Candiace Dillard Bassett Is Pregnant! RHOP Star and Husband Chris Share Baby Upd
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 You always tell me how great I am with words.
00:10 Surprisingly, though, when the time came,
00:12 the perfect words just didn't exist.
00:14 [DING]
00:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:28 I am so ready to laugh with you for the rest of our breaths.
00:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:39 We got big news to share.
00:42 You guys are expecting your first child together.
00:46 The emotions are right there.
00:52 Do we need a triangle?
00:52 Do we have a triangle?
00:54 I-- you know what?
00:55 You know I have one, because I was--
00:57 I was wiping my nose, so it's going
00:58 to have to transition in two seconds to be for a tear.
01:03 Yes.
01:05 Oh my god.
01:06 OK, yes.
01:07 This is so exciting.
01:08 Fill me in a little bit.
01:09 Where are we at in the process?
01:11 How far along are you?
01:12 So I think today I am about 13 weeks and three days.
01:19 So just about into the second trimester.
01:23 It's been-- it's been weird, but also really, like, wonderful.
01:28 It's just been, like, kind of quietly just growing up fun.
01:35 Chris, how are you feeling?
01:36 You know, for a while there, I thought I was almost done.
01:39 And then-- then we decided to start over.
01:42 She had the cutoff date.
01:43 I had about four years left on the time clock.
01:45 Well, you gave me the cutoff date.
01:47 Yeah, I did. I did.
01:48 Yeah, so I knew I had to, like, bleep or get off the pot,
01:51 as they say.
01:52 And here we are bleeping.
01:54 Can you share some of this journey
01:58 to parenthood on "The Real Housewives of Potomac"?
02:01 Can you fill me in on which kind of route
02:04 did we take to get here?
02:06 So we froze our embryos, what, two--
02:09 Two over two years ago.
02:10 Two years ago, just about.
02:12 And, you know, I think we were both kind of content to have
02:15 them just sit there, you know, until my cutoff date.
02:19 I think I had seven years when you first told me
02:21 that I had to do--
02:23 Yeah.
02:24 --do it by the time he was 50.
02:25 OK.
02:26 So I was-- I was kind of content.
02:29 But then I just got the itch.
02:32 When I knew, it was like--
02:35 like, you-- it was undeniable.
02:37 Yeah, it was pretty-- you were like, hey,
02:39 make sure you're not working this day because I'm going
02:41 to get my egg implanted.
02:42 I'm sorry, what?
02:43 I worked--
02:44 Just like that.
02:45 It was-- it was almost like I kind of woke up
02:49 and realized that I was never going to be 100% ready.
02:54 And I just had to trust the process.
02:58 So we did our implantation in January.
03:02 And for about two weeks, you don't
03:06 know if the embryo has implanted in the--
03:10 like, within the lining of the uterus.
03:12 We waited and waited and waited all this time.
03:15 And to finally, like, have it all pay off was--
03:19 was amazing.
03:20 Do we know what we're having, if it's
03:22 going to be a little Candace or a little Chris running around?
03:25 So the doctors know.
03:27 When we did the, you know, the embryos, we had one of each.
03:30 And I was like, listen, let's just
03:31 take the highest graded egg.
03:33 And we'll put it in there.
03:34 And this is the one surprise of this whole pregnancy
03:37 that we don't know yet.
03:37 So no, we don't-- that's why I got pink and blue on today.
03:40 We don't know.
03:41 Is this baby potentially the first of more to come?
03:46 Have you thought that much ahead?
03:48 Are we still in, like-- we've got four years.
03:50 So we got to get another one in that four years.
03:52 We do have another embryo in the freezer.
03:56 I'm just kind of taking it day by day.
04:00 Thankfully, I feel really blessed so far, you know,
04:04 to be just about in my second trimester.
04:07 And I haven't really been super sick.
04:09 I haven't had, like, super crazy pregnancy symptoms.
04:16 So that's helpful in thinking about doing it again.
04:20 But also, it's like, you know, could we just
04:24 find a wonderful surrogate for the second one?
