Hollywood’s beloved Cameron Diaz, 51, and her husband, Benji Madden, announced the birth of their second child and surprised fans with the joyful news.
The Good Charlotte band member, 45, and the actress took to Instagram and introduced the newest addition to their family, a son named Cardinal.
“We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our Son, Cardinal Madden. He is awesome and We are all so happy he is here!” read a joint post shared by both Cameron and Benji.
Cameron Diaz and her husband, Benji Madden, welcomed a son named Cardinal
“For the kids safety and privacy we won’t be posting any pictures- but he’s a really cute. We are feeling so blessed and grateful. Sending much love from our fam to yours. Best wishes and Good Afternoon!!” the couple concluded.
The announcement comes as a delightful surprise to many, marking a significant moment for the couple, who tied the knot in 2015 and welcomed their daughter, Raddix, in 2019.
Before she and the punk-rocker became husband and wife, Cameron told Esquire in 2014 that it’s “so much more work to have children.”
“I was never drawn to being a mother,” she said at the time.
Before she exchanged wedding vows, the actress said she was "never drawn to being a mother." But things changed as she went on to marry Benji and welcomed their daughter, Raddix, in 2019
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Things shifted for the actress, whose outlook on aging and parenting changed after bringing Raddix into her life.
"The whole concept of aging has just changed completely, even in the last 10 years," the Knight and Day actress said in an interview with Gwyneth Paltrow in 2022.
"It's totally opened up. I'm excited. I've got 50 or 60 years to go—I want to live to be 110 since I've got a young child,” she said.
Cameron believes genetics is on her side as she hopes to live a long and healthy life.
Cameron Diaz previously said wants to live up to 110 "since [she's] got a young child"
Image credits: Cameron Diaz
"My family's from sturdy stock," she said at the time. "My grandmother was running around in the hot San Fernando Valley sun at 72, hauling big bags of rabbit feed and chicken feed around. I think I've got some of that ... And as is true for most people, I think how I look and feel is some combination of what I do and what I don't do."
While touching upon being the “oldest mom in [her] group of girlfriends with kids,” the actress told her Hollywood peer, “I'm lucky to be my age, lucky to have those girlfriends, lucky to have my daughter, lucky to have all the support I do raising her.”