Hailey Bieber has given fans a rare glimpse into how she and her husband Justin Bieber celebrated their son Jack Blues turning two on Saturday.
The model posted an Instagram Stories photo on Saturday featuring a plate of mini-pancakes topped with whipped cream and candles. She captioned the image simply with "'2,'" accompanied by a heart emoji.
The couple, who exchanged vows in an impromptu courthouse ceremony in New York in 2018, are parents to little Jack Blues Bieber.
Although the parents have assiduously guarded their son's privacy and refrained from posting his face online, Hailey let a rare peek at his life escape into the world. One day before the birthday post, Hailey, whose elder sister Alaia narrowly avoided jail this week, shared a swimsuit photo showcasing her post-baby midriff.
Protecting family privacy
In previous remarks regarding motherhood, Hailey, 29, has been frank about her dedication to keeping her son away from the invasive glare of public scrutiny.
Speaking in a profile interview published when her baby was about to turn nine months old via Vogue, she explained their cautious approach to public life.
"We don’t take him to a lot of places," said Hailey, who is the niece of actor Alec Baldwin. "We don’t want anyone to….I mean, you’ve just got to see how invasive it all is. It feels mean to put a baby into that."
Hailey occasionally posts photos of her son, but carefully positions his head so that his face remains obscured from the view of her over 58 million Instagram followers.
She uploaded one black and white photograph of him to celebrate her second Mother's Day this May, writing, "I love being your mommy."
Marital speculation and social posts
On that same Mother's Day, her husband was spotted taking her to a Mother's Day dinner at Nobu Malibu, a celebrity hot spot known as flypaper for the Kardashians.
Justin had taken a dimmer view of the holiday when he marked the occasion last year with an Instagram post that read, "Love u moms but mothers day sucks a**."
Because he made the remark on his wife's first Mother's Day, his post raised eyebrows and poured fuel on gathering speculation about his marital woes.
Justin addressed his conflicts with Hailey on his album Swag last year, which also included multiple romantic paeans to his wife.
Coachella performance and health comeback
Hailey was a supportive presence at his side through the launch events for Swag, and also accompanied him to Coachella when he headlined last month.
Justin headlined both Saturdays of Coachella this year, and during Weekend 2 he welcomed Billie Eilish to the stage with him, with an assist from Hailey.
The moment served as a nostalgic tip of the hat to his early career, when he would bring starstruck female fans onstage to sing his 2009 hit One Less Lonely Girl.
In this case, the fan in question was Eilish, whom eagle-eyed fans spotted on the livestream of the show being pushed onstage by Hailey.
Coachella marked a hotly anticipated live comeback for Justin, coming after he suddenly scrapped a scheduled tour in 2022 amid his battle with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which left him with facial paralysis that he posted online.