04:27 That's-- that is on the table.
04:28 That's an option that, you know, some women
04:31 have the luxury of entertaining.
04:34 So we'll see.
04:36 I just-- I want-- let me-- let me pop one out and see.
04:39 Let's get this one out in the world.
04:41 See what it takes.
04:43 And then we'll go from there.
04:45 Candace, what are you most looking
04:47 forward to about motherhood?
04:51 Oh my gosh.
04:53 I don't know.
04:54 Oh, I know.
04:55 What?
04:56 The decoration and the shopping and the clothes
04:59 and dressing them like her if it's a girl.
05:02 And--
05:02 Well, yes.
05:03 Oh, OK.
05:04 I'll take that.
05:05 Yeah.
05:06 Like, I'm-- I'm excited to just support them in--
05:12 I'm going to cry in whatever they want to do.
05:15 Like, I think-- what were we watching?
05:19 Something about, like, kids playing
05:22 soccer or sports or something.
05:25 And I thought to myself, like, oh my gosh, what if--
05:27 what if my son or my daughter wants to play football?
05:32 It's like, I'm not an outdoor person.
05:34 I'm not a sports person.
05:36 I literally can only tell you when
05:38 there's a touchdown happening.
05:40 But if my kid wanted to play football,
05:41 I would get, like, a big mosquito net
05:43 and be outside, like, you know, cheering and, like, yelling
05:48 and, like, ready to fight the referee.
05:50 So I'm just excited to, like, meet them.
05:53 And it's so cool that you literally have
05:56 no idea what you're getting.
05:59 And then, like--
06:00 What their personality is.
06:01 What their personality is.
06:03 Although, at our last sonogram, like,
06:07 it's-- signs are pointing to them being
06:09 more like Chris than me, so.
06:12 Chris, what does that mean?
06:13 Chill?
06:14 OK.
06:15 Yeah.
06:16 Laid back.
06:17 Like, we were trying to get them to move for the sonogram.
06:21 And they were, like, being camera shy.
06:23 Because before the camera came out, they were moving around.
06:26 And then we put out the camera, and they're just like, nope.
06:29 I'm going to sit here.
06:30 It's like me.
06:31 Yeah, like, very--
06:33 And then, like, I feel like the baby already has Chris's head.
06:36 [LAUGHTER]
06:39 So I'm not--
06:40 It's still growing.
06:42 That could change.
06:42 But you can kind of tell.
06:43 I'm--
06:44 It looks like-- yeah.
06:46 But yes, all of-- I'm looking forward to all of everything.
06:49 All the things.
06:50 Chris, is there anything specific
06:51 that you're really excited to get to experience this time
06:54 around doing this with Candace?
06:56 Oh, just excited to experience it with her for her first one.
07:00 That-- you know, so that's something
07:02 that I've got to keep in mind as we go through this process,
07:04 right?
07:05 I've done this three times already.
07:06 This is her first time.
07:07 So I've got to make sure, for me, that I stay engaged.
07:11 Because it's going to be super supportive for her.
07:12 She's going to need that all the way through.
07:15 Like she said, just to meet the child.
07:18 And what are their interests going to be?
07:20 Because every child is different.
07:21 Yes.
07:22 Siblings or not.
07:23 And it's a great experience.
07:24 So it's going to be interesting.
07:26 It's going to be a lot of fun.
07:27 And I also feel like I kind of am cheating a little bit.
07:31 Because there is a lot of comfort in knowing that he's
07:35 done this three times with, you know, two boys and a girl.
07:39 So he's seen both sides with male and female.
07:44 There's some institutional knowledge for those diaper
07:46 changes and all that.
07:47 Exactly.
07:48 Right.
07:49 Make sure it's on tight.
07:52 Candace is--
07:53 That's a relief in a lot of ways.
07:54 Is there anything that you're nervous about
07:57 or you have butterflies in your stomach about
07:58 as you get closer to the day the baby will be here?
08:02 Well, I think beyond when the baby comes,
08:06 like when it's time for school, I'm terrified of math homework.
