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Sarah Shahi prepares to usher in a new "Life"

E! Online is reporting that Life star Sarah Shahi and her fiancé, actor Steve Howey (Reba, Bride Wars), are expecting a child.

Sarah Shahi and Steve Howey

While Shahi's reps haven't commented on the story, the producers on her show, Life, have plenty to say about trying to work around her condition on the show. In it, Shahi plays gritty police detective Dani Reese, partner to the show's lead character, detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis).

Life show runner Rand Ravich told E! that Shahi is, "about four months pregnant" and that her pregnancy "is a challenge," saying "Episodic television is a grueling schedule, and Sarah and Damian were practically in every scene together, and we certainly can't expect Sarah to work 15-hour days ... So we were able to carve Sarah out of the main story a little bit — keeping her always related to Crews and always involved with Crews — and just give her some relief as well."

So how will all of this play out on the Life? According to E!, Shahi's character, Dani Reese, will join a FBI-LAPD joint task force on crime in upcoming episodes in order to "help moderate the show's demands on Sarah while she's pregnant."

These amazing spectacles will probably help too:

Ravich said, "We wanted to diverge their stories somewhat, to separate them geographically to make them start doubting each other, tear them apart somewhat. And then hopefully, if they can work it out, [we can] bring them back together in a stronger fashion."

In 2006, Mariska Hargitay's pregnancy on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit inspired a storyline that sent her character, Det. Olivia Benson deep undercover with the FBI, so maybe shipping pregnant actors/detectives off to work with the Feds is the latest tv trend.

Of course, the impact of Shahi's pregnancy on Life is small potatoes to some of us who are more concerned with what this means about the actress's return to The L Word (as beloved hottie Carmen) this year for the final episode of the series.

The news raises some big questions, like will Carmen be pregnant? Will she be rocking some low-rise maternity short-shorts? Will Shane defy the laws of nature and be named the baby daddy?

And, finally, am I the only one who, upon seeing the picture of Shahi and Howey above, thought I was looking at this?

Phantom's picture

for a lack of coherenter things to say

...am I the only one who, upon seeing the picture of Shahi and Howey above, thought I was looking at this?
Oh THAT'S what it reminded me of...

But I don't think the pregnancy should jeopardise Carmen's re-occurance in any way. I mean, the episodes are already shot and edited... or did I miss something?

btw, are those really spectacles? Cause to me it looks just like a (albeit very conveniently placed) sexy frame...ooh, but were she to wear it on the series, well yum!

sparkleandtwinkle's picture

Noooooooooooooo. Those

Noooooooooooooo.

Those glasses are wrong! lol. 

They will have filmed her appearance before October last year, if it was part of the main shooting schedule, if she's four months preggers now, there would have been barely a bump then.

I just don't like the thought of her being infiltrated by a bloke. *shudder*

Wish her all the best though.

Thane McAllister's picture

...her specs are HOT!

...are you high? [*jk.]

Her frames are awesome [*yerp!]; i wish i had a pair to be honest. I'm actually a little pissed that she's preggERs; i wanted to father her first child. Damn you mildly attractive dude from "Reba" with your man-junk and so on...

Harpy's picture

Good for her!

That's great news.  I wasn't sure Life would be coming back either so it's twice the amount of good news.

Congrats to her and best wishes for a healthy and happy pregnancy.

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alex's picture

What???

i hope they dont ship Reese off somewhere - Shahi is the best part of the show!!

congrats to her, though. she and howey have been together forever!

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frosted_fraggle's picture

better to

have them ship her off that to have dani give birth to a mini tidwell. that would *truely* be yuck.
Yesi's picture

you definitively weren't

you're definitively weren't the only one lol.

Congrats to her and steve. Sucks that'll somewhat affect the Life series, but I'm happy for her. 

speaking of the show....its starts tomorrow night yay! XD

Peri's picture

honestly....

girl could be having her kid with a alien, and i wouldnt care... as long as her and shane end up together!!

 you better give us that Ilene!! or i swear i might start using some of my stalkerish talents on your ass!!!

 dont you know im loco?!?!?!

bluerocks's picture

Anytime

She looks hot even in those goofey glasses and will no doubt be hot pregnant and morph into a hot mom....she'll always be Carmen to me though!

 

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Pyewacket's picture

Goofy glasses?!?!

I had a pair just like them in high school!

In the 80s.

lol

*wink*

:)

She does look good in them.  :P

Stephy-O 's picture

NOOOOOO

...hipster glasses. Argh. It really kills a face.
sallysays's picture

hmm

is it just me, or does she look a lot like Sandra Bullock in that second photo? seriously.
iCyBiTcH's picture

haha

You are surely not alone
Melissa Hsu's picture

i love those glasses!

i love those glasses!

sexy. :)

viv24's picture

tan lines!

I can't believe anyone tore their eyes away from her tan lines and looked at her glasses in that picture
pecola's picture

Life's Back!

First...I'm so glad that Life will be back with a new episode tomorrow night. With ABC stalling on showing the last few episodes of Pushing Daisies and Life not on the air, my Wednesday nights have become rather bleak TV-wise. 

And certainly, I'm happy to hear about her pregnancy--it's hard to imagine her being more beautiful, but being pregnancy radiates on people and I'm anxious to see her 

And I'd just like to thank the honchos at NBC for not talking about incorporating the pregnancy into the storyline--it was enough to see Reese and Tidwell together, the thought of an offspring from that unholy union? Vomit.  

