Zachary Levi Expecting First Child with Girlfriend Maggie Keating

Zachary Levi is going to be a dad.

The 44-year-old Harold and the Purple Crayon actor announced in an Instagram post that he is expecting his first child with girlfriend Maggie Keating.

The news came just hours after Zachary was slammed by his former Broadway co-star Laura Benanti, who said she “never liked him” and told him “f–k you forever” for his controversial comments about their late co-star Gavin Creel.

Zachary wrote a lengthy message on social media about this upcoming milestone in his life.

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“I’ve wanted to be a dad since I was literally a kid. I’ve always felt that call on my life. This desire in my heart. A strange feeling of incompleteness by not having that level of love and responsibility in my journey. That the best years of my life would be on the other side of finally being 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,” Zachary began.

He continued, “So last November I started to make some shifts in my life. 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. And very quickly God brought a brilliant, honest, grounded, and deep love into my life thru the angelic form of @maggiekeating. 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. We’re waiting until the birth to know the sex, but I’ll be stoked out of my mind either way. Always accepting potential baby names. Keep ‘em original, but not TOO original. We don’t need them being bullied more than their theater-nerd father. ????,” Zachary added.

Zachary recently explained his support of Trump and responded to Hollywood backlash.