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Gerard Way and Wife Expecting First Child

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My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and his wife Lindsey Lyn-Z’ Ballato, bass player for Mindless Self Indulgence, have announced that they are expecting their first child. Gerard, 31, and Lindsey — who were married September 4th, 2007 — will welcome their new arrival in early summer.

The Black Parade Is Dead!, My Chemical Romance’s current album is available in stores. Additionally, Gerard is also a published author — his comic book, The Umbrella Academy, is out now. The next installment of the series is due to hit shelves on November 26th.

Source: Associated Press

Thanks to CBB reader Ara.

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Just a correction! Lindsey is actually 29, not 32!

- Jamie on

This is wonderful, I’m so excited. Though I totally though Frank would be the first member of MCR to have a baby.

- Britt on

I was happy when I heard this. I think they’ll be good parents. Gerard has been through a lot and he’s gotten over the ridiculousness of fame. He’s kicked drugs and alcohol, and he’s focused on what’s important. Of course, the kid will probably be named Batman Dracula Ballato-Way or something similar, but at least she’ll be loved. ;)

- Ara on

oh i wanted his baby! he he I hope the best for him and Lyn-Z.

- Clair on

This is wonderful news! I love Gerard and am a big fan of MSI’s. I wish the two of them nothing but an easy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

- Lily on

I can not believe how?

who gave them that news?

realmete gerard wanted to be a good dad and if that is what he wants, many Felisa

- McR_FaN on

I can’t even begin to express how happy I am for these two. They’re great people, who really deserve this.
I’m a little surprised that Gerard was the first to end up with a little one, mmyself, but still majorly ecstatic nonetheless. (After all those genes were in need of passing down, for sure ;) )

- Ashley on

PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN

- billie on

OMFG! im so happy for Gerard and Lindsey!

I know Gerard will be a great daddy! he’s overcome what my 65 year old nan couldnt!

i hope the baby is well!

one badd thing though, MCR will have to either break up or take a REALLY long break…. and thats just sadd!

WE LOVE YOU GERARD!

~>Luv always E-Jay xox< ~

- E-Jay on

Why would MCR (or MSI, for that matter) have to break up? It’ll probably be a bit weird with touring for both of them until the baby’s old enough, but there are plenty of musicians who have children and are still out there. And if anyone could do it, MCR and Lyn-Z can.

- Lor on

Congrats to them! However, is it just me, or did they announce the pregnancy extremely early? They said the baby is due in early summer, which I take to mean June-ish. If I’m doing the math correctly, Lyn-Z is only one month along at most.

- CelebBabyLover on

Lol Batman Dracula Ballato-Way, I think Ava has the right idea but even if it’s true I think he will make a sweet father.My kid loves My chemical romance.

- eva on

I’m a huge fan of MCR!
Congrats to them!

- SARA on

They seem like great people, and will make wonderful parents. This little one will have lots and lots of love!!

- Anna on

I feel so happy for them! However, I kinda wish the baby was MINE. Lol.

I wish them an easy pregnancy and a healthy baby!

OMG, this baby could be born on my birthday. It is kinda early to announce, though.

- Renee on

Awesome… I am super stoked for them

- Cheyenne on

Oh my God! I was wondering when we’d see some minies!!!! So happy for them, I’ve been sending the news to EVERYBODY. The baby wil be beautiful!

- Rachel on

Awww, congratulations to Gerard and Lindsey, I’m so happy for them! This is going to be one beautiful child :)

Early summer would fall under late june/ early july, so I don’t think it’s too soon to share the news. Lindsey should be about two or three months along by now.

And lol at Batman Dracula Ballato-Way. “This kid is gonna have one funky name” is one of the first things that came to my mind when I read this. But if it’s a girl I wouldn’t be surprised if Elena (Gerard’s late grandmother) was somehow incorporated into the name.

- Isabella on

Yes! I’m so so soooo happy for them. I can’t wait to see the little Gerard and Lindsey (s).

I really pray for the best of their bands, their marriage, and to have the sweetest, healthiest, cutest little angel ever.

I love you guys…Youre both my biggest inspirations and now your child is obviously one too! lol.

- Kellee Rey on

Ohmygosh! Congrats Gerard! My Chemical Romance is my favorite band, and this is just soo awesome! Keep rockin’ everyones socs! And I just have to say, let me know whether it’s a boy or girl!

- Kayla on

oh wow!i think my heart stopped when i read this!I am so happy for gerard and lyn-z!congrats to them and their families!

Now i wonder whos going to have a baby next,Frank or mikey?

