Grammy Award winning singer Tori Kelly is pregnant!
The 32-year-old former American Idol contestant revealed that she is expecting her first child with basketball player husband Andre Murillo.
The news for the Paper Hearts hitmaker and 35-year-old athlete comes at an interesting time as she is currently touring with Ed Sheeran in Europe.
Tori released a statement to People on Thursday which read: ‘This year has already been full of highs — getting to perform in stadiums all summer, writing the most personal songs of my career and now getting to start a family with my amazing husband.
‘We are just so grateful for what’s to come and can’t wait to meet this little gift from God.’
Tori and German basketball player Andre got married in May 2018 after announcing their engagement in September 2017.
Tori Kelly revealed that she is expecting her first child with basketball player husband Andre Murillo; as the couple are seen in LA back in August 2021
André and Tori reportedly have been together since December 2016.
No doubt Andre has been Tori’s rock as back in July 2023, she was hospitalized with a life-threatening condition.
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Tori Kelly opens up about being rushed to the ICU with blood clots after collapsing at a restaurant this summer: 'It was really crazy and scary'
Fans of the songwriter were concerned when multiple reports came out that Tori had collapsed while dining out with friends in Los Angeles on July 24, 2023.
Her friends reportedly rushed her to Cedars-Sinai for emergency medical treatment, where doctors discovered multiple blood clots around the WIldomar-born singer’s vital organs.
Thanks to the quick diligence of her friends and the expert medical care, the Cut singer was able to recover relatively quickly.
She posted her first update for her fans on social media three days after her scary collapse, writing in a letter that, ‘Hi friends, as you may have heard, I’m dealing with some unexpected health challenges.’
‘It’s been a scary few days but I can feel your prayers and can’t stop thinking about you,’ the former American Idol contestant wrote.
Adding that she was ‘heartbroken’ that her health scare resulted in a delay of her latest EP, the Nobody Love singer noted that, ‘I won’t let this hurdle prevent the music from being yours….I love you all so much and I’m truly overwhelmed by all the love and care.
The news for the Paper Hearts hitmaker (pictured performing in Hollywood in March) and 35-year-old athlete comes at an interesting time as she is touring with Ed Sheeran in Europe
Tori released a statement to People on Thursday which read: ‘We are just so grateful for what’s to come and can’t wait to meet this little gift from God’; the couple are seen October 2019
Staying true to her word, the hardworking singer released ‘tori’, her fourth EP, on July 28th, 2023, despite the fact she was still in the hospital.
At the time Andre kept her fans updated on her condition including a July 2023 post which read: ‘I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has prayed for Tori and sent any ounce of love her way.
‘I believe it moved mountains. Fear gripped me hard but God is bigger than my fears,’ he said in the statement.
He went on to say, ‘I can never thank you all enough. Tori is doing much better and I believe you all have something to do with that ❤️.’
Tori first gained prominence appearing on American Idol’s ninth season in 2010.
Her most prominent commercial success has come with her 2015 debut album Unbreakable Smile, which spawned the singles Nobody Love, Should’ve Been Us and Hollow.
She has won two Grammys on five nominations, winning the awards in 2019 in for Never Alone, in the category of Best Gospel Performance/Song; and for Hiding Place, for Best Gospel Album.
Andre played college basketball for Biola University and is currently an assistant coach at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California.