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    19 Celebs Who Kept Their Baby News Or Marriages A Secret As Long As Possible

    In 2001, the public famously found out that Janet Jackson had actually been married to René Elizondo Jr. since 1991 when he sued her for divorce.

    1. First, in 2021, during a Variety's Actors on Actors interview, Elizabeth Olsen casually dropped that she was married to her longtime fiancé, Robbie Arnett. Then, in 2022, she and Robbie revealed they had eloped and "had a wedding at another time," and it actually happened before the COVID-19 pandemic. Lizzie added, "I just never talked about it."

    Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnett
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    Lizzie also said they got lucky because during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she had to go to England to film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and with visas and everything else happening, it was easier to bring Robbie with her because they were married. If they weren't married, he wouldn't have been able to come.

    2. While attending the funeral for her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough revealed she had a daughter. While reading a eulogy that Riley wrote, her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen said, "I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me." Later, Riley said she and Ben welcomed their daughter via surrogate in 2022.

    Riley Keough and Ben Smith-Petersen
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    In an interview with Vanity Fair, Riley talked about her daughter, sharing her name was Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen. Tupelo is in honor of where Elvis Presley was born in Mississippi, with Storm honoring Riley's late-brother Benjamin Storm.

    3. Sandra Bullock revealed she adopted her son, Louis, three months after the adoption was finalized in 2010. At the same time, Sandra also revealed she and ex-husband Jesse James actually began the adoption process four years prior. After she and Jesse separated, Sandra finalized the adoption as a single parent, all around the same time she won her Oscar for The Blind Side.