Bachelor Nation's Clare Crawley Expecting First Baby

There's a Baby Booth connected the way!

The Bachelorette alum Shawn Booth announced July 17 that helium is going to beryllium a dad.

"The parent is idiosyncratic who I've been adjacent with for years," helium revealed connected his July 17 podcast, In The Booth With Shawn Booth.  "We've had a narration and we've dated. This conscionable isn't immoderate random miss I met astatine Honky Tonk Central. This is simply a large astonishment for some of us."

But portion Shawn, who didn't stock the sanction of his baby's mom, admitted the gestation was unplanned, it's a section he's been looking guardant to for rather immoderate time.

"It is the astir beauteous astonishment I've ever had successful my life," helium continued. "And it's gonna beryllium precise special. I can't wait. I'm ready. I'm 37 years old. I've ever wanted to beryllium a dad."

As for the enactment of their baby? Shawn said helium and the baby's ma person decided not to larn until the birth, is owed successful December of this year. And portion the erstwhile world prima admitted that his roadworthy to fatherhood is possibly not the accepted route, to him, it isn't important. 

And portion describing the moment he and the parent of his child found out they were expecting—which Shawn says progressive "the faintest enactment that immoderate gestation trial has ever seen"—he expressed his anticipation she mightiness travel connected the podcast 1 time to archer her broadside of the story.

"It's been a wild, chaotic ride," helium said. "But she's going to beryllium specified a bully mother. And it's gonna beryllium incredible."

Shawn has mostly kept his backstage beingness retired of the spotlight since helium and Kaitlyn who got engaged connected The Bachelorette successful 2015, announced their breakup successful November 2018.

"After 3 unthinkable years, we person decided to spell our abstracted ways. We person some evolved arsenic people, which is taking america successful antithetic directions, but with the anticipation that we volition proceed to enactment each different successful caller ways," the brace said successful a connection to People at the time. "Due to the quality of however we met, our narration has ever been precise public, and we person enjoyed sharing it with each of you, but we inquire that you respect our determination and our privateness astatine this time."

And though fans mightiness not person seen Shawn day anyone publically since his divided from Kaitlyn—who is present engaged to Jason Tartick— helium shared connected his podcast that doesn't mean helium hasn't been dating.

"I've dated since the show," helium revealed. "I've dated a clump of people. I've had a girlfriend. I've ever conscionable kept things private."