Jenny Slateisobvious(ly) with child!
The actress and comedian, 38, leveraged her signature humorto reveal her pregnancyon Thursday’s episode ofLate Night with Seth Meyers,joking to the host that her love of bread during thecoronavirus pandemichad given her more of a belly than she’d bargained for.
“Oh, yeah, that’s a lotta carbs,” joked Meyers, 46.
“It’sdifferent.I feeldifferent,” quipped theParks and Recreationalum, laughing. “Um, how have the exact last nine months been? They’ve been real pregnant for me!”
In seriousness, Slate —who got engaged toher now-fiancé,Ben Shattuck, back in September 2019 — said it has been “very nice to have something that is incredibly positive during a time that’s hard and sad.”
“It’s nice to have, like, a little secret treasure,” the actress continued.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Jenny Slate.Late Night with Seth Meyers/YouTube
RELATED GALLERY:Who’s Due Next? Sierra Dawn, Fantasia Barrino and More Celebs Who Are Expecting
To pass the time during her pregnancy, Slate has “basically been chilling out” and “doing exactly what [she has] wanted to do, not having to see anyone or figure out how to gracefully wear pants.”
“Ihaven’t worn pants in many moons,” joked theObvious Childstar.
She has been doing “all the birth-prep stuff” — something she’s been really enjoying. Slate also revealed that she and Shattuck are living “in a beautiful tiny little seaside town” in Massachusetts.
“And just my luck, I moved in with my fiancé, and of course he lives in a very old house that is, I think, most certainly hauntedand has an actual pet cemetery,” Slate told the host. “It has been in my fiancé Ben’s family since the ’30s, I think, so it’s like 90 years of pets.”
“At the beginning of the pandemic, when I was just newly pregnant, I started to go out and visit the pet cemetery every day. And Ben told me I started saying things like, ‘I’m just gonna go outside and visit the pets,’ " she continued, laughing. “That’show a scary movie starts— a pregnant lady is like, ‘My pets. My precious, precious pets.’ "
Jenny Slate and Ben Shattuck.Jenny Slate/instagram
RELATED VIDEO: Our Favorite Celebrity Pregnancy Reveals
Slate and Shattuck were firstspotted getting close in January 2019at the Sundance Film Festival. The two were photographed having dinner together, with Shattuck kissing Slate on the forehead.
Thecouple announced their engagementthat September, with Instagram posts shared to their respective accounts.
“He took me to France and made a picnic and made me feel happy and free and then he asked me to marry him and i screamed YES. I love you@benshattuck_art, you are the kindest and brightest and I am so grateful and here we go and keep going,” Slate shared, alongside a slideshow featuringpictures of their trip.
Shattuck wrote, “In an abandoned castle in southern France, Iasked this woman to marry me. 🌈❤️🍾Here she is in front of a door the color of her soul. In LA / MA / Holland / Belgium / France thank you@jennyslateand UP UP UP to more adventures 🌸🌸🌸.”
source: people.com