- Kari on

Happy for them

Frankie is next

- liza on

oh my gosh thats sooo cool im so happy for u guys:) u will be great parents :D

- Jakayla on

I am so Happy, though I would think his younger brother Mikey or Frank Iero owuld be the first MCR Dad, I am overjoyed nonetheless. AH! The First MCR Baby! I just hope this little bundle of joy doesn’t get in the way of their music. But either way, I’m so glad for them!! That is going to be one very loved baby, not only from his parents but from his thousands of fans.

Hah, that is going to be one well protected baby, what with all these MSI and MCR fans haning around :D lol

- Taylor on

OOOOMG! i LOVE MCR and MSI i am so freakin’ happy for gee and lyn that i can’t contain it! i ran around my house for ten minutes squeeling and jumping ang clapping and celebrating!!!! I AM SO HAPPY!

but its about time he had a kid, he’s thirty-one and i totally agree with ara, the baby will have some awesome name! best wishes to gee and lyn!!!!!!

- Raelynn lewis on

Congratulations!
No kidding that their child will be an adorable one. :)

- Sophia on

someone one buzznet said “Noah” for a first name if it’s a boy.

Noah Way.

Huge fan, best wishes.
Henry or Leona are my pics. I bet they already have names picked out.

- reeblite on

if they can’t decide on names, lynz should pick if it’s a boy, and gerard should pick if it’s a girl. my husband and i did that and were happy.

- reeblite on

i’m happy for GERARD. and i said GERARD. and i mean GERARD. this is big news!!!! HE will be a good parent. as for lindsey……………..well if i don’t have anything nice to say, i shouldn’t say it. good work, gerard. G E R A R D.

- luciasavedbymcr on

YAY!! gerard!! im SOOOO happy for him!! :D w00t! im gonna c him on the 28th for the new umbrella acdemy signing! *sqee*
i wish i was lyn z… XD
ILY GERARD!!!!!! XOXO

- hannah on

This is actually the second MCR baby. Ray Toro and his wife are parents to son Bauer. :) Also, there’s another MSI baby due in the summer, too. The other guitarist, whose name I cannot remember at the moment (sorry!) is also expecting a child. There was a notice on their site yesterday.

- Josie on

i think Bauer is possibly Ray’s dog? (Either that or his stepson???) As far as I know he is not a father….anyone have any details on this?

Congrats! Baby ‘G’ on the WAY!
~madluvs kids!
;D

- jussijames on

Josie-

Bauer is Ray’s dog lol. He said so himself.

- Jamie on

Words simply cannot express how I feel about this. It’s come as a shock, really… It’s mindblowing.
I wasn’t there to see Gerard grow up, or go through his first heartbreak, apply for his first job at that comic book store… No, I didn’t see any of that, but I feel like Donna herself. This overwhelming pride, yet the feeling that it’s all just happening so fast, and he really has grown up.
I’m so happy for you, Gerard. All the best, truly.
xo

- Jade on

Oh, I’m so happy for them both. The baby is going to be cutest baby in the world! Congratulations!:D

- Lisa Michelle on

whoa i cant believe it I’m so happy for them and i know that they will be great parents!!! their baby is gonna be so lucky!!! congratulations!!!! best of wishes!!:)

- erika on

OH MY GOD!
when i read this i almost started crying (tears of joy, of course)! i love MCR and im a fan of MSI, this is the greatest thing to ever happen to them. They make a wonderful couple and i wish them the best with their child. it will be the most beautiful child ever, hopefully they dont name it something weird like *uses celeb baby names*: Cocoa, Apple, Suri, Bronx, anything like that. i hope it has a normal name and a (as normal as possible) childhood life. Best of luck to Gerard and Lindsey.

- Kelly on

oh wow
this is such great news. but if it breaks up either of the band sthen i will be sad but wotever at least their will be one more gerard way lookalike in the world!!!
good luck guys!!! :)

- Jess on

this is very AWESOME!im so happy for them both! hes kicked all his bad habbits and this is probably the best reward he could have got.(i wonder how lynZ will play the guitar and do her famous backflip?) well congrats!!!

- Hayley on

I am so happy for them =]
this is such great news! I was always wondering if any of the band was gonna start a family soon. Looks like Gerard got a little busy during the MCR hiatus ;)
Congrats Gerard and Lyn-Z!! We all wish the best for your bundle of joy!

- Sydney R on

i thought youd wait for me!! hehe
well im still happy for you!!! so is my best friend Dani!! WE LOVE YOU GERARD!!!

Name suggestions: boy: Emmett, Jasper, or Edward
girl: Emily or Danielle

- Emily and Dani on

I dont think either band will break up because Lyn-z is pregnant…it just may be another 2 years or so before their back on the road or longer depending on if any of the other wives get pregnant during this time..but i truely do not think the bands are going to break up

- Kari on

Aww, Gee. Good luck you guys! this is really good news, I’m so excited for you two!

