“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown and her husband Jake Bongiovi have just stepped into the next chapter of their love story — parenthood. The 21-year-old actress and the 23-year-old son of Jon Bon Jovi announced on Instagram that they’ve adopted their first child together.
“This summer, we welcomed our baby girl through adoption,” the couple shared in a joint post on Thursday. “We are beyond excited to embark on this beautiful next chapter of parenthood in both peace and privacy. And then there were 3.”
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The sweet surprise comes just months after the pair tied the knot in May 2024. Brown was 20 at the time and Bongiovi was 22. The two first sparked romance rumors back in 2021 when Bongiovi posted a selfie with the actress. Later, Brown revealed they first connected online. “We met on Instagram,” she told Wired. “And we were friends for a bit, and then, what can I say?”
The couple’s romance quickly deepened. They made their red-carpet debut in March 2022 and got engaged in April 2023. Brown explained on the Call Her Daddy podcast how she knew Jake was the one:
“We’ve been together for four years. When we moved in together, we had dogs together, and we were taking care of our animals, and we started living this day-to-day life, I thought, ‘Oh, I really don’t think I could ever see you as anything else. I don’t want to be with anyone else ever again. I don’t want to date, I don’t want to meet anyone, I want you.’”
She added that the two grew closer as they discussed life’s bigger questions. “When we started talking about politics and how we want to raise our kids, we started talking about really, really big things that I’ve never spoken about, and I’m already very young, so I’ve never spoken about that with boys anyway. But to be able to even think about those things, I was like, ‘S---. Maybe I do want to be with him forever.’”
When Jake proposed, she said, “It made sense. Everything aligned.”
Brown has been open about wanting to start a family early, following in the footsteps of her own parents. “My mom actually had her first child at 21 and my dad was 19. This has been my thing since before I met Jake. I wanted to be a mom just like the way my mom was to me,” she said on the Smartless podcast.
She added, “Jake knows how important it is to me. Of course, I want to focus on really establishing myself as an actor and as a producer, but I also find it’s so important to start a family for me personally.”
Bongiovi, meanwhile, had his own boundary. “Jake was like, we cannot do that until we get married,” she revealed. “So that was his thing. And my thing was, I really want a family. I really want a big family. I’m one of four. He’s one of four. So, it is definitely in our future.”
Brown also shared her perspective on adoption, saying she doesn’t see it as any different than having a biological child.
The young couple’s love story has unfolded quickly, but with deep roots. From Instagram messages to a wedding in Italy, to now cradling their new baby girl, Brown and Bongiovi are embracing this next chapter wholeheartedly.
As Brown summed it up, the dream of becoming a mother was always part of her journey — and with Jake by her side, that dream is now a reality.
