Anne Hathaway addressed viral speculation that she is faking her pregnancy, responding directly on Instagram after photos from her red carpet appearance spread online. She made the comments while promoting her new dinosaur survival film, “The End of Oak Street,” which opens in theaters August 14.
The Viral Bump Controversy
The speculation started after Hathaway showed her bare baby bump in a silk crop top and low-rise jeans at the Los Angeles premiere of “The End of Oak Street” on Sunday, August 9. She wore a custom Atelier Prabal Gurung halterneck top with a high-low hem in light blue silk Mikado, paired with baggy low-rise jeans and red and pink Aquazzura stiletto pumps.
Clips of the appearance went viral on TikTok, with commenters questioning whether the bump was real. One user wrote, “I’m sorry but that looks fake.” Another claimed, “It does look fake. There’s body makeup on it.” A third added, “Oh come on. That is not real.”
On Monday, August 10, Hathaway responded with an Instagram video taking followers along as she headed to the red carpet for the film. In the caption, she wrote: “Fake hair, real bump 😘 ✌️🦖🔥☀️🦕😅. Enjoy the @endofoakstreet Block Party chaos with me as my outfit literally melts in the heat!!” She also noted the outfit was affected by the heat during the event, which took place in temperatures edging toward 100 degrees, according to People.
Hathaway is expecting her third child with husband Adam Shulman, whom she married in September 2012. The couple already has two sons, Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 7. She announced the pregnancy on June 19 via an Instagram video set to Barbara Lewis’s 1965 song “Baby, I’m Yours,” captioning it “x Baby, I’m yours x.”
The End of Oak Street: What Early Reactions Say
“The End of Oak Street,” directed by David Robert Mitchell and produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, stars Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as a 1980s couple whose suburban neighborhood is mysteriously transported to a prehistoric location filled with dangerous dinosaurs. Maisy Stella and Christian Convery round out the cast, and Warner Bros. is distributing the film worldwide, with an India release the same day in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Early reactions from critics and industry writers who saw advance screenings have been largely positive. One journalist called it a “vicious blast” and “the best dinosaur movie in a few decades,” comparing its energy to the “Fast & Furious” franchise despite acknowledging it lacks in logic. Another reviewer described it as an “Amblin-ish adventure,” praising the “layers of melancholy and pain” director David Robert Mitchell weaves between dinosaur action sequences, as detailed in SlashFilm’s roundup of early reactions.
A separate reaction praised the film’s dinosaur set pieces as “so much fun and outright scary” while specifically highlighting Hathaway’s performance and the slow-burn suspense Mitchell builds throughout the film. The film releases the same weekend as “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie,” setting up a box-office matchup between two dinosaur-themed releases.
Hathaway has called the film her first “family horror film” experience and has spoken about forming a close bond with her co-stars during production, describing scenes where the cast was “running and screaming” together. The film marks her fourth release of 2026, following “Mother Mary,” “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and “The Odyssey.”
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