kind of quietly just growing a bun.”

When asked by ET whether her pregnancy influenced her decision to not come back for another season on the show, Dillard-Bassett explained:

“I was really adamant about creating a space for—not just for the baby, but for me, for us, for this time in our lives. I wanted the space around us, around our child to feel peaceful and to feel free and to feel positive. And without any added pressure, good, bad or indifferent from the show. And I just was not confident that I could have that in the space that the show is in currently. So it was kind of a no-brainer.”

Congratulations to the happy couple!