Kim Da-young Confirms a First Baby With Bae Seong-jae
On October 2, the former SBS announcer said articles beat her to it: a first baby, and a family of two becoming three by the end of the year. She had planned to wait until around her birthday next month.
Kim Da-young meant to wait until around her birthday. A soccer photo brought the news out early.
On October 2, 2026, the former SBS announcer wrote that the pregnancy had already shown up in articles. She was only now saying it herself. A baby like a gift, she wrote. By the end of this year, the family of two would become three.
That is a first child. A few English headlines say "second," flattening the Korean word for a couple's next generation. Her own post is clearer: two becomes three.
She also posted a YouTube video titled that a baby had arrived. She said she had planned a careful announcement next month. The photo that moved the date up was from a soccer match in late September, in a loose hoodie.
She thought her belly did not show. Commenters saw otherwise.
She wanted one more private month. A public photo ended that plan. If you are still picking a month to tell people, name it with your partner before a group chat does.
The articles got there first
On September 29, Kim posted from a soccer match. By September 30, Bae Seong-jae's agency, SM C&C, told StarNews the couple was preparing to welcome a precious life. The agency did not give a due date.
Two days later she wrote her own note, and filmed the YouTube version. She said pregnancy is the kind of news you want to hold until you are holding a healthy baby. She also said she was not trying to hide it. She was trying to go slowly.
Relatives sometimes hear that pause as secrecy. For her, it was a clinic timeline with the door still closed.
Married quietly, then the next sentence
She and Bae Seong-jae married in May 2025 after about two years of dating. They met on the SBS soccer variety show Kick a Goal. Coverage puts about fourteen years between them. They marked the wedding with a family meal instead of a banquet.
About a year and a half later, she is saying the next part out loud. Becoming a couple and becoming parents, she wrote, are on different levels. Outlook and values are already shifting.
In the YouTube video she added a work detail freelancers will recognize. After leaving SBS, she took about a year off.
When she booked Same Bed, Different Dreams 2, she did not yet know she was pregnant. Some filming dates slipped, and she ended up on camera into mid-pregnancy.
Once the news was out, she began turning down jobs. The goal now, she said, is a healthy birth by the end of the year.
If your household is still arguing about when to tell people, start with who hears first. Then pick a month that feels early enough, and stick to it until you are ready.