The Bachelor franchise host Jesse Palmer has announced he's expecting his first child with wife Emely Fardo.

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Jesse and Emely took to Instagram on Friday, August 18 with a joint post to reveal that Emely is pregnant.

"We've been keeping a secret.... Our family is growing and our hearts are so full!" the pair wrote. "This is a dream come true for us and we're so thrilled to be welcoming our baby girl in January 2024."

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Alongside their exciting message to the world, Jesse and Emely uploaded two maternity photos in which they were posing on a beach together and the mom-to-be was showing off her baby bump.

Congratulatory messages poured in from Bachelor Nation, including from The Bachelorette's current Season 20 star, Charity Lawson.

"So happy for you two!!! Biggest congratulations!" Charity wrote, to which Emely replied, "Thank you."

Kaity Biggar commented, "OH MY GOODNESS! Congrats ! Can't wait to meet this little peanut."

Becca Kufrin, Brooklyn Willie, Davia Esther, Jess Girod, and Wells Adams also wrote sweet posts, along with Serene Russell, who gushed, "I am so beyond excited for you two! The sweetest thing to see on my timeline today."

Jesse, a 44-year-old former NFL player, starred on Season 5 of The Bachelor in 2004. He picked Jessica Bowlin as his winner at the time but didn't propose marriage, and their relationship was very short lived after his finale aired on TV.

Jesse and Emely, a 34-year-old model, began dating in 2017 and got engaged in 2019, according to Us Weekly.

The couple initially planned to tie the knot in Provence, France, in 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, they decided to quietly wed later that year in Connecticut.

Emely then revealed in July 2022 that she and Jesse were able to have their dream ceremony in France.

"And so this happened... I got to marry the love of my life AGAIN but this time in front of our immediate family," Emely wrote via Instagram at the time. "It was a dream come true and the most beautiful and [emotional] day of my life! I'll never forget it."

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Jesse currently serves as the host of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, and the franchise's new spinoff, The Golden Bachelor, which premieres this fall on ABC.

Jesse was first announced as the franchise's host on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose for Clayton Echard's season in March 2022. He then went on to host The Bachelorette's nineteenth edition co-starring Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia.

While Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams co-hosted The Bachelorette's seventeenth and eighteenth seasons -- which starred Katie Thurston and Michelle Young, respectively -- a source told Us in early 2022 that ABC was "testing" Jesse out "for a more permanent role."

The source said The Bachelor franchise was "trying to get back to more of the Chris Harrison style" when it comes to hosting.

The source also insisted that Kaitlyn, who starred on Season 11 of The Bachelorette, and Tayshia, who starred on Season 16 of the series, were not blindsided by the news and had been informed of Jesse's casting "prior to the announcement" on March 15.

The ladies were reportedly a "part of the conversation" with producers behind the scenes.

"Kaitlyn and Tayshia had a little bit of a heads up," the insider shared. "[The women] did not learn about them not returning as co-hosts on the live [The Bachelor] finale."

While Kaitlyn and Tayshia maintained an amicable relationship with ABC, Kaitlyn made it known in the press that she was bothered by her title of "special guest" in the credits rather than co-host and the fact the women had allegedly been paid less.

The franchise's longtime host, Chris Harrison, permanently exited the show following his early 2021 racism controversy involving The Bachelor alums Rachael Kirkconnell and Rachel Lindsay.

ABC and Chris publicly announced in June 2021 that Chris' voluntary leave of absence from The Bachelor franchise -- which began in February of that year -- would become a permanent one and he will not be returning as host for any future seasons.

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Earlier this year, Chris admitted on "The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever with Chris Harrison" that he would've liked to see Wells, the bartender on Bachelor in Paradise, replace him as host.

"[I have] no reaction, really," Jesse told Us in February. "I mean, he's obviously entitled to his own opinion as everybody is. I'm just really happy for Chris and wish him the best in his next venture."

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