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Taiwanese celeb couple Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Chiu expecting first child

Taiwanese celeb couple Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Chiu expecting first child

The Star06-05-2025
Taiwanese celebrity couple Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Chiu have rarely appeared in social media posts or public events together. Photos: Roy Chiu's Dairy/Weibo, Tiffany Ann Hsu/Instagram
After some three years of marriage, Taiwanese celebrity couple Tiffany Ann Hsu and Roy Chiu are going to be parents.
According to an exclusive report from Taiwanese news outlet Mirror Daily on May 5, a source close to the couple has confirmed that Hsu, 40, is four months pregnant.
Hsu's only public appearance in recent months was a launch party for luxury brand Chanel in April. The source said the brand respected her desire to keep her pregnancy private. Hsu wore a loose knitted dress and her condition was not obvious to the other attendees.
The source added that Hsu had been trying to conceive for some time. She rejected job offers that came to her after relationship drama Imperfect Us (2024), for which she won Best Actress in a Miniseries at the Golden Bell Awards in October 2024, to focus on her health and getting pregnant.
She kept the good news under wraps until she passed the first trimester.
Sparks flew between Hsu and Chiu, 43, reportedly while they were filming the romance film Man In Love (2021). While they kept their courtship low-key, they announced their marriage in December 2021.
Since then, the couple have rarely appeared in social media posts or public events together, though they would speak of each other to the media on occasion.
After the Golden Bell Awards in October, Hsu was briefly rumoured to be pregnant. She was spotted patting her tummy while giving her acceptance speech onstage, leading to speculation that she was expecting.
At the time, Hsu denied being pregnant. Asked if she planned on having a baby, she told Taiwanese reporters: 'We'll see if the universe wants to send us a gift.' – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
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