All of the Times Brooklyn Nine-Nine Hid Melissa Fumero's Pregnancy | Comedy Bites

Ever wonder how they hide an actor's pregnancy on a TV show? Turns out the methods are... not so sneaky.
Here's all the times Brooklyn Nine-Nine went undercover to disguise Melissa Fumero's pregnancy when filming as Amy Santiago in season 3 - or straight up embracing it in season 7! Did we miss your favourite sneaky moment? Let us know in the comments!
From Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the NBC series revolving around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), a New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective in Brooklyn's fictional 99th Precinct, who often comes into conflict with his commanding officer, the serious and stern Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher). The series also stars Terry Crews as Sargeant Terry Jeffords, Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago, Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz, Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti and Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle.
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[@danielroper3175]

And, of course, now that I'm looking for it, it is incredibly obvious, but I absolutely didn't notice at the time.

[@mitchellryan7621]

I didn't notice it either until my father pointed it out.

[@parikshitagawane4224]

That was the goal 😂😂😂😂

[@thaliabowen2006]

I noticed one the cruise one non of other

[@elladan23]

My wife realize immediately.

[@doylethechocolatelab]

Exactly!

[@kemokage]

“Why are you holding that box?” “I just love this box!” Great example of working with an actress when she gets pregnant and letting it add to the comedy instead of writing her character out and firing her.

[@onaryx7749]

Where is that from?

[@penitent2401]

firing her? I haven't heard of any studio that would do that, I've seen shows substitute in another actress for a season or if the actress chose to retire completely then more permanent substitute. or write in the plot to explain her absence for a period. No studio would want to face the wrath of the fans if they found out one of their favourite actor or show character is written out and fired because of pregnancy.

[@Mimsacool]

@@penitent2401 it's what seemed have happened to Charisma Carpenter on Angel. Both she and her character got pregnant and then she disappeared. She's made comments since that make it sound like she was fired for being pregnant. The audience may not have known at the time but it caused a huge uproar in 2020

[@purplegrapes7]

what episode was that again?

[@superanimeniac]

@@penitent2401 That's what happened in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Also, the Disney Channel sitcom Zoey 101 reportedly got cancelled because the teen star got pregnant. They've since said that's not true, but the timeline is super suspicious, and all the planned specials after the show wrapped up production got mysteriously cancelled.

[@summerhope4419]

In wedding she wasn't that obviously pregnant i think they could've gotten away with it even without the bouquet. The scene where she "pretends" to be pregnant is funny and creative you could see how careful Jake was with her belly while Amy just manhandles like it's nothing

[@DreamsAreMakeBelieve]

Yeah I literally didn't realise she was pregnant until just now. I actually think the flowers weren't to hide it, they were just... flowers Edit: apparently she wasn't even pregnant then so yeah, just flowers haha

[@peanutb7834]

Yeah the wedding episode was after her pretending to be pregnant

[@Jo.Dixon013]

The wedding episode is season 5, Not season 3

[@rachelcookie321]

I don’t think the bouquet was actually meant to hide her stomach, brides just usually hold a bouquet when they’re getting married. She’s often holding the bouquet in ways that very clearly show her stomach so it doesn’t seem like she was trying to hide it.

[@udraj914]

I mean, a bride needs a boquet, pregnant or not

[@EMD1594]

Fun fact about Stephanie Beatriz's pregnacy: She was also pregnant during the making of 'Encanto' but since it was animated, it was safer if everyone just recorded from their homes covid-wise. Stephanie actually went into labour during recording 'Waiting on a Miracle' but didn't want to cause a fuss so powered through. Later everyone was amazed at how she managed to portray so much pain in the characters voice

[@Lay-Z_Studios]

WHAT!? THATS SO BADASS- if she didn’t earn my respect before she has it now!

