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Shazam! actor Zachary Levi welcomes first baby nearly seven months after controversial Trump endorsement

Shazam! actor Zachary Levi welcomes first baby nearly seven months after controversial Trump endorsement

Shazam! star Zachary Levi and his girlfriend Maggie Keating have announced the arrival of their first child together.

The couple are now parents to a son named Henson Ezra Levi Pugh.

Levi, 44, and Keating shared a pH๏τo of their newborn child along with details of his birth. 

‘Henson Ezra Levi Pugh,’ the Instagram post caption read. ‘Born into our world on 04/02/25. Thank you for everyone’s continued love and prayers over the three of us. We can’t wait for you to meet our little man!’

In the adorable pH๏τo, baby Henson wore a white onesie that read ‘Best thing to come out of 2025’ as his parents cooed over him. 

The joyous addition comes several months after Levi made headlines after controversially endorsing then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

Shazam! star Zachary Levi and his girlfriend Maggie Keating have announced the arrival of their first child together, a baby boy named Henson Ezra Levi Pugh

Shazam! star Zachary Levi and his girlfriend Maggie Keating have announced the arrival of their first child together, a baby boy named Henson Ezra Levi Pugh

The couple announced Keating's pregnancy in December 2024

The couple announced Keating’s pregnancy in December 2024

Levi announced Keating’s pregnancy in December 2024.

Alongside a pH๏τo of them cuddling on the beach and a sonogram of their unborn baby, whom he called their ‘little bambino,’ he wrote an emotional, lengthy caption about being a soon-to-be father for the first time.

Read More Shazam! star Zachary Levi is expecting first child with girlfriend Maggie Keating article image

He revealed that they planned to wait until the birth to find out their baby’s gender and asked for ‘original, but not too original’ name suggestions.

‘I’ve wanted to be a dad since I was literally a kid,’ shared the Shazam! star.

‘I’ve always felt that call on my life,’ he continued. ‘This desire in my heart. A strange feeling of incompleteness by not having that level of love and responsibility in my journey.’

He said that he always believed ‘the best years’ of his life would be when he ‘finally’ became a father.

‘But deep down I knew that there were things in my life that needed to shift before I was ready for the blessing of something so special and the responsibilities that come with it,’ he shared.

Levi said that he started to make attempts to change his life for the better the prior year, and that’s when he met Keating. 

Levi played superhero Shazam in the action films

Levi played superhero Shazam in the action films

‘So last November I started to make some shifts in my life,’ he recalled.

‘Shifts that ultimately came down to loving and valuing myself more. Prioritizing my own health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

‘And lo and behold, immediately things started to manifest for the better,’ he shared. ‘And very quickly God brought a brilliant, honest, grounded, and deep love into my life thru the angelic form of @maggiekeating.

In his caption, he gushed about the America’s Next Top Model alum and their connection.

The actor shared his baby's sonogram when announcing his girlfriend's pregnancy in a joint post with her

The actor shared his baby’s sonogram when announcing his girlfriend’s pregnancy in a joint post with her

In his caption, he gushed about the America's Next Top Model alum and their connection

In his caption, he gushed about the America’s Next Top Model alum and their connection

‘A wonderful woman on the same journey of self-discovery and love, ready to step into a new and amazing chapter of life with me. So, we did.’

‘We can’t wait for y’all to meet our little bambino,’ he continued.

It is unknown when the couple met and started dating.

Zachary’s new addition comes less than a year after he endorsed Trump for president.

The actor – who criticized the president back in 2020 – stated he planned on voting for him back in September, while hosting Team Trump’s Reclaim America Tour. 

In a recent interview on The Megyn Kelly Show, Levi, who first slung his support for then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said he ‘felt peace’ when coming forward with his support despite the possible consequences in his acting career. 

Zachary and his girlfriend shared various bump snaps during her pregnancy

Zachary and his girlfriend shared various bump snaps during her pregnancy

He made headlines last year after he endorsed then-candidate Donald Trump for president

He made headlines last year after he endorsed then-candidate Donald Trump for president

‘I felt peace because I knew that this was more important than saving my career,’ he told Kelly of moving forward with supporting Trump at the event. 

‘I think that we too often fall into these paradigms, these thought processes of self-preservation, and it is not good. 

‘We need to be wise and we want to survive and we want to live and flourish and all those things, but we can’t merely make decisions off of, “Well I hope nothing bad happens to me.” You’ve got to sacrifice.’

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