HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Mario Lopez is going to be a dad!
The television host has announced that his girlfriend, Broadway dancer Courtney Mazza, is pregnant with the couple's first child.
"Courtney and I couldn't be more excited," Lopez told Extra in a statement Wednesday. "I've waited my whole life to be a dad — this is a true blessing. I am looking forward to sharing this experience with my family and my family at Extra."
Lopez, 36, and Mazza, 28, met in 2008 while working on Broadway in the show A Chorus Line.
The San Diego native first rose to fame as the character A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell. He was also a contestant on the third season of Dancing With the Stars, where he finished second with pro partner Karina Smirnoff.
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