He’s set welcome his second child with wife Ciara very soon.
But in an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday, Russell Wilson said he doesn’t know if he’ll be allowed at her side when she gives birth.
‘That’s kind of the crazy part of it,’ the Seattle Seahawks quarterback told guest host Joel McHale, adding he ‘hopes’ it will be possible.
Pandemic: In a remote interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host Joel McHale on Monday, Russell Wilson revealed he doesn’t know if he’ll be allowed to be with wife Ciara when the gives birth to their second child soon because of coronavirus restrictions
Wilson, 31, revealed that Ciara’s due date ‘is not too far away’ as he did the remote link up while standing shirtless in his infinity swimming pool wearing sunglasses.
McHale posed the questions while dressed in a suit and sitting in an in-ground jacuzzi.
As for how his famous wife is doing as she counts down the days to the birth, Wilson said the singer and model, 34, is ‘doing well’.
‘I think she needs me in the hospital room,’ the pro athlete told McHale.
‘Last time, she grabbed my hand, she almost broke my hand, and she was squeezing my right hand and I said, ‘baby, baby, baby, other hand, other hand.’ So she grabbed my left so hopefully she’ll know this this time,’ he said.
Soon: Wilson, 31, revealed that Ciara’s due date ‘is not too far away’ as he did the remote link up while standing shirtless in his infinity swimming pool wearing sunglasses.
Second baby coming: ‘I think she needs me in the hospital room,’ the pro athlete told McHale adding that he ‘hopes’ he’ll be able to be there for the delivery
The NFL star’s delivery room dilemma comes as he tweeted his concern about returning to football training during the pandemic.
On Sunday, he tweeted: ‘I am concerned. My wife is pregnant. @NFL Training camp is about to start.. And there’s still No Clear Plan on Player Health & Family Safety.
‘We want to play football but we also want to protect our loved ones,’ he said, adding the hashtag, #WeWantToPlay.
Wilson isn’t the only football star to have reservations about starting training again as cases of COVID-19 surge across the U.S.
Jared Goff, JJ Watt and Patrick Mahomes have expressed similar fears on social media recently.
On Tuesday, the NFL Player’s Association revealed that 95 players across the league have tested positive for COVID-19.
Baby on board: On Tuesday, Ciara, 34, posted this photo of her bare belly to her Instagram as her NFL star hubby said the singer and actress is ‘doing well’
Expressed fears: ‘@NFL Training camp is about to start.. And there’s still No Clear Plan on Player Health & Family Safety,’ the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, 31, tweeted on Sunday
Wilson and Ciara, who celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary on July 6, announced in January that they were having a sibling for their daughter Sienna, three.
The new baby will be Ciara’s third child as she also shares a son Future, six, with her ex, the rapper Future.
In an interview with British Vogue recently, she explained that she feels she has to be ‘really cautious’ about being pregnant during the pandemic.
She shared how hard it had been to go for an ultrasound at the hospital by herself and without her husband.
‘We women carry the baby, but for my husband, being in the room and listening to the heartbeat in real time is one of his ways of connecting,’ she explained. ‘For him not to be part of that was a symbol of this time that we’re living through.’
Expecting: Wilson and Ciara announced in January that they were having a sibling for their daughter Sienna, three. They celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary earlier this month
Due soon: The new baby will be the singer and model’s third child as she also shares a son Future, six, with her ex, the rapper Future