[@adrianaavila8853]

I had no idea! Wow

[@leonpaelinck]

wait that's the plot of the blackout episode

[@its_elkku135]

I would really love to hear a source because that sounds very made-up

[@EMD1594]

@@its_elkku135 you can search 'Stephanie Beatriz went into labour while singing' and find articles where she confirms it herself

[@noam2802]

I love the honesty about the last one just gave up and made Amy pregnant

[@friendlyneigborhoodbean]

I think the last one came at a time when they wanted to have Amy pregnant anyway. It made sense since they started talking about having children and had been married for a bit by then

[@Robman92]

Knowing she was pregnant at the time of that wedding scene really makes charles “get pregnant” line extra funny 😂

[@MyFictionalChaos]

The "baby steps" line was funny too

[@Kessiebear81]

She wasn’t pregnant then - that’s a mistake (even the caption doesn’t match up to the season or episode) She was pregnant during season 3 and 7)

[@ilovesteeveharrington]

@@Kessiebear81thank god someone noticed that as well😂

[@dazzlechic2319]

lol ikr

[@ellieparkins]

I don’t think she looks pregnant at all in that scene like at certain angles her waist is snatched and literally opposite of pregnant

[@cameronsitton501]

"EAT THE NOTE" is such an iconic moment

[@EphPhaThaINC]

“I just love this box.”

[@idanlewenhoff2295]

a classic terry instinct

[@castex21]

🏆🏆💯

[@ianagulino6653]

In the one where she was supposed to be fakely pregnant to go undercover in prison you can tell its her real baby belly by the way they all wiggle it so gently whenever they do, like, Andy moved the shirt around rather than the belly but made it look as if he was grabbing and shaking the "fake" belly

[@juliacintrae]

I'm so blind

[@juliacccm2251]

I actually didn't notice it-

[@ianagulino6653]

@@juliacccm2251 I've just watched enough sitcoms to know it before hand, but then again I didn't notice that in yhe cruise episode Melissa was actually pregnant and had not just gotten our of a pregnancy and that's why she was a little more chubby

[@chosenuwu]

wholesome :)

[@galaxysupernova2235]

no coz everyone was gentle and melissa was like manhandling her baby hilarious

[@RavenStarrEvans]

I've never seen a single episode of this show but I was thoroughly invested in how they hid this woman's pregnancy. The algorithm got me again

[@megggmoggg]

it's honestly so worth it to watch it. I put it off for months and now I've seen it 10+ times :)

[@AngelFace.273]

Two different pregnancies actually, the first one ended with the undercover as pregnant and the getting on a plane, the second was just making the character pregnant and following that storyline

[@olivicultora]

“Rubber bands … that man really knows me” I’m dying that’s so funny

[@julliestans2271]

IT'S SO CUTE HAHAGDV

[@anxiousbean1685]

i love how jakes like “amy. women don’t watch..” and then amy and charles are both like “uh yeah. women do.” and jake is just purely intrigued

[@viyou_7134]

"Jake is purely intrigued"✨

[@souki27]

It’s an exiting revelation for him

[@aristired6252]

I noticed in the cruise episode, it was pretty obvious with the “if you like piña coladas” scene. I somehow never noticed before or after that episode though lol.The jail one was genius, especially because they added the whole “I don’t know, will they even buy that I’m pregnant?”

[@raantaaro]

literally i never noticed when watching the cruise scene but now it looks so obvious and the bag barely hides it

[@StewartFletcher]

That was probably the shot where I noticed it the most, even before knowing she was pregnant

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

i love that the wrote her pregnancy into the show rather than do what other shows would have and find a way to write out the character

[@Sarah-nr8sv]

They didnt wrote her pregnancy into the show. Her character wasnt pregnant when the actress was.

[@Loveless0012]

@@Sarah-nr8sv I think Frank meant later when she was too pregnant to conceal it they wrote it into the show XD

[@sissyisrael]

If you watch enough TV you'll be able to tell when they're hiding a pregnancy. It's pretty much just like this for every show lol

[@Jay9966]

Honestly I just thought she got a bit fatter, which I didn't really mind lol.

