'The Toast' Host Claudia Oshry Welcomes Her First Baby with Husband Ben Soffer
The viral podcaster, 30, has welcomed her first baby, a boy, with her husband, Ben Soffer. The couple shared the happy news via a joint Instagram post on Saturday, May 24. Alongside a photo of themselves posing with their newborn in the hospital, Oshry wrote simply: "Things I did? That. 🩵."
In the comments, several of the couple's celebrity friends shared their well-wishes, including Stassi Schroeder, who wrote, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH!!!!!!!!!!! 🥹❤️."
Taylor Lautner commented: "Omg congratulations you beautiful humans!!"
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The host of chart-topping pop culture podcast The Toast first announced the news that she was expecting via an Instagram Reel in November 2024. The footage showed her reading a positive pregnancy test and celebrating with her husband. Set to Taylor Swift's "Never Grow Up," the clip also showed Oshry — who runs the viral social media account @GirlWithNoJob — smiling during an ultrasound appointment.
"I'M HAVIN' HIS BAAABY! 🐣" Oshry captioned the Instagram announcement, which was posted in collaboration with Soffer's complementary Instagram page, @BoyWithNoJob.
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Fellow celebrities flocked to the announcement post to congratulate the New York City-based couple, who married in 2017. Josh Peck wrote, "Yessss! More oshry-Soffer's!!!"
Social media star and new mom Campbell "Pookie" Puckett, shared in the excitement as well, writing, "So happy😭 love you guys." Influencer Remi Bader also commented, "I'm. Not. Well."
On her Instagram Stories, Oshry showed that she and Soffer weren't the only happy ones at home. The soon-to-be mom shared a photo of a positive pregnancy test destroyed at one end, seemingly with eager animal teeth.
"Romeo is really excited," she wrote of her and Soffer's dog, adding puppy and hand-heart emojis.
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