Was J.J. Really Pregnant in 'Criminal Minds'? Details on A.J. Cook

Was J.J. really pregnant in 'Criminal Minds'? Which is to mention, was actress A.J. Cook really pregnant, or just her character? Keep reading for answers!

Stars: they’re identical to us. They window shop for groceries, stand in line at the DMV, and mow the lawn similar to we do, regardless that some of them would possibly just have an Oscar or two to wipe off whilst doing the daily dusting. The level is, celebrities are actual other people and now and again they too must work beneath bizarre instances. 

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Was J.J. really pregnant on 'Criminal Minds'?

Yes, J.J. was really pregnant on Criminal Minds. Specifically, the actress who played J.J. (whose persona's complete name is Jennifer Jareau), A.J. Cook was the one that was really pregnant during filming. The celebrity introduced her pregnancy by means of Instagram with a caption that learn, “Miracles do occur and don't consider any person who tells you another way.” 

A.J. announced her pregnancy whilst Season 10 was nonetheless airing so by the top of the season, the writers of the CBS drama had scaled back her appearances on the display and written in a depart of absence for J.J., who would even be pregnant on the series. 

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Since many vital feminine characters have temporarily come and long gone from the display, fans were involved that a cherished persona were unceremoniously written out of Criminal Minds, but the writers and A.J. soon reassured them that J.J. can be again quickly. 

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Early on in Season 11, J.J. makes a quick look along with her new child son (performed by means of A.J.’s real existence child boy Michael) as a way of reminding fanatics that she was still around. And a few weeks later, actress A.J. announced that J.J. could be returning as a mainstay of the show by the use of Instagram. 

In the caption of the submit she mentioned, “To all the ones concerned: Don't concern! I'll be back on #criminalminds episode 7. Thank you for missing me and thanks for figuring out that I want #mommytime."

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This wasn’t the first time A.J. Cook was pregnant on-camera.

Diehard fans of the show know that this wasn’t even the first time A.J. had been pregnant on the show. She hid her first baby bump back in 2008 when she found out that she was pregnant with her first child. 

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After her announcement, the show quickly began rewriting scripts to introduce a romantic storyline for character J.J. while A.J. began blocking her growing belly with various props and costuming choices. "I don't need it to look like J.J.'s been hitting up the doughnut retailer,” the actress jokingly said. "I'm more or less freaked out, because now not everybody has to head through their being pregnant on nationwide TV.”

But now not simplest did A.J. return to the screen after her first being pregnant, her first son Mekhai has since appeared on a lot of Criminal Minds episodes along his mom as J.J.'s son. And it appears that tradition continued with A.J.’s 2d son whose first TV look got here at only a few months outdated. 

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