[@ruzzodac]

They are under contract to be a certain weight. Never fool yourself, when her cheeks get chubby in 1 season, she is preggo.

[@AlfaJones]

It's always fun when suddenly there is a sidewiew of a character and you go 'wait a minute' and then when you go back you realise they have been hiding behind people and sitting firmly behind desks for a few episodes.

[@alessiap.3989]

Yeah i was watching "bones" a few weeks ago and you can def tell that the protagonist got pregnant lol they were nice enough to rewrite some stuff instead of firing/replacing her and one of the recurrent characters too. The series per se left me not satisfied but at least irl they had consideration for human beings and treated people right so i kinda kept watching it cause i liked this more than the actual tv show lol

[@vurrunna]

One of my favorites is in Star Trek: Deep Space 9, when the actress for Kira Naris (a military Major) got pregnant. Rather than try to hide it or have the character get pregnant, they instead had a completely _different_ character, Keiko (who was married and already had a child in the show), get pregnant, and then used Space Science Shenanigans to swap the baby from Keiko to Kira, who then carried the baby to term because Space Science Reasons. I love television.

[@igot7mencalledgot76]

Actually an error they hid the first one behind doug and jake's chemistry

[@no-_-206]

Underrated comment 👏

[@rachelbullock1636]

This, because it's the only one I didn't notice the whole show on my own, so I can confirm. 🙂‍↔️

[@nikolaa1625]

I love how when they're discussing the Isabel Cortez disguise, Jake very carefully pats her belly, while Amy just shakes the hell out of it

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

Love Jake being understandably disgusted at realizing where the toilets on the cruise ship dump.😂 Also, I love that Gina was the only one to realize the gift basket was from Kevin to Raymond.🤣🤣

[@sayitsayuri8951]

I mean, he even used their pet names!

[@gwenethp511]

Reminds me of The Nanny, where CC has to carry a bunch of things to hide her actress's pregnancy XD

[@AnnJo-gq8gu]

All the while mocking this very same process 😆

[@MarcelineRaven]

My favorite was when she comes in with a sign and has Baby in big letters where the baby bump would be.

[@5th_cellar]

@@AnnJo-gq8gu "Elaine must've been...I dunno, twelve months pregnant."

[@AnnJo-gq8gu]

@@5th_cellar😆😆

[@InsertCreativeusername_]

@@5th_cellar and they hid it with these ridiculous over sized props *Picks up pot of flowers* These need to be watered

[@kyanajoyce8219]

They did a great job of masking it. tbh, except for the fake pregancy in prison and Amy's pregnancy with Mac, I really couldnt tell the other ones. I love this show and rewatch it constantly, but they concealed it well.

[@brandondavidson4085]

Amy: "We're you stern?" Charles: "Amy, you know I wasn't" Also Charles: *looking away to avoid eye contact*

[@error8119]

The gift basket was such a good bit. Like great job hiding her pregnancy but even better as an actual comedic scene. W writers able to pull that off without us even knowing

[@dudududupa4018]

I am dumb or they did excellent job, cause I watched entire show and didn't have idea the Amy actress was pregnant

[@cassun603]

I binged it while playing slay the spire on the other screen so I don't blame myself for not noticing

[@heyitznixsworld675]

You can just see her bump @ 1:10 when they switch into the more casual outfits before she moves behind the tote once again

[@Singing_Life1354]

Ikr 😂

[@shavonnepayne4749]

I absolutely love how she man handles her stomach with the fake prison pregnancy and Jake is so gentle 😂

[@paytonl.8563]

I'm usually really good at picking out baby bumps when they're trying to hide them. I noticed all of "Amy's" and "Gina's," but wow I never noticed Stephanie was pregnant!

[@tasmiatahia_write_dream_change]

0:23 - that "baby steps" takes a whole new meaning now that I know 😂

[@heatherstephenson3559]

Love the video, the lil bonus with hiding Stephanie's bump was so good too. I'm not totally sure why the S5 finale's in here though as Melissa wan't pregnant at that point (it was only S3 and S7 that she was pregnant for, as far as I know.)