- Jess M. on

Shit!That’s impossible!
coz’ Gerard is not circumcised!

- Xavier on

That can’t be!
Gerard is not circumscised!

- Xavier on

FUCKIN WOW!!!!!!!!! THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST NEWS I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME. WOW GERARD ,YOU WILL WITHOUT A DOUBT BE ONE OF THE BEST FUCKIN FATHERS TO ROAM THIS EARTH:D AND LYNZ,YOU WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A SERIOUSLY AWESOME/RAD MOTHER .WOW I AM INCREDIBLY HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH AND KNOW YOU GUYS WILL COPE JUST FINE. YOU ARE DEFENATELY THE IDEAL COUPLE TO ME. I WISH YOU BOTH THE VERY BEST OF LUCK.:):):):):):) I ALSO HOPE TO HEAR ABOUT MCR AND MSI’S FUTURES BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH MY FUCKING FAVOURITE BANDS OF ALL TIME. PS YOU GUYS FUCKIN ROCK THIS JOINT!!!!!!PEACE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

- BRENNA F****N BLYTHE on

Congrats, Gerard and family! That’s great for all of you! Hope that you enjoy fatherhood!

- Nicole on

thats awesome!!! =D

- Tori on

Words can’t explain how happy I am for them
I wish them the best of luck :)

- :) on

OMG!!! I’m so happy for you! CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope you enjoy being a father!

- Lhanna Writesel on

Many congratulations to Gerard and to Lyn-Z! Being a parent is the greatest thing in the world! Gerard, Lyn-Z, your music is inspiring and amazing. A baby will bless you two beyond your wildest dreams@ Good luck and congratulations again!

- GhostWife on

That is amazingly wonderful. i was excited when they got married because at least he could be happy and now the news that he’s going to be a dad is just as awesome. congratulations to them both and good luck to Lyn-Z, i hope she has a good easy pregnancy.

CONGRATS!!

- Jess on

OMG! I was sad, yet happy when I heard this. I was hoping Gee would be a father sometime, I just wish the mother was like the girl that played Helena in the music video. But I’m so happy for them! I’ve loved My Chemical Romance for about a year now and I can’t wait for a mini Gee to walk on stage in a year or two, holding a mini guitar or microphone! One word: ADORABLE! Haha well best wishes to the happy couple! And I love you Gerard!

xoxoxoxoxo
BrookiexBrochette

- BrookiexBrochette on

i know for sure the baby will be adorable and they will be great parents and they will be good rolemodels :)

- brittany on

I am so happy. It is as if I were my own family since My daughter and I have been following MCR since they first started out. I can’t believe how far these guys have come and how much they have grown. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Gerard and Lyn-Z

- Jill aka: MCRMom on

I am so happy. It is as if I were my own family since My daughter and I have been following MCR since they first started out. I can’t believe how far these guys have come and how much they have grown. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Gerard and Lyn-Z

- Jill aka: MCRMom on

I am so happy. It is as if I were my own family since My daughter and I have been following MCR since they first started out. I can’t believe how far these guys have come and how much they have grown. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Gerard and Lyn-Z

- Jill aka: MCRMom on

I am so happy. It is as if I were my own family since My daughter and I have been following MCR since they first started out. I can’t believe how far these guys have come and how much they have grown. CONGRATULATIONS!!
Gerard and Lyn-Z

- Jill aka: MCRMom on

I am thrilled, only because if they have a baby they will be divorced shortly thereafter, and Gerard will be back on the market again!

Call me, Gerard.

- Valerie on

YAY

- ninacate on

oh my gerard! seriously *screams* a baby so cute! i wonder what they will name it! is it gunna be a boy or girl? so many questions! ha i hope this doesnt effect their band too much gerard you will be a wonderful daddy! congrats big time woo lol im excited! with lots of love to them -Carley

- carley on

YAY!I cannot believe these news!That’s so great!Good luck Gerard and Lyn-Z!

- Paola on

i love gerard and MCR….little GEE =]
we dislike lynz…(the chicken)…nah shes kool (Y)

- Talloolah on

gerard why wud u do this to me ???????? neway im happy 4 u bt at th same time sad cuz well i love you okayy bye

- isabella on

GERARD!! no!!! how cud yu do this to me.? we WEre supposed to hav a baby together!!!! how could yu betray me????? u lil hotty. ily tho. and congrats to u nd lyn-z..ily forvere

- EMMA on

y gerard y ???? ily n congrats bt im still sad about this bt if ur happy im happy ily forever babe p.s if its a gurl u shud name her isabella its a smexxi name

- isabella on

I’m so Happy for them!!
Gerard’s going to be an amazing dad :3

- Julie on

OMG!!! many congrats to gerard and lynz. i am so happy for them. im jealous of lynz.

