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Penn Badgley Says Two Miscarriages Nearly Split Marriage With Domino Kirke

He urges open conversation about pregnancy loss through a new essay collection with remarks on a podcast.

Overview

  • On Zibby Owens’s Totally Booked podcast, Badgley said two consecutive miscarriages brought the couple close to separation.
  • An excerpt from his debut collection, Crushmore, describes feeling isolated after the second loss.
  • He wrote that sonogram images of their "still baby" remain a haunting memory at later appointments.
  • Badgley called miscarriage "really common" and urged people to talk about such losses more openly.
  • The couple have since welcomed identical twin boys, and Badgley said they now have three biological children.