08:10 That's a ways away.
08:12 Like I really--
08:13 like I-- that's going to really take me out.
08:16 Luckily, one of us is really good at math.
08:18 And one of us is not.
08:19 So I guess with the birth, I'm--
08:23 I guess I'm just looking forward to meeting them.
08:26 Like I just-- I always have these dreams.
08:29 I have dreams like every other night of just me
08:33 holding the baby.
08:35 But from here, and all you see is the head.
08:38 I'm looking forward to the community, the mom community.
08:42 It's a space that I've always kind of like been, you know,
08:45 peering into from the outside.
08:47 So it's just going to be fun to be a part of that community
08:51 and, you know, to learn and grow as a member now.
08:56 How much did this news coming into your life
09:00 impact the choice you made to walk away from "Housewives"?
09:06 I would say probably 95%.
09:12 Yeah.
09:14 I-- I was really adamant about creating a space for--
09:22 not just for the baby, but for me, for us,
09:26 for this time in our lives where--
09:30 oh my god, I'm crying again.
09:33 Some of this is pregnancy hormones.
09:34 I was going to say, you can blame this all on hormones.
09:36 You got a free pass for nine months.
09:38 I know.
09:39 Like, you can't judge my triangles coming out anymore.
09:42 No, I-- I wanted the space around us
09:46 and around our child to feel peaceful and to feel free
09:52 and to feel positive and--
09:57 And to be able to just experience it on our own.
09:59 Yes, without, you know, any added pressure,
10:03 good, bad, or indifferent from-- from the show.
10:08 And, you know, I just--
10:10 I-- I was not confident that I could have that in the space
10:16 that the show is in currently.
10:19 So it was kind of--
10:20 it was kind of a no-brainer.
10:22 Like, after we did the implantation, I was like,
10:24 well, you know, maybe we could make it work.
10:28 But, you know, I would--
10:30 I would have nightmares about it not working.
10:33 And you only-- you know, I could maybe only do this once.
10:37 Like, who knows?
10:38 It's-- it's such a--
10:39 a gift and a blessing and, like, a really
10:44 amazing and scary time.
10:48 And I just wanted to experience it, you know,
10:51 free of any unwarranted stuff.
10:56 Yeah, protect your peace as much as you can.
10:59 Yes.
10:59 Your statement when you announced you're leaving
11:03 was like, the door's shut.
11:04 It's not locked, though.
11:06 So what would it take to reopen that door maybe a year,
11:09 two years, three years down the line?
11:12 What would it take?
11:14 I don't know.
11:15 I mean, that's-- that's your call.
11:17 You know, I'm going to support whatever decision that is.
11:19 But I mean, I think it's--
11:23 the space just has to be different.
11:25 Yeah, that's it.
11:27 The space would have to be different.
11:29 That's exactly it.
11:31 And I-- yeah, I think time is always a teller of all things.
11:39 And yeah, definitely just a different space, for sure.
11:44 Could a different space also mean a different sort of show?
11:48 Would you do just a Chris and Candace and kiddo show
11:52 and document this, you know, a family show and stuff?
11:55 Chris's eyes bugged out of his head.
11:57 [LAUGHTER]
11:59 Don't scare him, Bryce, please.
12:02 It was supposed to be her stuff.
12:03 I just like to be in the back.
12:04 [LAUGHTER]
12:06 I-- I think something like that would be fun.
12:09 We were both really grateful for--
12:12 for everything that, you know, we've been able to share
12:15 with-- with all of the glow.
12:17 When I was going to say America, all the glow.
12:20 So I mean, yeah, it would-- it would be interesting.
12:23 That would be a conversation.
12:24 Yes.
12:25 I would-- I'd have to do a little massaging
12:28 if something like that were to even, you know,
12:30 come to fruition, which we don't have any plans
12:34 to do anything like that.
12:35 But it would be cool to add to the list of, you know,
12:41 our lives together.
12:42 Hey, look, watch us become parents.
12:45 Or watch me become a parent for the first time.