[@Chihuahuamami]

She only has 2 kids so I'm guessing the season 5 clip was wrong

[@jaybehkay2438]

That’s what I was thinking too

[@heatherstephenson3559]

Yeah, maybe someone just presumed that the flowers were concealing her pregnancy or something, just wondering why that clip was in the video. Thanks. :)

[@NotTheAbhi]

Its simple they needed some excuse to show the wonderful moment.

[@heatherstephenson3559]

It is an incredible moment, that's for sure.

[@starlighter191]

Love Amy’s imitation of Jake at 0:28

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

"I've been hiding them so well!" (Flashback to her snapping a clipboard in half) "No, you haven't."

[@jennacampbell7]

Fun facts bcs I’m obsessed with the show: In the s3 episodes in the jail they wrapped up weeks before she gave birth so she was literally 8 MONTHS!! In s7, the last episode was filmed in November of 2019 so she was 6 months and Melissa confirmed they used a padded belly to make her look 9 months not 6 😂 Also in the last episode of B99 in June of 2021, Stephanie was 7 months pregnant with Rosaline!!

[@Alesthegirl]

Missing moments I can recollect at the moment: - during Rosa's bachelorette party, if you pay attention, you'll see she's always behind something hiding her belly; - before the prison mission, when at first they assign it to Rosa. There are other several moments I noticed while watching B99, but I can't remember them exactly right now 😅 Actually, she was not pregnant during the wedding scene.

[@cybergothstudios94]

Peralta being physically unable to grow a mustache is hilarious to me.

[@terezakostacka3572]

And then he grows one in prison...😂

[@PaddyRoon7]

Turns out that keeping it a little visible is actually a great way to hide it. It's easy to see when you look for it, but otherwise, it's extremely subtle. They did a great job.

[@clairecandycake4094]

5:15 Jake way Jake says “That is psychotic” is always hilarious

[@jujuhtv3303]

Why didn't they blame the basket thing on hitchcock and scully? no one would've suspect it 😂

[@briansilva3344]

4:01 Amy: How can I ever repay you? Boyle: GET! PREGNANT! Melissa: already there.

[@Kessiebear81]

No she wasn’t pregnant then - that’s a mistake. She was pregnant in seasons 3 and 7, and the wedding was end of season 5.. no idea how they stuffed that up

[@scottibrown3274]

“Amy just make the noise, you aren’t fooling anybody” 🤣

[@tasmiatahia_write_dream_change]

funny how you didn't mention them putting Boyle right in front of her at 2:31

[@AlexThePharaoh]

i know this show by heart and i knew Melissa was pregnant at one point, but im amazed i never noticed half of these scenes

[@Cheffamily]

i do think that "eat the note" is a great plan 🤣🤣

[@bakhithajoseph5999]

I like how amy does jake impressions Noice and Smort

[@cazia9]

Melissa has commented that there are portions of the end of s3 she doesn’t remember working on bc her brain was in full end of pregnancy mode so

[@M.W.2]

Do we also know why when she was promoted to sergeant and wore the uniform she was always holding the belt with her hands? Was the costume too heavy for her and they never replaced it?

[@django3422]

I always interpreted that as Amy believes that's how sergeants stand, so as to look professional.

[@croissant2882]

I believe she was already pregnant at this point and it was easier to hide when she was standing in this pose, especially as the other person said "that's how Amy thinks sergeants should stand" really does fit the character

[@FinBrennan]

I can’t believe how blatantly obvious it is when they walk out to the piña colada song 😂

[@gabiluvsu2much]

"rubber bands..... that man really knows me!" love that part

[@35lilix]

they did it so well I legit forgot about the pregnancy halfway through the video

[@feltcnz7829]

ITS SO OBVIOUS AT 1:09 HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS

[@kae8450]

Yall i swear i’ve watched the show nearly 10 times now and I didn’t even realized most of this 😭

