Popular American radio and television personality Nessa Diab announced on Sunday that she and her longtime boyfriend Colin Kaepernick welcomed their first child a few weeks ago.

Sharing a black and white photo of herself and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback holding their child, the 41-year-old wrote, “I thought long and hard about sharing our life changing news today. I decided to do so because today is the first day in a few weeks where I stepped out for work with a new life title – MOM! Colin and I welcomed our amazing baby to the world a few weeks ago and we are over the moon with our growing family.”

Minutes after uploading the photo, Nessa Diab walked the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards 2022. 

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Who is Nessa Diab?

Born on May 1, 1981, in Southern California to an Egyptian father and Middle Eastern mother, Nessa Diab and her family moved to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where she and her two brothers were raised. She then got her degree in Mass Communication in 2001 from from the University of California, Berkeley.

After her graduation, she joined the San Francisco-based radio station Wild 94.9 KYLD. After a successful stint there, she worked on several radio stations, such as Energy 92.7 and 101.5 JAMZ.

Nessa Diab went on to make appearances in TV show such as  “Ain’t That America”, “Charlamagne & Friends”, “Teen Mom Aftershow” and “The Real World Aftershow”. She also hosted celebrity interviews on MTV.

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She replaced Angie Martinez in New York’s popular radio channel Hot97 in 2015 and three years later, she became the host of NBCUniversal’s show, Talk Stoop.

Diab met Colin for the first time when the latter made an appearance on one of her shows. They made their relationship official in early 2016. The two welcomed their first child in August 2022. They are not married as of now.

The 41-year-old has an approximate net worth of $2 million, as per Sports Keeda.