Jan 11, 2011 07:59 GMT  ·  By
Owen Wilson and Jade Duell are expecting their first child together, rep confirms
   Owen Wilson and Jade Duell are expecting their first child together, rep confirms

In what can’t but be the most unexpected celebrity baby announcement, actor Owen Wilson has just confirmed that he’s to become a first-time father by girlfriend Jade Duell. The baby is due “any day now.”

Us Magazine was the first to break the story, saying an unnamed source confirmed the pregnancy. At the time, it was not even known that Wilson was dating again, let alone that he was to become a father.

Wilson and Duell are now in Hawaii, where she’s to give birth. A source tells Us Magazine that Owen is terribly excited about the prospect of becoming a father for the first time.

In fact, he’s so happy about it that he’s even put in months of research on the topic, being determined to do his best to be the greatest dad ever.

“Owen Wilson and Jade Duell are happy to be expecting a baby,” a rep for the actor confirms for the publication. “A source adds that she is ‘due any day’,” the mag further reports.

Other details are not available at this point – at least, not via the official channels. Unnamed sources close to Wilson, though, are proving very talkative.

“First-time dad Wilson, 42, is ‘very excited and involved with the pregnancy,’ the insider tells Us, adding that the couple ‘want to do everything as natural as possible’,” the publication writes.

Moreover, Us has learned that Wilson is determined to be 100 percent involved in the pregnancy and raising the baby, though there’s no word yet on whether there are any wedding plans in place as well.

“[He] has been doing research and learning as much as he can. He’s super into it and asks a lot of questions to make sure he knows what’s going on every step of the way,” says the source.

Owen Wilson previously dated Kate Hudson and, when the romance ended about 4 years ago, he had a breakdown and attempted suicide. Afterwards, the two reconciled, but they did not last more than a few months.

Given this, it’s no wonder he kept his latest romantic interest away from the media – together with any news of the pregnancy.