The show may be called Unexpected, but we didn’t see THIS coming…
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for Season 7 of Unexpected.
TLC recently revealed the cast for the upcoming season of Unexpected, leaving many fans of the show shocked to learn that one of the couples includes a 13-year-old dad-to-be. According to Starcasm, though, the story is even more shocking, as the timeline of the couple’s pregnancy has revealed that the couple actually conceived their child when the father-to-be was only 12!
As viewers saw in the newly released trailer, ‘Unexpected’ newcomers Bella and Hunter of Arkansas are listed as 15 and 13 years old, respectively, though this reflects the ages the two were when the confessional interviews for Season 7 were filmed, NOT the age at which they were when they conceived their baby.
That face you make when your newborn baby doesn’t fit in your bike basket…
As it turns out, Bella had previously shared on TikTok that she found out she was pregnant in July of 2024 and according to Starcasm, the teen mom also posted a sonogram from December of 2024 to Facebook, which indicated that she had likely conceived in June of that year.
According to multiple social media posts by the young couple’s family, Hunter was born in July of 2011, meaning that he was only 12 years old when Bella became pregnant. This also means that Bella, who was reportedly born in January of 2010, was just 14 years old at the time they conceived their son, Wesley.
“Excuse me, I think you mean 14 and a half…”
As it was mentioned in the Season 7 trailer, Hunter was in 8th grade when he and Bella filmed for ‘Unexpected,’ while Bella was a freshman in high school. A social media post by Bella’s mom in October revealed that the young parents actually began dating when Hunter was in 7th grade and Bella was in 8th grade, with Bella posting similar throwbacks of the two on TikTok.
(The post by Bella’s mom in October also confirms that Hunter did advance to the 9th grade and wasn’t required to repeat the 8th grade, as Bella feared he may have to do in the Season 7 trailer.)
I feel creepy even looking at this post…
In January of 2025, Bella posted a mirror pic of her and Hunter to TikTok, while reminding social media followers how the two were when they began their relationship.
“We fell in love at 11 and 12 and this year we are turning 14 and 15, let that sink in,” she wrote.
Bella also seems to reveal in a TikTok from that same month that while she and Hunter are each other’s “first love,” Hunter had been with other girls before her, despite being very (VERY) young at the time.
“No revenge because even though I wasn’t his FIRST love, I am his first LOVE,” she wrote.
Bella and Hunter welcomed their son Wes in March and according to their social media activity, the two appear to be going strong.
Bella and Hunter with their son, Wes…
In posts to TikTok and Facebook, Bella’s mother revealed that Bella’s sister, Emi, is also a teen mom. In fact, she gave birth to her daughter about six weeks after Bella had Wes.
Season 7 of ‘Unexpected’ premieres Monday, February 16 on TLC. Click here for details on the other cast members joining Bella and Hunter on the upcoming season.
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(Photos: TikTok; TLC)
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