Domino Kirke is saying hello to two.
Two months after her husband Penn Badgley announced they are expecting twins, the “Teething” singer shared how they’re going with the flow while getting ready to welcome babies no. 3 and 4.
“Everyone is in the same boat, very, very fluid with it,” Domino told E! News in an exclusive interview. “I think they’re taking my lead. No one’s holding on too tight. It’s just an expansion—that’s what we’re here for.”
After all, the duola—who shares a 4-year-old son with the Gossip Girl alum, as well as 16-year-old son Cassius with ex Morgan O’Kane—has a lot of experience with motherhood.
This time around is a little different, however, since she and Penn will be going through double the newborn milestones as parents to twin boys.
“It’s humbling,” Domino reflected. “It’s so overwhelming. The idea of two at once, it’s one of those things where you just take your hands off the wheel, and you say, ‘I’m just on the ride.’ That’s what pregnancy and childbirth are for me.”
“After attending so many births, it’s the thing that you actually can’t hold,” she continued. “There’s so much mystery. You just have to trust. With twins, I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s that times 1,000’ and I’m up for it.”
With so much experience and adoration for the birthing process, the music video for her song “Teething” emulated her goal to one day highlight the beauty and reality of the experience—especially for young people.
“There’s health class and there’s sex education,” Domino—whose new album The Most Familiar Star was released in April—explained, “but there’s no conversation about how we get here.”
The 41-year-old had conversations with her friends born in the ’70s, who said they were “freaked out” by seeing videos of women giving birth in high school. However, Domino asserted that they were shown a “gory misrepresentation of birth.”
The “Half Blood” singer wanted to shift that perspective with the help of Cassius and other high school students, whose reactions to watching a birth were used as a visual for the song.
“How do I bring my profession and my service that I do outside of music to my music?” Domino, who also directed the video alongside Gregory Mitnick, thought. “I was like, ‘Oh, it would be so cool for the one song I really wrote about my clients and my kids simultaneously—if I could find a way to capture that in a visual.”
“I did it by bringing this information to my co-director and saying, ‘Hey, could we capture the expressions and feelings and reactions and responses of teenagers watching birth?'” she continued. “He thought it was brilliant with the song and it worked really well in the end.”
As Penn and Domino prepare to welcome their twin babies, keep reading for a look back at their relationship.
November 2015
After previously dating his Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively and Zoe Kravitz, Penn Badgley began his romance with Domino Kirke in 2014. The actor and Kirke, a singer and doula, made their first public appearance together at the LoveEMC Fundraiser in New York City on November 12, 2015.
February 2017
The pair were married in a courthouse ceremony on February 27, 2017, and then celebrated with a larger outdoor party later that year. The You star also became stepdad to Kirke’s son Cassius with ex Morgan O’Kane.
April 2017
The couple are somewhat private about their personal lives on social media, but when they have spoken out, it is always adorable. In honor of Kirke’s birthday in 2019, Badgley described her as “a truly radiant soul” and wrote on Instagram, “For me, it is a joy to witness you when you are happy. For you, I always hope to be a source of joy. I’m really glad we’re married.”
September 2019
They cheered on Serena Williams and Roger Federer at the 2019 US Open Tennis Championships in New York.
August 2020
The musician and actor welcomed their first child together in 2020, with Kirke announcing their son’s birth in a since deleted Instagram post.
For Father’s Day 2023, Kirke paid tribute to her husband and partner in parenthood: “To a real, patient, kind, devoted, sexy one… I can say without question there’s no one I’d rather be sleep deprived with. You’re so loved.”
June 2022
Kirke showed her support for the Easy A actor at the launch of his podcast, Podcrushed, in New York City.
October 2022
Later that year, Kirke appeared on the podcast and the pair reminisced about how they met as Badgley was coming off of his Gossip Girl years. “The fact that he was even willing to spend time with me as a mother and explore that was very moving to me,” she said. “I saw how many other places he could’ve gone, the kinds of women he could’ve been with, the spaces he could’ve entered into, that he just didn’t based on who he is.”
March 2023
Despite having two sisters who are actors (Jemima Kirke of Girls fame and Lola Kirke), Kirke told Glamor UK she is “still getting used” to the level of fame that Badgley’s role as You‘s Joe Goldberg has brought into their lives. “It’s very unnatural to be known as well as he’s known right now,” she shared. “It feels kind of strange when we’re out and about to have the amount of people come up to us—it’s pretty crazy, actually.”
October 2024
They enjoyed a glammed up date night at the Giorgio Armani Women’s fashion show in New York City on Oct. 17, 2024. Kirke shared a red carpet photo on Instagram, describing their outing as “the fanciest eve we’ve had in a looong time.”
February 2025
On February 28, 2025, Kirke announced via Instagram that the couple are expecting twins. “Babies #3 and #4 coming this Summer! Talk about a PLOT TWIST! Spontaneous twins are beyond magical. We are stunned. We are in awe. Can’t think of anyone else I’d rather be on this ride with @pennbadgley.”
April 2025
The actor and his pregnant wife stepped out together for the premiere of You Season Five, and Badgley revealed to Access Hollywood that their twins are identical boys. “The world needs more good men,” said Badgley “So, you know, the pressures on us to raise them well.”
September 2025
He announced the birth of their two boys by showing a glimpse of their “tiny” feet while “interrupting twin paternity.”
