Mom-to-be Olivia Culpo stirred buzz over the weekend after fans became transfixed on a certain word in an Instagram post chronicling her first pregnancy.
The former Miss Universe winner, who announced in March that she and husband Christian McCaffrey are expecting, posted a series of snapshots Saturday from the couple’s Fourth of July festivities with the caption, “Buns in the oven, burgers on the grill, happy 4th love you all.”
The mention of “buns” sent several of her 5.5 million Instagram followers into a tizzy, with some speculating whether she and the superstar 49ers running back could be adding more than one baby to their family.
“Buns? As in plural?” one Instagram user posted.
“Buns as in plural babies?” another asked.
Some fans then cautioned others not to read too far into things.
“Buns could be ‘bun in the oven’: Ya’ll take things too literal,” a user wrote.
Culpo has long been candid about her pregnancy.
In March, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit alum revealed she dealt with a series of health issues in her first trimester, including pneumonia and subchorionic hematoma, which is the “bleeding between the wall of the uterus and one of the sac,” per the Cleveland Clinic.
“I just want all of you to know, anybody out here going through any part of pregnancy feeling alone, getting news you don’t want to get, feeling like you don’t know why it’s happening to you, I’m praying for you for everybody in their maternity journey. I love you guys,” she said in a TikTok video filmed in December.
Culpo, 32, announced her pregnancy just months after she and McCaffrey, 29, tied the knot.
The couple wed in her home state of Rhode Island in June 2024 after getting engaged the previous April.
“One year down, with something new, Soon it’s more than just us two,” Culpo wrote on Instagram last month as she and McCaffrey celebrated their first wedding anniversary. “Best day ever, best year ever…”
Culpo and McCaffrey first got together in 2019.