[@bruteboi73]

wow pregnant all the way since the cruise. ngl had too look real hard but yeah i see it

[@taylorbrown7597]

2:46 i love everyone knows him so well 😊

[@MeonLights]

I love bits like these, another funny one is in the Nanny Diaries series where chronically single C.C.'s actress was pregnant and in one episode they lampshade it super heavily where she talks about a show hiding a pregnancy behind large props while she is handling large props lmao

[@porky265]

Amy : "hey melipnos" Melipnos: "idk you"😂😂😂

[@toxic_misery6369]

Props to them for wearing heels while pregnant and still looking amazing

[@YourDadsUnclesFriend]

Andy smiling when Melissa walks down the aisle is so adorable.

[@StrawBerryFanatic2810]

How did i not see it omg

[@bakhithajoseph5999]

They look so cute when they get married 😍 🤧 😭

[@Raida7]

"So pregnant" 🤣

[@lucygarrett9785]

They also had to hide Angela’s pregnancy in dinner party. They just made you focus on how awkward and funny the episode was I guess 😂😂

[@tomodaphne]

Isn't that an episode of The Office?

[@lucygarrett9785]

@@tomodaphne yeah, I just mentioned it cuz this channel also covers the office

[@any2473]

I never knew the actress got actually pregnant. Was that before she got pregnant on the show?

[@lucygarrett9785]

@@any2473 yeah it was like way back in season five

[@nellahorelli3226]

Amy's baby bump was melissa's actual baby bump ? Aww i love that

[@jyslog]

rosa getting mad at chedder while also hugging him five mintues later is so iconic for her

[@thesourpatchkidd579]

Wait she was actually pregnant???? Hello?????

[@mkimway]

Bruh they had a kid

[@anht.720]

@@mkimway I think that persons mean actually pregnant in real life while filming

[@Chihuahuamami]

Yeah apparently the plan was for them to be trying to get pregnant all season but then Melissa was actually pregnant, so they worked with it

[@myhomesoob]

the baby that plays amy and jake's kid is literally melissa's son

[@charlottecase4446]

That’s funny that she was pregnant that many times but her character Amy and jake tried a million times to get pregnant and failed

[@bialessa6317]

If you pay attention, you can see it.

[@AlfaJones]

I do have to say that I prefer the even slightly awkward hiding of pregnancies over forcing babies into tv series where they don't fit. (not meaning B99 here). Extra minus points for every show that has something "supernatural" going on and where the pregnancy could have been written as something other than a normal pregnancy. If your storyline does not support having a toddler around (because the baby will be a toddle in a moment) and a baby is not needed for some huge plot reason, just people gave a ghost baby or something, instead of having to age-up, get rid, kidnap or otherwise do something random to the baby.

[@maisiesummers42]

1:10 - yeah, the way the shirt moves shows that belly 🙂 Also, Melissa gains weight when she's pregnant (perfectly normal) which is also a giveaway.

[@hannahgoodman8677]

The scene where Jake and Amy are on the cruise ship with Doug Judy, Melissa’s pregnancy is so obvious.

[@abby61]

i’ve watched the show at least 10 times over and have no clue how i never noticed this😭

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

7:10 Whoops, the writers forgot they had Rosa say she did three or four years of medical school back in season 1 or 2. No former medical student would be perplexed by placentas.

[@Loveless0012]

I saw a video yesterday with the proposal to Amy where Jake says something like "I love how much you pretend to like Die Hard" or something like that and in the first season Amy says she loves the movie XD (In the episode with Jimmy Brogan)

[@juliatoniato1979]

I told my brother that she looked pregnant when we were watching one of the fist episodes of season 3 and he said i was crazy, well I just found the video that proves i was right lol

[@adrianaavila8853]

Love this show it’s fantastic!! 😂

[@hannahwatermelon]

I somehow never noticed this, and it's so funny watching this video. On the boat when she is wearing the pink shirt it is very obvious.

