Hallmark stars Chris McNally and Julie Gonzalo have made it a degree to maintain their non-public lives non-public. After she introduced the delivery of their child, they’ve shared few extra particulars. During a particular fan occasion for “When Calls the Heart,” McNally lastly opened up with an particularly candy, brief story.
He Revealed Their Baby Is a Girl
In June, Gonzalo first shared with followers that she and McNally had a new child child. The information was introduced on Gonzalo’s Instagram when she shared a photograph of the child’s hand. At that time, the 2 hadn’t even formally introduced that they had been in a relationship, however ET Online had beforehand revealed they had been courting.
“Welcome child M,” she merely posted, tagging herself and McNally within the image.
The couple hasn’t revealed a lot else since, till a latest Hearties fan occasion.
A “When Calls the Heart” fan occasion befell in late September that was attended by many members of the cast, together with McNally. The candy second occurred when McNally took the mic. It was shared in a video on Twitter by @bucas_louchard.
The cast was discussing the scenes in season 9 the place McNally’s character, Lucas, was bonding with Elizabeth’s son, Little Jack. In one of many scenes, Lucas learn “Robin Hood” to Little Jack. Executive producer Brian Bird requested McNally what e-book he would learn if the show was set within the current day.
“I like Robin Hood,” McNally started. “I’ve zero drawback studying Robin Hood right now. … My dad used to learn me 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea… But that will be a certain selection, and likewise the Hobbit. Which I only in the near past came upon is a youngsters’s e-book as a result of I purchased it for myself excitedly… My dad learn it to me after I was a child…”
He joked that he could not perceive how they made a three-hour film out of the e-book. Then he went on.
“I believed I used to be getting myself an exquisite grownup novel,” he mentioned. “That’s OK, as a result of now it is on our daughter’s shelf and I’ll learn it to her.”
The crowd liked that response. It was additionally the primary time that McNally had publicly shared that he and Gonzalo have a child daughter.
Gonzalo and McNally starred in Hallmark’s “The Sweetest Heart” collectively, which premiered in 2018. In an interview with Fansidedat the time, Gonzalo mentioned that she and McNally would usually break up cupcakes throughout filming.
She instructed Fansided that McNally was an exquisite particular person and really simple to work with.
“So we took the time to only sort of chat and discuss and get to know one another as a lot as we may within the little time that we had,” she mentioned. “And then all through the movie, we had been in a position to get collectively after work and skim some strains. And he is such an exquisite, great particular person and a terrific actor so it was very simple with him.”
More Videos & Photos Were Shared from the Hearties Fan Event
Many different movies and photographs from the Hearties fan occasion have been circulating on social media. Here’s one the place the cast was launched by Bird.
Here’s a photograph of the cast on the occasion.
Here are extra footage.
And one other set of images:
Erin Krakow shared this cast image through the occasion.
Bird mentioned that about 200 individuals attended.
Season 10 of “When Calls the Heart” premieres someday in 2023.