Congratulations are in order for the Springsteens!
Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa's daughter Jessica Springsteen announced on social media on Saturday, October 10 that she and her partner Nicola Philippaerts are expecting their first child together.
© Instagram"New adventures," she simply captioned a joint post that captured several of their recent travels, plus some photos of Jessica, 34, cradling her baby bump.
The middle child of Bruce, 77, and Patti, 73, has been riding horses since she was four years old, and is now a nationally ranked equestrian and show jumper, even boasting a silver medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the team jumping event.
Since 2024, she has been in a relationship with fellow equestrian Nicola, 33, with the Belgian rider also similarly having a celebrated career in the sport, including a team gold from the 2010 Youth Olympics.
Jessica's fans and many famous friends inundated the pair with congratulatory messages, including Jennifer Garner, Lindsey Vonn, and Christy Turlington, to name a few.
One follower commented: "Aaahhhhhhhhh papa and mama bear must be stoked. Congratulations Jess. So happy for all of you," with another adding: "Congratulations to the Springsteen family. What a lucky child that will be so loved. God bless!!"
© InstagramThis isn't the first time that Bruce and Patti will get to celebrate being grandparents, though. In 2022, their youngest son Sam welcomed his first child, a daughter named Lily Harper, with his fiancée.
Initially, Bruce and Patti lived in New Jersey before moving to Los Angeles due to work commitments. That was when they decided to start a family, welcoming their son Evan in 1990 before tying the knot a year later. Their daughter Jessica was born in 1991 as well, followed by their youngest, Sam, in 1994.
However, by the time the kids were ready to go to school, the Springsteens decided to leave California and return to Jersey, settling into a horse ranch they own in Colts Neck Township, where they still live today. Bruce and Patti have explained that they did so to keep their young children away from the Hollywood machine and paparazzi.
© Instagram"When they were little, if they heard me on the radio they would go, 'Bruce Springsteen!' It was their way of separating their dad from this abstract character who also seemed to be a part of their lives," he told The Times in 2024 of separating his family life from his immense fame.
"A lot of times, we just didn't expose them to it," he continued. "They came to concerts a few times before going back to their rooms to play video games, and didn't know much about it beyond what they may have read."
© Getty ImagesWhile he noted that as his kids got older, they'd often want to bring their friends to his shows. Still, he and Patti allowed them to choose "their own lives," find "their own work" and create "their own partners and families," saying it was "all at a nice distance from the strangeness of my job."