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SpecialK7's picture

Amen

And I'd just like to thank the honchos at NBC for not talking about incorporating the pregnancy into the storyline--it was enough to see Reese and Tidwell together, the thought of an offspring from that unholy union? Vomit

I was thinking the exact same thing when I heard the news yesterday on the radio... "If they make Reese pregnant and Tidwell the father, I'm going to throw up."  :)  I love the Life writers - except that they put those two together in the first place!

FoundinH's picture

haha

As you can prob see I have very similar glasses and I love them even though lots of people may hate on them - I don't really care, they help me see. But either way Sarah Shahi looks soooper hot in them, she just looks hot all the time though.

 

And pregnant with a man-sob...

 

 

CourtneyWoah's picture

lol

FoundinH I have those glasses too! well I just ordered them but they should be in tomorrow! (paid $37 for em at optical4less, prescription lenses at that!)
GreenBean2's picture

Oh my...

Sarah promised she'd give me back those glasses V_V Lies.

Congrats to her and her husband on their good news. I've never actually seen him before. He must have a grudge against Katherine Moennig.

garanger's picture

Beauty Personified

 

Sarah's such a gorgeous woman! Can hardly wait to see her "mini me"!

I really do miss Sharmen, though...

Mays's picture

Karman, She Must've Filmed her Part Already, right?

I mean the show had got to be wrapped by now, right? We're 3 episodes in now and only 5 to go, I don't know that much about TV land .. but when you have five episodes left to air, surely you must be wrapped.

 Oh, I'm rambling. Anyways, man I can't wait to see that baby! Steve, you lucky bastard ;) lol ..

Mason's picture

Hey, hipster glasses are

Hey, hipster glasses are hot.  Don't hate.

Also, I've got to agree that the show is more than likely done filming.  I feel like someone talked about filming the final scene at some point.  One of the actresses.  No?

Laurita.'s picture

holy crap...

she looks hot with them glasses haha.

i miss her so much, come back Sarah. <3 

Nathiest's picture

wait, what!?! She's

wait, what!?! She's striaght???? 

-Nathiest
the devil is in the details

literalmetaphor's picture

Well, this just isn't going

Well, this just isn't going to make any sense in my fantasies. *covers eyes* la la lala la...
Kristin's picture

Yuck... Carmen with a guy

Yuck... 

Carmen with a guy is simply not right... 

Blissful83's picture

This guy (Steve Howey)...

Was quite the character in Reba.. Never in my wildest dreams did I envision Sarah with this dude.. Hmmmm, you like what you like.. I suppose..  

We Never Seem To Quench Our Thirst...

mrs.holden-caulfield's picture

i think few angels...

...lost their wings because of this. i mean, don't get me wrong, but who am i going ot fantasize about? her pregnancy ruins all my dreams (though sarah - all the best).

hopefully her appearance in TLW will be rewarding.

kt's picture

WHAT?!! NOOOOOooooOOO.

WHAT?!! NOOOOOooooOOO. Reality sucks!!!!!

She will always be the GAY GAY GAY Carmen to me, this pregnancy is just a hick-up where she accidently fell into a bucket of sperm and some how the little bastards made it to the homeland. 

ewww.... bucket of sperm.. what was I thinking? wait, i don't wanna know..  

Volkova84's picture

Best of luck

Congratualtions and best of luck for Sarah and Steve!:)

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EmmaB's picture

Oh come ON...

Can't we just be happy for Sarah without all the 'eeew, men' comments?? We all knew she was straight in real life, right? Props to all of you who said 'congratulations', congrats to the happy couple from me as well :)
GATA's picture

WOW

SARAH IS BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS!! CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST OF LUCK FOR THE COUPLE!!
lashun's picture

Cutie...DDDRRRRoooolll...

Sarah is so fine. She is a hot anything. She can be covered in mud and she would make me want to take a shower. KARMAN - FIND ME A  PIC OF SARAH COVERED IN MUD!!! I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!!!!

How sucky is that for Cruz. Reese keeps him in line so much. They are awesome together as partner. They play off one another so well.

StrawberryPanic's picture

As far as the l word goes...

As far as the l word goes... (minor spoiler below)

 First, I think you should have made a spoiler disclaimer about Carmen. People may not want to have been spoiled about that...

  Second (and I may be wrong because I was just sort of assuming...) when they released those strange wrap up photos of the finale.. they had finished filming the final season already. Which means Sarah has already finished filming too and her pregnancy won't be an issue at all. Am I wrong?

 Oh, and kt the bucket of sperm comment was fantastic. lol..

crazyfunvalue's picture

Best Wishes

Congratulations to the parents to be! Just when I thought Sarah could not get any sexier! (drooling) How I wish I was that kid.. actually I take that back my thoughts would definitely not be appropriate. Can't  wait to see her on TLW. As for the writers of Life, thank you so much for not having Reese and Tidwell reproduce, in fact end the relationship ASAP!

jack44's picture

sad to no this

im pretty sad to no this wow from shane to him(shame) oh well she will still be in my heart so if ever she is ready im there for her
Jess's picture

well we all knew she was str8 but....

we will always remeber her as "gay carmen".....lol happy for her in real life ..hope ur baby is healthy :)
audaz's picture

arrrgghh

She looks better with Shane 8-)