Married at First Sight (MAFS) 2025 star Ella Ding took to Instagram on May 20th to announce that she was expecting her first child with husband Guy Paleremo. Unfortunately, the news was somewhat overshadowed by followers criticising her for announcing it in a sponsored post, as well as by some harsh comments shared by her former bestie, Domenica Calarco.
However, despite the buzz surrounding Ella’s baby announcement, she told Chattr that she’s feeling “really grateful”.
Ella explained that she’s “well and truly over the first trimester” and only shared the announcement because she knew viewers would notice her bump in her new podcast, The Ella Era.
“I would have loved to have done a Kylie Jenner and not told anyone until the baby was born. That was what I really wanted to do and we announced at a point where I actually just couldn’t physically hide it anymore,” she said.
“I have kept the gender to us, as well as the due date,” she added.
Ella explained that she would have preferred to keep her pregnancy out of the spotlight in a move to protect herself from unnecessary stress.
“As you know, social media can be pretty crazy and pretty negative. I think you’ve just gotta really try to protect yourself during this time because your hormones, they’re so sensitive, your emotions are heightened. The only person that you’re going to be hurting is you and the baby, if you are reading and absorbing really horrible things online.”
Ella said that she’s been lucky enough to have a pretty smooth pregnancy so far.
“I’ve had — touch wood — no sickness. I’ve had no pregnancy symptoms yet, I’ve just felt like a bit tired and, you know, really weird things. Eating whatever I want, whenever I want, and really just like leaning into that whole experience and embracing it. But no, I haven’t had any symptoms really, which I’m very grateful for.”
Will Ella Ding share her baby on social media?
As mentioned, Ella faced backlash for announcing her pregnancy in a sponsored post with Clear Blue pregnancy tests.
“Disappointing that this post is an #ad. Already making money from your child who is unborn!” One person wrote.
Some users even went as far as to speculate that Ella will splash her newborn baby over social media in monetized posts. However, those assumptions may be premature—Ella told us she hasn’t decided whether her child will appear on her socials.
“I have been seeing this a lot more, and it’s been spoken a lot more, even on the news. Recently, I saw this whole thing about digital footprints,” she explained.
“It’s definitely something that, when that time comes, you know, that’s something me and my partner will will need to have a conversation about, because I do think that there is a level of respect that we need to have for our baby as well, because they are kind of put in this situation where they don’t get to decide.
“It’s something that we will definitely have a conversation about and think about carefully.”
Social media can be a strange place, where other people’s personal decisions often become public debate.
The Ella Era is available to stream on Spotify.
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