12:48 And keep someone alive.
12:50 I just--
12:51 That's the name of the show.
12:52 Keep Them Alive with Candace and Chris.
12:54 Keep Them Alive.
12:55 Keeping them alive with the bassets.
12:57 Keeping them alive with the bassets.
12:58 That's-- yeah.
12:59 There you go.
12:59 Yes.
13:00 You know, there's-- there's an expectation
13:02 that your exit is maybe the first of many to come out
13:06 of this season of Potomac.
13:07 Do you have a read on where you think this group goes
13:10 without you and where the show goes without you?
13:12 Or a hope for where it goes in its next chapter?
13:16 Well, my hope is that they can unsink themselves.
13:23 So my hope would just be that there can be a dynamic shift.
13:28 That there can be, you know, growth and change
13:31 and a lightening of things.
13:35 And I just--
13:37 I wish--
13:38 I wish them well.
13:40 Wish them well.
13:40 Wish them the best.
13:42 We got the last reunion.
13:43 Is there anything left unsaid?
13:45 Any final words to truly close that chapter
13:49 and move into this exciting new one
13:50 you want to share with anybody?
13:53 I--
13:54 I don't think I said all I needed.
13:55 Next subject.
13:56 Next question.
13:57 Yeah.
13:58 Yeah, you like to be in the background,
13:59 but they put you in the hot seat at those reunions, Chris.
14:02 They sure do.
14:03 Yeah, they try.
14:04 They do.
14:05 They do.
14:07 I think for me, the gift and the curse of being Candace
14:14 is that I rarely leave things unsaid.
14:18 I, you know, historically cannot go on or move forward
14:25 without saying exactly how I feel.
14:29 I do think that I maybe took a sort of different approach
14:35 at this reunion at the request of the network
14:39 to try and be less vitriolic and more in a space
14:45 and a spirit of moving forward.
14:48 And, you know, you saw some of that, I think.
14:54 And there were things that I would have said had I not
14:58 been given those directives.
15:00 But at this juncture, it just-- it feels moot.
15:04 It feels like there isn't anything else to say.
15:10 It's-- I am so removed mentally from there.
15:19 There are just-- there's so many things happening,
15:22 you know, in my career, in Chris's career,
15:25 in our families, that I'm excited to be
15:30 able to focus on and enjoy without the behemoth that
15:41 is the show.
15:42 Something that I'm looking forward to is just having time
15:47 to just have time, time to breathe.
15:50 I'm still going to the gym.
15:52 I'm still trying to, you know, stay healthy
15:53 and keep my body intact for, hopefully, a healthy birth.
15:59 So I'm trying to--
16:02 I'm still trying to do it all.
16:03 Yeah.
16:04 Yeah, is there even a bump yet?
16:07 Not really.
16:08 Like, I'm bloated, Bryce, all the time.
16:12 It's so annoying.
16:13 I get, like, a little-- there's, like, a little--
16:16 We can-- we'll count that.
16:18 We'll count that.
16:18 Yeah.
16:20 No, that's not a bump.
16:22 It's like a burrito.
16:23 It's like a burrito.
16:25 It's like, you know, people--
16:26 you trick them--
16:27 think it's a food baby, but it's a baby baby.
16:30 Exactly.
16:31 Yes, I've been able to fool people,
16:33 I think, successfully thus far.
16:36 Now people are going to be walking in the--
16:37 I'll be in the grocery store, and they'll
16:38 be looking for the bump.
16:39 So I'm excited about that.
16:40 Right.
16:41 Now, secret's out, cat's out of the bag,
16:43 and the baby will be here soon enough.
16:44 Yes.
16:45 Congratulations to you two again.
16:47 So excited for you.
16:48 And thank you for choosing ET to break this big baby news.
16:52 Well, thank you.
16:53 Thank you for being the carriers of the news.
16:56 And we really appreciate you for helping us get this out.
16:58 Yes, thank you.
16:59 Happy to be your stork.
17:01 [LAUGHTER]
17:04 Yes, exactly.
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