{"id":2194989,"date":"2025-12-11T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2194989"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:20:34","slug":"exclusive-candice-king-on-her-pregnancy-and-why-the-we-were-liars-cast-was-reduced-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-candice-king-on-her-pregnancy-and-why-the-we-were-liars-cast-was-reduced-to-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Candice King on her pregnancy \u2014 and why the &#8216;We Were Liars&#8217; cast was &#8216;reduced to tears&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2Fcandice-king-we-were-liars.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She\u2019s feeling fang-tastic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d actress Candice King, who is also in the Prime Video thriller \u201cWe Were Liars,\u201d just announced her pregnancy with \u201cYellowjackets\u201d actor Steven Krueger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s getting past the point now where I just look like I ate a really big dinner, so I have some explaining to do,\u201d King, 38, exclusively told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actress, who is due in May, has two other daughters from a previous relationship with The Fray singer Joe King, who she was married to from 2014 to 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Candice King and fiance Steven Kreuger in a 2025 Instagram post.  <span class=\"credit\">Insagram\/candiceking<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Candice King in her video interview with the celebrity.land. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cSupernatural\u201d actress announced her engagement to Krueger, 36, in May. While they have \u201ca bunch of ideas\u201d for their wedding, she declined to say a date, and joked that between the baby and the wedding, \u201cwe like to do everything at once\u201d and keep their family and friends \u201con their toes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King recently starred\u00a0in the Prime Video<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/17\/entertainment\/julie-plec-on-why-she-hopes-meryl-streep-likes-we-were-liars\/\"> thriller \u201cWe Were Liars,\u201d<\/a> which follows a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/18\/entertainment\/from-white-lotus-to-sirens-why-everyone-on-tv-is-rich\/\">wealthy family <\/a>with dark secrets.\u00a0Season 1 is currently streaming, and the show has been renewed for a Season 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0David Morse, Mamie Gummer, Joseph Zada, Esther McGregor, and Emily Alyn Lind co-starred.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be filming season two next year,\u201d she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the final twist involves major character deaths, the cast was \u201creduced to tears, and had to take breaks\u201d during the last table read. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Candice King in \u201cWe Were Liars.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd there is nothing more emotional than hearing sweet David Morse say, \u2018I need a minute,\u2019 with tears streaming down his face \u2013 because you know the words that everyone is reading is just so gut wrenching,\u201d she told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Her fiance, Krueger, was in \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d world, too, appearing in the spinoff show \u201cThe Originals.\u201d Surprisingly, that\u2019s not how they met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think! But no, we were never scene partners,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/02\/04\/lifestyle\/wife-spots-husband-in-selfie-she-took-years-before-they-met\/\">invisible string theory<\/a> is definitely there,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere\u2019s many moments where we were probably at the same bars and restaurants, and crossed paths in office hallways, without really coming into contact with each other.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Candice King and Mamie Gummer in \u201cWe Were Liars.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cast is still close, she said, so she eventually met Krueger at a dinner, \u201calmost as two complete strangers who had all the same friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>King ascribes her long-lasting friendships with co-stars like Nina Dobrev to the fact that the show ran for eight seasons (from 2009-2017 on the CW), for 22 episode seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look back, the thing that is really unique to the experience is that nowadays, we see so many series that are like, eight episodes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And even when an eight-episode show runs for multiple seasons, there are \u201cbig gaps\u201d in filming, she noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For instance, \u201cStranger Things\u201d is currently airing its final season after a three-year hiatus, \u201cEuphoria\u201d will air in the spring after a three-year hiatus, and popular shows such as \u201cSeverance\u201d took nearly three years between seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Candice King, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev in \u201cThe Vampire Diaries.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9CW Network\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhereas, when we filmed \u2018The Vampire Diaries,\u2019 we were all in our 20s for the most part, and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia\u2026 We all spent nine to ten months out of the year together, for eight years straight. And so, there is a bond and a connection and the language that we all speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cJuno\u201d actress explained that the schedule pushed them to form a \u201cput together family\u201d that is \u201cunique.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something that I\u2019m really grateful for\u2026.I don\u2019t know how often that will happen anymore, with shorter running shows.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d had two spinoff shows: \u201cThe Originals,\u201d which ran on The CW from 2013 to 2018, and \u201cLegacies,\u201d which ran from 2018 to 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the franchise were to continue, King said \u201cmy heart says yes\u201d to reprising the role of Caroline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Caitlin Fitzgerald, Candice King, Mamie Gummer in \u201cWe Were Liars.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Candice King, Caitlin Fitzgerald and Mamie Gummer  in \u201cWe Were Liars.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Amazon\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, since Caroline is a vampire frozen in time at age 17, and King is now 38, she joked, \u201cI think my skin elasticity to play a 17-year-old says \u2018no.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to modern skincare technology, she joked, \u201cwho knows \u2013 maybe we could all play 17-year- olds! So, you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Caroline had various love interests, including Tyler (Michael Trevino), Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Stefan (Paul Wesley), King can\u2019t choose a favorite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always leave that up to the fans. Because I fangirl over TV shows, and it hurts my heart when an [actor] is like, \u2018this is who they\u2019re meant to be with.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018no, you\u2019re wrong!\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson\u2019s characters on \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek,\u201d King quipped, \u201ceven though we can all agree as a society that Pacey and Joey were end game, forever.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s feeling fang-tastic.\u00a0 \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d actress Candice King, who is also in the Prime Video thriller \u201cWe Were Liars,\u201d just announced her pregnancy with \u201cYellowjackets\u201d actor Steven Krueger.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s getting past the point now where I just look like I ate a really big dinner, so I have some explaining to do,\u201d King, 38, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2194990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[21751,360791,21741,25404,32215,66105,22205,367440,21913,21942],"class_list":["post-2194989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-pregnancies","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-interviews","tag-prime-video","tag-television","tag-the-vampire-diaries","tag-tv","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Exclusive-Candice-King-on-her-pregnancy-\u2014-and-why.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194989","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=2194989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2194991,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194989\/revisions\/2194991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}