Monica Garcia is pregnant – and “in a state of shock”.
The “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” alum told listeners of the “Viall File” podcast on Thursday that child No. 5 is on the way, her first child with her 29-year-old boyfriend.
The Bravolebrity, who has not yet revealed the identity of her partner, stated that she was “taking contraceptives” when she discovered she was pregnant.
“I actually started taking care of something completely unrelated that I believed was wrong, and the doctor came in and said, ‘You’re pregnant,’” the former reality TV star, 40, recalled.
“I was like, ‘I’m 39! Like, there is no method. I’m on birth control,’” she continued. “’Absolutely, I shouldn’t be pregnant.’”
Garcia praised her boyfriend for being an “unimaginable” help while they waited for their son.
The Brea Child creator, who was a cast member on “RHOSLC” for a single season, is already a mother to four children — Bri, 18, Jaidyn, 13, West, 7, and Kendall, 6.
She received sole legal and physical custody, as well as $6,000 in monthly support, when she and ex-husband Mike Fowler finalized their divorce in October 2023.
The couple divorced in 2013, but reconciled.
In January, Fowler was arrested on charges of domestic battery, domestic violence in the presence of a child and disrupting a communication device after allegedly “slapping (his ex) in the face.”
He was reportedly sentenced to 12 months probation and required to pay $1,070 in fines.
Garcia met his current partner while filming a snowmobile scene with Heather Homosexual, telling podcast host Nick Viall that they exchanged phone numbers at the time.