NEWSJ.R. Martinez is a Dad! The 'Dancing With the Stars' Champ Welcomes a Baby Girl!
May 3 2012, Published 4:21 a.m. ET
Congrats go out to new daddy J.R. Martinez! The Iraq war veteran and his girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones welcomed a beautiful baby girl named Lauryn Annabelle Martinez on Wednesday night, the Dancing With the Stars winner's rep confirms to Access Hollywood.
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Lauryn is the first child for the couple and weighed in at 7 lbs., 13 oz., and is 21 inches long — and she reportedly has a full head of hair!
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J.R. met Diana while he was working on All My Children in 2008, where she was an assistant to the soap opera's executive producer. Although they were friends at first, J.R. knew Diana was someone special.
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"Something happened; something clicked, and I just said, ‘Do you ever look at me differently than just a friend?’” he told Access Hollywood. “And she kind of paid attention to it, and here we are! It’s great.”
