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“4th Baby On the Way!?”: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Viral Post With Fiancée Mariah Riddlesprigger Lights Up X

Published 03/15/2024, 1:51 AM EDT

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Milwaukee Bucks star player Giannis Antetokounmpo is currently in the midst of a promising NBA career. Along with his team being ranked as the 2 seed during the ongoing regular season, the Greak Freak has managed in maintaining his average of 30+ points, 11+ rebounds and 6+ assists during the same. While there has been a significant development in his professional life, a recent update showed that the same could be said about his personal life as well.

Giannis Antetokounmpo recently took to his official X account to share a post with his 3.2 Million followers. He highlighted a picture of himself holding hands with his fiancée, Mariah Riddlesprigger. After the player captioned the post as “What’s cooking? (emojis)”, social media users probably couldn’t help but observe the picture more closely to see what they might have missed. Once they started to observe that Mariah’s belly seemed to be swollen a bit, speculation started to arise that the couple might be expecting their 4th child. While the same was not explicitly stated, fans couldn’t keep their excitement contained.

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Many of them took to the comments section to share their reaction. One of them congratulated the couple on the supposedly confirmed news by writing “ain’t no way a 4th baby is on the way”.

Along with the above-mentioned user, other people also stated their assumption that the post is hinting at a possible ‘good news’. An individual expressed his surprise by stating “Oh my God is she really pregnant again”.

Giannis and Mariah’s first baby was born in February 2020, the second in September 2021 and the third in September 2023. The timeline of the third births, combined with the announcement of the fourth one, perplexed one social media user. He extended his worry for Giannis’ fiancée by writing “she pregnant already????? damn big bro can Mariah get some recovery for 2 years”.

As one would scroll through the comments section, they would continue coming across more such comments. From “Man gonna have another baby” to “Another baby (peeking face emoji)”, everyone expressed their surprise over this yet unconfirmed rumour.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo not being able to change a diaper had Mariah once worried

While much is known about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s professional life, not many of his fans may be aware of what the player gets up to with his loved ones. Having been a father to three kids now, one would have assumed that the 29-year-old player would have known most of his fatherly issues. As it turns out, that was initially not the case.

It was only a few weeks ago when a documentary titled ‘Giannis: The Marvelous Journey’ started to make the rounds of the internet. The same featured Mariah revealing an incident that occurred when she and the player went to a birthing class. Giannis, who reportedly was eager to learn everything he could, ended up outright asking “Yeah, how do you change a diaper?” during the class. Mariah admitted that, at that moment, she felt that she was in “trouble” since the incident revealed that her fiancée had zero knowledge about this important task.

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With a fourth baby possibly on its way, one would assume that even if Giannis hasn’t learned the art of diaper changing by now, then he quickly should.

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Ashmit Kumar

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Ashmit is an NBA Content Analyst at EssentiallySports. Having started as a writer, he specializes in writing captivating stories that include the elements of in-depth coverage of teams, players and more. Due to his knowledge of the technicalities of the sport, Ashmit writes perspective pieces that provide well-researched analysis.
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Saumya Khanduja