{"id":2059826,"date":"2025-09-30T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2059826"},"modified":"2025-09-30T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:05:07","slug":"shawn-johnson-and-andrew-east-reveal-1-ritual-they-followed-to-protect-marriage-while-expecting-first-baby-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/shawn-johnson-and-andrew-east-reveal-1-ritual-they-followed-to-protect-marriage-while-expecting-first-baby-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Johnson and Andrew East Reveal 1 Ritual They Followed to &#8216;Protect&#8217; Marriage While Expecting First Baby (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shawn Johnson and Andrew East have partnered with Hatch to launch a new nightly series, <em>Date Night<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The five-minute episodes are meant for couples looking to maintain their intimacy at home and create meaningful memories with regularity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The married athlete tells PEOPLE that they were drawn to the project since it reflects the type of quality time they spend together as busy parents of three<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/shawn-johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shawn Johnson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shawn Johnson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shawn-johnson-andrew-east-relationship-timeline-7567901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andrew East;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Andrew East<\/a> are giving couples a new way to make memories out of the little things and find meaning in routine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The athletes regularly get candid on their co-hosted podcast <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/couple-things-with-shawn-and-andrew\/id1485740243\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Couple Things,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Couple Things<\/em>,<\/a> where they chat about the realities of married life, parenting and personal values. With their latest endeavor, the pair has tapped their relationship know-how to help create something interactive for partners looking to better connect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Olympic gymnast, 33, and former NFL player, 34, are the hosts of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hatch.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hatch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hatch<\/a>&#8216;s new audio series, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TZWE-e7adYU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Date Night;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Date Night<\/em><\/a>. The five-minute episodes are meant to be played before couples go to sleep, and each one provides a variety of games, trivia and guided meditations. The duo tells PEOPLE that each bite-sized segment can function as an intimate alternative to solo evening routines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Shawn Johnson Instagram <\/p>\n<p> Shawn Johnson and Andrew East with their kids, Drew and Jett.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It seems like people&#8217;s tendencies before they go to bed is just to scroll or look at their phone or send off last messages or whatever it is,&#8221; says Johnson. &#8220;I think Hatch did the most perfect job in the scripting of consolidating &#8230; relational connection in such a small amount of time. Even while we were filming them, we were giggling so hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She notes that the series has even helped them at unexpected moments, like when she and East were recording the episode right after having an argument. &#8220;Within the five-minute script, we were reconnected again, so it was actually a social experiment that worked,&#8221; she notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">East and Johnson jumped at the opportunity to develop <em>Date Night<\/em> with Hatch because, in many ways, it played into a ritual they were already practicing on their own. While they were expecting their first baby, now-5-year-old daughter Drew, they decided to come up with a way to maintain their connection.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Courtesy of Hatch Shawn Johnson and Andrew East recording their new 'Date Night' series for Hatch.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/y_bpDG0VqhsOaKNn6k1JbQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/638d755c8d3ea72f39d687273035a390\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Courtesy of Hatch<\/p>\n<p> Shawn Johnson and Andrew East recording their new &#8216;Date Night&#8217; series for Hatch.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were really nervous about the dynamics shifting in our marriage, and we were like, &#8216;How can we protect that?'&#8221; Johnson tells PEOPLE. &#8220;So we put on the calendar a date night once a week, every week, and it&#8217;s kind of like a non-negotiable, just a place to reconnect and kind of get off your phones and all of these ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eventually, they realized the weekly basis didn&#8217;t provide them with enough quality time, and they eventually decided to make those shared moments even more frequent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We started doing these kind of daily checks,&#8221; says East. &#8220;We would sit down and do a daily debrief called &#8216;Bev Time.&#8217; And we just realized that that actually had a massively positive impact on our marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">East and Johnson have established themselves as trustworthy sources for tactics to strengthen relationships, and part of their reliability comes from their willingness to admit when things haven&#8217;t worked as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For example, in one episode of <em>Couple Things <\/em>from April 2024, they opened up about a time when they &#8220;were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shawn-johnson-and-andrew-east-recall-difficult-postpartum-period-11801648\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:having a really hard time postpartum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">having a really hard time postpartum<\/a>, trying to understand each other, trying to figure out why we weren&#8217;t connecting well,&#8221; as Johnson explained on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vulnerability seems to come naturally to the podcasters \u2014 who are parents to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-shawn-johnson-andrew-east-kids-8363956\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sons Jett, 4, and Barrett, 1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sons Jett, 4, and Barrett, 1<\/a>, in addition to eldest Drew \u2014\u00a0but they aren&#8217;t afraid to set sound boundaries. Johnson notes that they didn&#8217;t post about the aforementioned postpartum period as they were actually experiencing it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Shawn Johnson Instagram Shawn Johnson and Andrew East.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/0kvqby6Ghy9408sM19oqwg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTg4MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/b0190d9f58d3d3f77e036c494ffb2d8f\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Shawn Johnson Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Shawn Johnson and Andrew East.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were in the thick of it. I think I was dealing with postpartum depression, we were having a hard time connecting as a husband and wife. Bear had some complications I couldn&#8217;t figure out,&#8221; she tells PEOPLE. &#8220;We worked really, really hard in that phase. We weren&#8217;t on social media a lot. We were trying to figure it out, we were trying to learn it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As collaborators <em>and<\/em> life partners, they have a &#8220;very strict rule&#8221; about not posting &#8220;anything that isn&#8217;t resolved,&#8221; says Johnson. &#8220;Once we got past it and we felt like we were in the clear and strong again, that&#8217;s when we said, &#8216;I think I feel okay talking about it because it is something a lot of people go through and struggle with.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They&#8217;ve seen the impact of their honesty and relatability, and it motivates them to keep opening up once they&#8217;ve processed and resolved each hurdle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We try to experience something, kind of work through it behind the scenes by ourselves and then share what we&#8217;ve learned with people,&#8221; says East. &#8220;We&#8217;re not doing anything except starting conversations that then allows other people to participate in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shawn-johnson-and-andrew-east-reveal-marriage-rule-they-followed-while-expecting-baby-exclusive-11820809\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.style.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Shawn Johnson and Andrew East have partnered with Hatch to launch a new nightly series, Date Night The five-minute episodes are meant for couples looking to maintain their intimacy at home and create meaningful memories with regularity The married athlete tells PEOPLE that they were drawn to the project since it reflects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2059827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[348788,359789,383951,365398],"class_list":["post-2059826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-andrew-east","tag-date-night","tag-hatch","tag-shawn-johnson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Shawn-Johnson-and-Andrew-East-Reveal-1-Ritual-They-Followed.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}