Overview

• Ricki Hendrick revealed her first pregnancy on Aug. 26 via Instagram Stories, quoting Love Island USA’s Huda Mustafa: “Netflix told me I’m not allowed to talk about it.”
• She indicated she is expecting a daughter and joked that the baby “hates all food” in text over an ultrasound video.
• Emily Maynard Johnson, 39, who has six children with husband Tyler Johnson, has not publicly commented on the announcement.
• Ricki did not identify the baby’s father, and no due date or additional details were disclosed.
• Public interest in the milestone reflects Ricki’s longtime visibility as Maynard Johnson’s eldest child and her being named in honor of her late father, Ricky Hendrick, who died in 2004.