Among the best elements about tuning in to ABC’s Queens is witnessing rapper Eve return to her roots. In any case, the musical drama sequence follows a legendary feminine hip-hop group (aka the Nasty B*tches) attempting to reclaim their throne. Nonetheless, following the thrilling information that Eve and her husband, Maximillion Cooper, predict their first baby in February, Queens followers are questioning concerning the rapper’s future on the present. In response to Deadline, Eve filmed a number of scenes earlier than taking maternity go away, permitting her to look in most of season one, which premiered in October 2021.
As for her character Brianna’s storyline, there will likely be an open-exit, making a return seamless and potential if Queens will get picked up for a second season. Within the midseason finale on Dec. 12, we be taught that Brianna is in important situation after being shot by a masked gunman, who’s later revealed as Jill’s (Naturi Naughton) ex-husband, Darren (Emerson Brooks). She flatlines throughout a dangerous surgical procedure earlier than we hear the center monitor decide again up. Inside the first few seconds of episode 9, which aired on Jan. 4, Jill, Naomi (Brandy), Valeria (Nadine E. Velázquez), Lauren (Pepi Sonuga), and Eric (Taylor Sele) are standing in entrance of Brianna’s headstone, mourning her demise. On the final second although, it is revealed that Brianna is not truly useless. From the appears to be like of it, she’s faked her personal demise and is now residing in Piedras Blancas, Costa Rica, along with her 5 kids. So what’s actually happening?
In a latest Deadline interview, Queens creator Zahir McGhee hinted at Brianna’s destiny in addition to Eve’s future on the present. “When Eve advised me she was pregnant, we had been extraordinarily completely happy for her,” he advised Deadline. “. . . The forged and crew needed to provide her the area to get pleasure from this unimaginable time. We are going to proceed to construct the story as folks will see in episode 9, and she is going to stay current within the minds of our characters.” Eve’s costars Brandy, Naughton, and Velázquez are additionally supportive as she prepares for the start of her first baby. “Typically on set if I used to be actually drained, Naturi would communicate up for me and so would Brandy, like, ‘C’mother guys, you recognize she’s pregnant,'” Eve advised Essence. “That was very nice to have individuals who understood my place.”
In October, Eve introduced her being pregnant by way of Instagram. “Are you able to consider it @mrgumball3000 we lastly get to inform everybody!!!!! ❤️,” she captioned a photograph of herself cradling her rising child bump. “You all know the way lengthy we have been ready for this blessing!!! We get to fulfill our lil human February 2022.”
The Grammy-winning rapper has opened up about her fertility points up to now. “As a girl, you simply suppose issues occur naturally and I felt like I used to be broken. I felt like I used to be damaged . . . The extra I held onto it, the more severe I truly felt about about myself,” she advised Essence‘s Sure, Lady podcast. “And, since I’ve shared [my experience], folks have been so candy to me. Even within the viewers, folks have truly come to me and hugged me and stated, ‘You deserve it. It will occur for you.'”
Queens airs on ABC on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT.