Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Reveals Name of Baby Daughter

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Wicked manager Jon M. Chu and wife Kristin Hodge welcomed their 5th child, a daughter, into the satellite Nov. 9—the aforesaid time of his film’s Los Angeles premiere, forcing him to miss the star-studded event. The pursuing day, Jon appeared alongside Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and the remainder of the Wicked cast astatine a FYC screening of the film, wherever helium revealed the sanction of his newborn daughter.

"My woman had the baby, and I was determination to enactment her portion I was watching a livestream of the premiere," helium shared onstage. "Yes, small Stevie Sky Chu."

Jon had antecedently announced the accomplishment of his latest kid during the LA premiere.

"I can't judge this happened portion the movie is premiering," Jon wrote implicit a abbreviated video of Kristin and their newborn unneurotic connected his Instagram Story. "Magic is successful the air. Welcome to our world. You're gonna bash great. You person a batch of witches connected your side."

While helium couldn't beryllium astatine the premiere successful person, the 45-year-old filmmaker—who is besides begetter to Willow, 7, Jonathan, 5, Ruby, 3, and Iggy, 20 months—did look via a prerecorded video taken from his wife's transportation room.

"I'm truthful atrocious I can't beryllium there,” helium said in the clip. "It's November 9. I was astatine the edifice crossed the street, acceptable to come. My full family's there. My friends, each our loved ones are there. And I've waited for 3 years to person this infinitesimal to stock our movie with you… but I've waited my full beingness to person this moment, to person our 5th kid close now."

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He added, "Of people this small miss knows erstwhile to amusement up. So anyway, I privation I could beryllium there. But present I am."

The Crazy Rich Asians manager whitethorn person missed his latest film's archetypal large premiere lawsuit successful the U.S., but, successful summation to chiming successful connected the livestream of the event, helium did extremity up stopping by astatine the precise extremity of the night.

"Director Jon M. Chu makes a precocious late quality astatine the premiere of his movie aft missing the screening owed to the commencement of his 5th child," The Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit reported connected X (formerly known arsenic Twitter) on with a photograph of the manager with Cynthia and shaper Marc Platt, who "rushed to congratulate him."

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Even though Jon's lack connected the reddish carpet astatine his film's premiere was a last-minute curveball, helium was capable to pass fans up of the lawsuit that helium wouldn't beryllium there.

"This movie has ever moved successful mysterious ways," he wrote on his Instagram Story hours earlier the premiere. "Today is simply a time I've been dreaming astir for a agelong time. Two babies (a movie and a small girl) each astatine 1 time, and I genuinely couldn't beryllium happier I won't beryllium capable to beryllium astatine the Wicked premiere contiguous with each of you."

"There was a alteration of plans astatine astir 4 a.m. this morning," Jon went on. "Instead, my woman and I volition beryllium welcoming our 5th kid into our family."

He ended his station with a Wicked joke, revealing that Elphaba and Glinda—the names of the musical's 2 main characters—were not the inspirations for their daughter, saying, "No, we volition not beryllium naming her Galphaba."

Keep speechmaking for much astir the star-studded Wicked premiere.