Talk:Melissa Rauch/@comment-3125805-20160520165144

An as-yet unconfirmed story has emerged that Melissa is pregnant in real life (May 2016) and that her real-life pregnancy has been written into the show as a central plot point. If true, this follows a long tradition of lead actresses whose real-life pregnancies have been incorporated into the ongoing plot - the alternative is to try and disguise it or tortuously plot shots so that her belly is continually concealed. (this happened to Patricia Heaton when she got pregnant: as her character Debra Barone could not be written as pregnant in the context of "Everybody Loves Raymond", they chose to ignore it and try to hide her belly. She was allowed a "flashback" episode where the bulge was explained in-universe as being Debra's oldest daughter Allie, though!)  Or else the Daphne-in "Frasier" get-out; Jane Leeves' pregnancy was passed off in show as the result of the character Daphne letting herself go, and getting very obese!

If true, Bernadette's pregnancy will proceed in "real time" and she'll have the child - both on and off-screen - in Series Ten.

This is the article: not adding it to main page until proven.

http://en.mediamass.net/people/melissa-rauch/pregnancy-rumors.html