[@aprilhippie8752]

1:09 Lol you can still clearly see the baby bump 😂 Funny how easy it is to miss things

[@angelicizedeve]

i’ve watched this series so many times and had absolutely no idea they were both pregnant during the show!!

[@gracemceuen2058]

How many times has Melissa been pregnant while filming B99? This vid makes it seem like she was constantly pregnant 😂

[@justjoannak]

2 (during S3 & S7). They wrote her irl pregnancy in during S7, if I remember correctly

[@genericname2747]

Being pregnant is her default state

[@Kessiebear81]

Only 2 - the wedding episode in this reel is a mistake.. she was pregnant during seasons 3 and 7 and that was season 5

[@eleanormason2647]

Feeling proud of myself that I spotted it on my first watch through

[@heathertulip2389]

“Wow. That is an exciting revelation for me.”

[@castex21]

Noticed during my first rewatch Sensed something was different and that tote bag was a dead giveaway. Lol

[@bakhithajoseph5999]

I like how everybody wear captain holt house

[@laurengraham9325]

I noticed right away because her skin looked glowing and she just looked a bit lush

[@C_de_jupons]

"Hiding" Next scene shows the whole world 😅

[@jessicamonte7]

I dont think the wedding episode should be in this video…

[@somebody5086]

Why not?

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

Why wouldn’t it be included?

[@rjtavares1480]

@@somebody5086 She was only pregnant in season 3 and 7, not 5

[@Kessiebear81]

No it shouldn’t.. no idea how they stuffed that up so badly lol

[@Harvey_Mod]

That's crazy. Literally started the show in 2023 and I barely noticed 😭😭 But wasn't Jake and Amy's wedding in season 5?

[@HoodwinkFalls]

These were really clever. I never picked up on it.

[@abrahamguzman4446]

The tote bag reminds me about a episode of the Nanny when use the same strategy

[@karnarls7026]

2:14 chocolate covered strawberry 🤣🤣🤣

[@Athenagoddessxoxo]

i love how they barely tried to hide it lol it was so easy to know every episode did was pregnant😂

[@R2Ro925]

I’m in the middle of watching and it’s definitely not season 3 where they get married.

[@mianimalhyde8014]

1:14 very obvious thanks to the title now I’m looking for it

[@t_bone_4]

Wow I have seen this hundreds of times, never noticed once

[@sirineyakoubi6971]

It's impossible to see they did a GREAT job ._. even knowing it's hard to spot !!

[@user-tn4zc5qk5i]

"get pregnant, use your body to give the world more jake" 😂😂😂😂

[@katherineelizabeth3608]

kevin sent a gift basket to hide amys pregnancy

[@uedaakira1]

Wait she was pregnant on season 7? I thought she wasn't because I couldn't find anything more than her pregnant on season 3 🙀🙀

[@ElXando1993]

Also the subtitle says season 3 during the wedding...

[@Kessiebear81]

Yep.. second kid born a week after season 7 aired.

[@justinmartin1666]

I have such a huge crush on Melissa Fumero 🇲🇽

[@lobo5274]

I have never known if it's healthy how much Andy Samberg moved her belly on that first scene

[@azraellove3852]

he was actually being really gentle and shifting the shirt to make it look like he was manhandling her belly

[@l4ur4na]

I love the 2nd clip so much

[@MAD-ee2we]

I did not notice it at all. Amazing

[@kathrynmft]

I swear I can sniff out when an actor in a show I’m watching is pregnant, it’s always immediately obvious to me. That being said, Melissa wasn’t pregnant at all in season 5. Her kids were born in 24th March 2016 and 14th February 2020, during seasons 3 and 7 respectively. They hid her pregnancy during season 3, but didn’t have to in season 7 as Amy was pregnant too.

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

Just started watching the show 2 weeks ago, I knew something was up when they were going up the cruise. The black dress.

[@jukahri]

NY really is the most cosmopolitan city; it took them less than half an hour to find a shop selling office appliances labelled in French.