- kitty on

I can’t believe, what with all the years of obsessive MCR following, that I just found out about this today. From a non-MCR fan no less. Gerard, dude, you didn’t Twitter this!

Lyn-Z is awesome. I saw MSI in August (was she pregnant yet? she might have been, I’m doing the math) and she kicked butt. And Gerard, well . . . he’s Gerard effin Way. I wish they were my parents.

- Tiffany Clemmons on

I am so happy! I had a feeling it would happen soon. I swear I am psychic. If they name there kid after fruit or a comic book character , I will personally track BOTH of them down and strangle them with a candy cane! Happy Holidays!

- Lyssa on

truth its sad that they are having a baby right now,they rushed the marriage and now a baby will be brought into their crap lives.gerard way was way better back when he did drugs and drank at least he wasnt stupid enough to think hed be a good father then. and all of you who think he will be a good dad are brain washed like he is.yeah just what a kid needs a dad who dresses in drag and rubbs more on his band mates than on his wife and a mother that looks like shes packing more dick than his dad is. wow mommy (looks at gerard) daddy sure plays bass lame(looks at lyn-z..) how sad for this soon to be child to grow up with those two brain dead people.

- mirandamidnite on

IAM MAD Gerard i was in love with you and now you had a baby with that b####

- Andrea Morato on

i wish u two the best you will be great parents and the baby is going to be the most pretty

- alice on

im very happy for them hope she isnt geting the bad morning sickness im getting with mine lol it is a nightmare im due mid summer lol

- cherie on

Congrats to them!:) I certainly hope it’s an easy pregnancy and that the baby is healthy. Lol to the Batman Dracula Ballato-Way thing, but if it is a girl it’ll probably be called Elena

- Nemo on

I’m soo glad for you two! This will be the most gorgeous baby EVER and he/she’s gonna have amazing parents!
Best of luck to the two of you!
–Stephanie

- Stephanie on

Congrats to gee and lyn-z. Gerard will make a great father and that lucky kid will have the best uncles in the world.

- NotTheAverageFangirl on

congratulations to bouth of you.
You 2 will be great parents!

(Sorry for my bad english)

- Tatjana on

Congrats Gee! I’ve loved you and your band since the beginning, and I think you and Lindsay will be awesome parents, don’t give the kid too bizarre of a name now, you hear? Haha, Best of luck guys ;) Much love xxxxx

- Emma on

i’ve been a fan of My Chemical Romance since i was 11. when i first heard the news i was in complete shock. Gerard having a baby? YES.

i wish Gee and Lyn-z the best. I know that they will be wonderful parents. i can’t wait to find out the sex of the baby, or what name they choose. congrats to the both of them, and their lucky baby!

-ellie

- ellie on

Congrats Lyn-z and Gerard! This is awesome! I can’t wait for the baby…I’m sure you’ll be the best parents! Congrats! I’m so happy for you!
The baby will look beautiful like you two!
Kisses

Kayx

- kayx on

Congrats to you both. Parenthood is wonderful. Just remember you can’t spoil a child with too much love, only with too much of their own way. Many years of happiness are wished for you. Love you Gerard!

- Jeanmarie on

awwww im soooooo happy for them :D I have always been a huge fan of mcr and msi so its perfect!!!! Im sure theyll have awesome and an adorable baby :)

- Kasey Hutton on

this is gonna be one GORGEOUS baby! aww all the best to Gee and Lyn-z :) I wish you guys an easy pregnancy and a beautiful baby

Even if the kid will be called Batman, it’ll be loved xD With all the MCR and MSI fans out there, this kid’ll be protected by all of us :D

BEST WISHES <3 we love you guys!

- lizzie on

Awww I’m so happy for them :) gerard will be a wonderful father! When I heard this news I honestly couldn’t believe it. But I wish them both the best and that the baby is happy and healthy. Makes me tear up cuz it’s so cute :) good luck to the both of you!! I wish you the best!!

- Emmy on

Well, We Can All Agree That It Will Be A Very Attractive Baby =P

lol

Hope This Dosen’t Interfere With The Music =[

- Laura on

Congrates on the baby Gerard and Lindsay. i’m so happy for you. Hope you two take care with love and passion so much that your child will love you till the end.

- Melissa Piland on

Congrats im soooo flippin happy for them !

- Jade on

Congratualtions for ya.When I heard the news I fell my chair I was so happy for ya. I bet that will be one beutiful baby…lol

- carly on

I’m so happy for them! Bandit is going to grow up to be so beautiful! Congrats guys!

- Kennedy on

I’m so happy for them.
Gerard will be a fantastic father and the kid will grow up well.
Best wishes to the Way/Ballato family!
<33

- Pandora on

Lyn-Z is acctually 30!

- Tatiana Castellon on

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