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Tracee Ellis Ross Denies Pregnancy, Announces Broadway Debut

6/25/2026

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Tracee Ellis Ross told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that she is not pregnant, dismissing circulating rumors.
She joked that she does not know how to get “preggers” and mocked the online term “the pregnant.”
Ross promoted her upcoming Broadway debut in the play Every Brilliant Thing during the interview.
She argued that society spoon-feeds women toward marriage and motherhood, asserting happiness can be achieved through many other paths.

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Tracee Ellis Ross told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that she is not pregnant, dismissing circulating rumors.
She joked that she does not know how to get “preggers” and mocked the online term “the pregnant.”
Ross promoted her upcoming Broadway debut in the play Every Brilliant Thing during the interview.
She argued that society spoon-feeds women toward marriage and motherhood, asserting happiness can be achieved through many other paths.