‘American Idol’ Winner Laine Hardy Is Engaged, Expecting His First Child
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American Idol Season 17 winner Laine Hardy is officially engaged, and he’s also expecting a baby with his fiancée, Jordan Gautreau. According to Gautreau’s announcement, the couple will be welcoming their new addition next year.
American Idol‘s Laine Hardy Is Engaged, Expecting First Child
Gautreau, an NFL cheerleader, recently made a post on Instagram announcing that she and Hardy are not only engaged, but also expecting a child together. As she wrote in the caption, “the secret is out…. I’m having his babyyyy.”
It’s a reference to Taylor Swift’s song “But Daddy I Love Him,” which is playing over the first clip in the post. It shows what appears to be a gender reveal, as Hardy holds a bouquet of flowers. The video starts in black and white, then turns to color — revealing a blue wrap on the flowers, suggesting that the couple is having a boy.
The post also includes a photo of a message written in sand. It reads, “BABY H 2025.” The final photo in the post shows Hardy and Gautreau smiling together as she shows off her engagement ring. Gautreau called it “the easiest YES!”
“Can’t wait for our new title as parents and to plan a wedding,” Gautreau wrote in the caption, adding the hashtag #partywiththehardys.
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Hardy Recently Released a New Song
In April 2022, Hardy was arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in the dorm room of a female student at Louisiana State University. The singer reportedly avoided jail time by enrolling in a pretrial diversion program for nonviolent offenders.
Later that same year, Hardy shared that he was leaving his record label, 19 Entertainment and Disney Music Group. He wrote that it was “time for me to take my career in a new direction.” Earlier this month, Hardy put out his first new music since his 2021 album Here’s to Anyone.
The new release is a song called “That Man,” which Hardy teased on social media all the way back in 2022. He sings about wanting to better himself: “I ain’t there yet / I ain’t perfect / But I’m working on it / I’m more wrong than right most all the time / But hell, I’m just getting started.”
