‘Today’ hosts stunned by on-air baby surprise

"Today" show co-anchors Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer were stunned into silence when longtime correspondent Emilie Ikeda revealed she was pregnant on the air.

Ikeda, who filled in for Al Roker during the "3rd Hour of Today," dropped the bombshell as the group discussed their weekends.

"I feel like my weekend is best encapsulated in pictures. I think we maybe have some," Ikeda said, before showing a black and white still of her and her husband Pat showing off ultrasound pictures.

"Oh my god," Melvin exclaimed as Dreyer worked to wrap her head around what she saw. "You're having a baby."

"Wait," Dreyer said. "Wait, are you serious? Congratulations!"

"For those at home, they legitimately don't know. I'm surprising them right now," Ikeda explained to viewers. Melvin and Dreyer took turns congratulating and embracing Ikeda shortly after the news broke.

Ikeda couldn't help but gush about her pregnancy, telling her fellow co-hosts that she was five months pregnant and is due in January. She added that the baby was the "size of a banana," according to People.

"Em, our control room just pointed out that Emilie Ikeda is about to have an a I-kiddo," Melvin said. "Roker's not here."

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