Lea Michele was positively glowing as she made her first red carpet appearance since announcing she and her husband Zandy Reich are expecting their second child on Instagram last week.
While arriving to the 2024 Hope Rising Benefit in New York City, held at the The Ziegfeld Ballroom, the Glee alum, 37, wowed in a backless red gown with a gold chain halter tie, which matched her bracelet and ring on her middle finger.
As she posed for pictures, the Broadway star, who sang at President Joe Biden’s record-breaking $25 million fundraiser on Friday, proudly cradled her growing baby bump.
For the star-studded event, also attended by Anna Wintour, Paula Zahn, Donald Newhouse, the three-time Grammy nominee wore her long brown hair in glamorous waves.
Lea Michele was positively glowing as she made her first red carpet appearance since announcing she and her husband Zandy Reich are expecting their second child on Instagram last week
While arriving to the 2024 Hope Rising Benefit in New York City, held at the The Ziegfeld Ballroom, the Glee alum, 37, wowed in a backless red gown with a gold chain halter tie, which matched her bracelet and ring on her middle finger
She opted to enhance her natural beauty with a glossy nude lipstick, blush, bronzer for a sun-kissed glow and high coverage foundation that made her skin look absolutely flawless.
This marks the eight annual Hope Rising Benefit, which raises funds for those affected by frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and research to find a cure.
Last year, the benefit raised more than $1.8 million and was attended by Emma Heming Willis, whose husband Bruce Willis is suffering from FTD.
Wintour, the Global Editorial Director of Vogue, showed her support for the cause as she arrived to the event in style.
The queen of fashion and mastermind behind the Met Gala, 74, wore a blue floral high-low dress, a chunky marigold necklace and yellow strappy heels.
She opted to ditch her trademark black sunglasses for the occasion.
While walking the red carpet, Wintour mingled with Michele and posed for various group photos with her, Zahn and Newhouse.
Zahn, 68, a newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN, put on an elegant display in a red leather dress and crocodile embossed heels.
She opted to enhance her natural beauty with a glossy nude lipstick, blush, bronzer for a sun-kissed glow and high coverage foundation that made her skin look absolutely flawless
This marks the eight annual Hope Rising Benefit, which raises funds for those affected by frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and research to find a cure
Last year, the benefit raised more than $1.8 million and was attended by Emma Heming Willis, whose husband Bruce Willis is suffering from FTD
Wintour, the Global Editorial Director of Vogue, showed her support for the cause as she arrived to the event in style
Newhouse, who has an estimated net worth of $11 billion, according to Forbes, wore a black suit, lavender dress shirt and a white sling that supported his right arm.
This marks Michele’s first red carpet since revealing she had another little one on the way, three years after welcoming her son Ever Leo.
She made the announcement by sharing a sweet photo of her unveiling her bare baby bump.
‘Mommy, Daddy and Ever are overjoyed,’ wrote the best-selling author in her caption.
Following the news, she performed at the Radio City Music Hall for the democratic fundraiser and revealed it was her first time ever singing pregnant.
‘So, I’ve never sung pregnant ever before,’ she explained on her Instagram Story in a video for her 8.3 million followers.
‘And I just decided why not for the first time come to Radio City, one of the most amazing, iconic venues in the whole world, to sing “Don’t Rain on My Parade”?’ added Michele.
Biden, 81, was supported at ‘An Evening with the Presidents’ by his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
In 2022, Lea said she had a hard time with pregnancy.
When asked on social media if she wanted a second child she answered ‘we certainly hope so.
She added, ‘Our journey bringing [Ever] into this world was not easy, and we have had some heartbreaks already this time around.’ She added, ‘Have faith God will bring [them] another when the time is right.’
The queen of fashion and mastermind behind the Met Gala, 74, wore a blue floral high-low dress, a chunky marigold necklace and yellow strappy heels
While walking the red carpet, Wintour mingled with Michele and posed for various group photos with her, Zahn and Newhouse
Zahn, 68, a newscaster who has been an anchor at ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN, put on an elegant display in a red leather dress and crocodile embossed heels
She also shared with Katherine Schwarzenegger that she had fertility struggles due to polycystic ovary syndrome when trying to get pregnant the first time.
‘I was like, “Let’s just stop [trying],”‘ the singer said during a March 2021 Instagram Live.
‘I kept thinking, “Maybe this isn’t meant to be for me. Maybe this isn’t going to happen.” It’s something that for me, personally, was always my biggest fear in my entire life.
‘It’s what I’ve wanted more than anything. Emotionally, it just started to build and build. … Then we got pregnant.’
And the pregnancy with Ever was not easy: ‘I started bleeding terribly, horribly. … I experienced very heavy bleeding, some which was scary to the point that we rushed in the middle of the night to the hospital
Michele delivered a show-stopping performance during the 76th annual Tony Awards at New York City’s United Palace Theater in June
‘Probably every other day, we were certain that this time was definitely it. I was put on an extreme amount of medication, progesterone, to help sustain this pregnancy, and I was put on bed rest for my whole first trimester. That was just horrible, absolutely horrible.’
She also said in 2021 that her PCOS was manageable.
‘Through diet, I have been able to manage it,’ she noted. ‘But I am very fortunate. There are way more extreme versions of PCOS that women have a lot of difficulty with — mine is not as intense. Which is why I haven’t really talked about it, because there are women who have it so much more intense.’
This comes after Lea had an incredible 2023. She won raves for starring as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway.
After she closed out her stint in the iconic show on September 3, she gushed that it was a ‘dream come true’.
