Misty Copeland Secretly Welcomes First Child: 'I Have a 3-Month-Old'
etonline.comMisty Copeland is a new mom! The 39-year-old famous ballerina revealed to on Thursday that she and her husband, Olu Evans, recently welcomed a baby boy, 3-month-old Jackson.The principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre also told the outlet she's currently on maternity leave, but her plan is to return to the stage in 2023, «hopefully in the fall.»In the interim, the family is planning a big trip this summer.
She told that they just received Jackson's passport a couple of days ago, «so we're on our way to Corsica this summer in France.»Don't expect to get a glimpse of Jackson anytime soon, if ever.
Copeland's famously kept her private life out of the spotlight, and she told the magazine she intends to keep it that way too when it comes to Jackson.Misty Copeland and Olubayo Evans at the White House on Sept.
25, 2015.«Definitely with my son, I wouldn't have him probably be on camera for anything,» she says. «But when it comes to my career and what I'm doing, I'm really open.»Copeland, who made history in 2015 when she became the first Black female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, married Evans back in August 2016 at the Montage Hotel in picturesque Laguna Beach, California, in front of around 100 guests.
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