Avril Lavigne is a mother. The 42-year-old singer announced on Instagram on Friday, November 13, that she has welcomed her first child, a baby girl, and almost nobody saw it coming.
Avril Lavigne Announces Birth of First Child on Instagram
Billboard described the photos as all black-and-white. One shows the baby’s tiny hand gripping her father’s and Lavigne’s hands. Another shows the pop-rocker cradling the newborn, who, according to Reality Tea, wore a cheetah-print outfit.
Then the shoes. Three pairs of checkered Vans, lined up in a row, one much smaller than the others.
Putting a tiny pair next to hers says plenty without saying anything.
Her caption called the baby their mini princess, with an expletive in the middle. Billboard pointed out that the line nods to her 2007 No. 1 single “Girlfriend.” Two decades later, she gave the lyric to her daughter.
Lavigne had kept the pregnancy completely private. Billboard noted she had not posted on Instagram in more than a year before the announcement.
The Mystery Partner Remains Unidentified
Lavigne has not named the father. She has not said how long they have been together, or even confirmed there is a relationship to talk about. Hello! Magazine pointed out that one of the photos included a pair of shoes for the dad. That is as far as the public record goes.
Her own word choice is the clearest signal. The caption says “our,” not “my.” Three pairs of shoes, not two. Lavigne has made her romances public through engagements and photos in Paris. Keeping this one off camera at the biggest moment of her life is a choice, and it reads like a deliberate one.
Plenty of relationships survive fame. Fewer survive the commentary. Avril Lavigne has not revealed her current partner’s identity.
Comments Off on the Baby Post, Shock on Her Last One
Lavigne turned off comments on the baby post. Billboard reported that people went to her previous post instead, a roundup of photos from the When We Were Young Festival in October 2025, to register their shock.
“I’M SORRY WHAT,” one person wrote there, Billboard reported.
Billboard’s read was simple: Lavigne is good at keeping her personal life private. A full pregnancy, a birth and a partner, all hidden from 13.9 million followers, per Hello!, is proof enough.
A Look Back at Avril’s Relationship History
Avril Lavigne’s love life has played out in public for twenty years. She married Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley in 2006 and filed for divorce in 2009. Reality Tea reported she married Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger in 2013, with the pair announcing their separation in 2015.
Mod Sun proposed in Paris in April 2022. They ended the engagement in February 2023. Her relationship with rapper Tyga followed later that year and ended in October 2023, according to Reality Tea.
Every one of those relationships came with headlines attached. Avril Lavigne’s newest chapter came with three pairs of Vans and no name.
Neither Lavigne nor her partner has said who he is, or what the baby is called.
