Paris Hilton shocks fans by announcing arrival of newborn via surrogate

Paris Hilton shocked fans Tuesday when she revealed that she secretly welcomed a child, a baby boy,  with her husband Carter Reum via surrogate.

The socialite, 41, made the announcement via Instagram, which included a photo of the new mom clutching onto her infant’s hand.

‘You are already loved beyond words,’ wrote Hilton, followed by a blue heart emoji.

Baby joy! Paris Hilton shocked fans Tuesday when she revealed that she secretly welcomed a child with her husband Carter Reum; the couple seen in November 2022

She made the announcement via Instagram, which included a photo of the new mom clutching onto her infant’s hand

‘It’s always been my dream to be a mother and I’m so happy that Carter and I found each other,’ Hilton said in a statement to PEOPLE.

‘We are so excited to start our family together and our hearts are exploding with love for our baby boy.’

She did not reveal further details about the birth.

Though this is Hilton’s first child, Reum, 40, already shares a 10-year-old daughter with reality star Laura Bellizzi, who he has allegedly seen ‘only once.’

Last month, the Simple Life star shared that she and her husband had started their in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey in 2020 before he ever proposed.

Her dream: ‘It’s always been my dream to be a mother and I’m so happy that Carter and I found each other,’ Hilton said in a statement to PEOPLE

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She told PEOPLE that they had ‘all of the eggs stocked and ready.’

In early 2022, Hilton told E! News that she wanted ‘two or three’ kids with the millionaire entrepreneur and even had a desire for twins.

She also said she would want ‘maybe a boy first’ since she always dreamed of having an older brother to ‘protect’ her.

While appearing on the Trend Reporter With Mara podcast in 2021, Paris described the IVF process as ‘tough, but I knew it would be worth it. I did it a couple of times.’

Hilton said at the time that she and Reum were ‘planning our babies’ names and all of that,’ adding: ‘Just doing it together and having a partner that is just so supportive and always makes me feel just like a princess all the time…that it wasn’t that bad.’

The pair wed in November 2021 at Hilton’s grandfather Barron Hilton’s Bel-Air estate. 

That same month, news that Reum was the father of Bellizzi’s daughter made headlines.

This prompted Reum to release a statement addressing the matter through a spokesperson

‘The people who this story matters to have known about it for 10 years. Carter supports this child,’ it began.

‘While he does not have a traditional father-daughter relationship with her, he has provided for her since she was born, and will continue to do so.’

Bellizzi famously had a brief fling with actor Mel Gibson, and when she became pregnant both she and Mel publicly denied rumors he was the father.