Becoming an older sibling to Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan's twins seems like a perfect match for his first child Arlo.
"Arlo is so excited for the babies," the Perfect Match alum, who announced her pregnancy in March, told E! News in an exclusive interview. "They're a cool teenager. You know when you're a teenager, you're going through so many things emotionally. So they try to act cool, but they are so excited. I can tell that every time we talk about them, they're like, 'My siblings! My siblings are in there.' They just get super excited."
And while the little ones have yet to arrive, Francesca knows Arlo will already be a pro at showing them the ropes.
"I know they're going to be the best sibling," the Too Hot to Handle star continued. "They want to show them the coolest music and the coolest movies, and the kids are going to look up to Arlo so much as their cool, badass, older sibling. It's so special to come together as a family. I'm so excited."
Unfortunately, not everyone has shown the family the same level of support. In fact, Jesse explained on TikTok earlier this month that he's been sharing fewer videos of Arlo because the social media comments about them were "too messed up" and affecting the 15-year-old's mental health.
So while the content creator and his fiancée live in the public eye, they still haven't determined how much of their twins they'll show once they're born.
"We haven't really decided what we're going to do yet in regards to showing the babies," Francesca told E!, noting it's a topic she and Jesse discuss often. "I think it really depends on how we feel when they get here, and how comfortable we feel with everything. But yeah, we haven't really decided or came up with a plan on what we're going to do."
And she admits she feels torn.
"Obviously, I want to show the babies," the 31-year-old added. "I would love to show them and show how cute they are and just show our lives with them. But it's hard because you want to protect them at all costs. So even our 15-year-old, we are taking them off social media now because the internet was really cruel to them, and it was affecting their mental health. We would never want to put our new children in a position where that's the case for them. So it's really tricky."
For now, Francesca is staying focused on the positives, including enjoying her "lovely" second trimester after a "brutal" first one and narrowing down a list of baby names (while she and Jesse have shared a few of their favorites on social media, they're keeping their final picks secret for now).
"I'm just scared to use their names as of right now," Francesca, who's spoken about the couple's difficult road to growing their family, said. "So we're calling them Peaches and Garfinkel, which is the most random thing ever. But we're just using silly nicknames for now. We had the name set for, like, two years, honestly. And we thought we were gonna stray away from them, but we haven't."
Francesca also isn't straying away from her passions—including her love of design. She recently brought back the beloved lemon print to her swimsuit line Farago the Label and released new bikini styles. As for whether Francesca would ever consider doing a maternity line, she says a lot of people have been asking her to do one.
"I was looking for maternity stuff as well just to get some inspiration, and there's nothing good," she said. "So hopefully I'll be able to launch some of that as well."
In the meantime, keep reading to learn more about Francesca and Jesse's love story.
June 2021: First Meeting
Though Francesca Farago tried her luck with love on a few reality dating shows, including Too Hot to Handle, she met her perfect match in Jesse Sullivan while hosting an event online.
“TikTok hired me to host an event for Pride Month,” Francesca told Elite Daily in 2023. “It was over Zoom. It was a TikTok live event with Willow Smith and the app’s LGBTQ+ Trailblazers. I interviewed three people and Jesse was one of them. We met on Zoom and just fell in love very quickly.”
Summer 2022: Social Media Official
And though her time on season one of Netflix’s Perfect Match (which aired in 2023) didn’t work out, Francesca knew that fate had bigger plans in store.
In fact, as the reality star shared in a TikTok, “Literally the minute I left that villa, I texted Jesse, and I was like, 'Hey, are you still single? I'm traumatized and do you want to hang out?'"
And the rest is history. Since then, the pair have shared insight into their romance on social media. “We’re just so in love, and I feel that’s obvious with what we post,” she told Elite Daily. “Some couples share a filtered version of the happy times, but they don’t post anything negative. We actually don’t have any negative times. It’s all positive.”
May 2023: Engagement
Two years after they first met, Francesca and Jesse were ecstatic to start a brand new chapter together.
“WE’RE ENGAGED,” Francesca shared in a May 2023 Instagram post, “a glimpse into the most magical night ever, obsessed with our family… what is life!!” Fast forward to early 2024, and the couple made it clear that they were keen on starting a family, even before their nuptials.
"We want a huge wedding, but I think it would be so cute if we had a little baby in our arms or two babies in our arms at the wedding," Francesca exclusively told Live From E! host Laverne Cox at the People’s Choice Awards that February. "So, hopefully we can have a baby first and then do the wedding after."
March 2024: Baby (Soon-to-be) on Board
And as predicted, Francesca and Jesse—who is dad to teenager Arlo from a previous relationship—announced they were expanding their family.
"We wanted to take this special day to celebrate this amazing milestone with all of you," Francesca wrote on Instagram March 31. "We've brought you with us through the loss, so we couldn't wait to bring you along for the win. I am still pretty newly pregnant, and there's so much more to come, but we are so excited to be growing our family with Arlo as the coolest older sibling! AHH IM PREGNANT!"
As for Jesse, he was more than excited to share the news. "We're pregnant!" the influencer, who came out as transgender in 2019, captioned a clip. "Its been such a struggle to get here, but we felt like TDOV was the perfect day to let you all in on our celebration. Im so proud of @Francesca Farago for fighting her way to get here, and I fall more in love with her every day. Thank you for following our journey, and heres to more trans joy!"
April 2024: Double the Love
A week after the pair confirmed Francesca is pregnant, Jesse shared they'll be adding not one but two more members to their family.
"We're having twins," Jesse wrote under his April 7 TikTok. "We know it's early but we're preparing for the best."