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Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick won’t be turning their upcoming baby shower and wedding into a The Valley cast reunion.
While chatting exclusively with Us Weekly on The Valley season 2 premiere red carpet on Thursday, April 10, Kristen, 42, revealed there are “definitely” cast members from the Bravo series who are “not on my baby shower or my birthday invite list.” She added, “So, they’re definitely not on the wedding list.”
Though Kristen didn’t specify which of her costars didn’t make the cut, she teased, “I think if you watch season 2, you’ll be able to figure out promptly who that would be.”
The show’s season 2 trailer, released last month, teased more tense moments between Kristen and castmate Janet Caperna. In the first seven minutes of season 2, which Bravo debuted on Thursday, Kristen states that Janet is “dead to me.”
Kristen didn’t confirm whether Janet will get an invite for her upcoming events, but teased to Us on Thursday that she may have said some things about her costar that were “a little harsh.” She explained, “I feel like I did say some things that were a little harsh, but slightly true in the moment. I just speak about how I feel at the time. I’m never wrong in the moment.”
All drama aside, Kristen and Luke, 33, are gearing up to become first-time parents. The couple got engaged after two years of dating in September 2024 and announced they are expecting their first child together two months later. In December 2024, Us exclusively confirmed that the pair are set to welcome a baby girl.
“I’m feeling pretty decent right now. It’s a tough first pregnancy,” Kristen told Us at Thursday’s premiere. “I didn’t really know what to expect. I don’t know if it’s my age or what it is, but [I’m] super grateful, super excited and ready for her to be here.”
Luke, for his part, noted that he’s “as I can be without doing it before.”
Because of the baby preparation, the couple have put their wedding planning on hold. “It’s non-existent. Baby planning first” Kristen quipped, to which Luke added, “[We have to] get our footing with the baby, and then, we’ll start discussing [the wedding].”
As for what they envision for their big day, Kristen told Us they are hoping to plan a “destination wedding” due to the amount of family and friends they hope to invite.
“Isn’t that why people do destination weddings, so you can invite everyone and then they’re like, ‘I couldn’t possibly make it.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I’m so sorry,’” she stated.
For right now, Luke said their guest list will consist of close family and “the tightest people to us outside of our blood.”
The duo even teased their future plans to expand their family. “We would really like to have two and we don’t know, ’cause we did IUI this time around and I don’t know what that journey looks like for us,” Kristen told Us, noting that she’s unsure if she can “imagine being pregnant for another year.”
She added, “I think we’ll figure it out like after [our baby] gets here and like, ‘OK, how quickly can I handle it and how quickly can he handle me?’”
The Valley season 2 premieres on Bravo Tuesday, April 15, at 9 p.m. ET.
