All About Jesse Palmer’s Daughter Ella (Including Her Dad’s One Rule If She Ever Wants to Star on The Bachelorette!)

Jesse Palmer is a proud girl dad.

The Bachelor host and his wife, Emely Fardo Palmer, welcomed their first child, Ella Reine, in 2024, just over two years after tying the knot in an intimate Connecticut ceremony.

In August 2023, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby, revealing it was a girl.

“We’ve been keeping a secret…Our family is growing and our hearts are so full!” the couple announced in a joint Instagram post, alongside photos of the two at the beach showing off Emely’s baby bump.

“This is a dream come true for us,” the pair continued, “and we’re so thrilled to be welcoming our baby girl in January 2024.”

Shortly after Ella’s arrival, Jesse shared during a March 2024 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show that he was experiencing the full range of emotions parenthood brings.

“Every day’s a new day and I’m learning so much more,” he said. “She has been so chill, I’ve seen a whole new side I think of myself.”

“I’ve gotta say my wife Emely has been amazing,” he added. “I didn’t think I could love my wife any more than I do and having this baby has changed everything, it’s gone to an entirely new level.”

When a photo popped up of the family of three during the segment, the ABC host said, “This is my world right here, it’s unbelievable. It’s a blessing.”

Here is everything to know about Jesse Palmer’s daughter, Ella.

She was born in January 2024

On Jan. 9, 2024, Jesse and Emely welcomed their daughter Ella Reine Palmer. Jesse announced her arrival by sharing a sweet snap of the newly minted family of three on Instagram.

“Our worlds have been forever changed… She’s finally here… ELLA REINE PALMER 💕 Our hearts are overflowing with love and gratitude,” the couple wrote in the caption.

Ella weighed in at almost 9 lbs., “which in my family, is not uncommon,” Jesse said during his March 2024 appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show.

“I was almost 12 lbs., which is big,” he added. “The crazy part is, I have a great uncle who was 17 lbs. It was the largest baby in Canadian history. So, I gave my wife Emely the heads-up early. We just kinda do big babies.”

Jesse almost ran out of the live taping of The Golden Wedding for her birth

As the official host for The Bachelor franchise, Jesse was asked to lead The Golden Wedding between The Golden Bachelor season 1 lead Gerry Turner and his then-fiancée Theresa Nist. Their televised nuptials took place on Jan. 4, 2024, around the same time Jesse was expecting his daughter‘s birth.

During the broadcast, the TV personality explained the delicate situation to viewers.

“On a personal note, I actually wasn’t sure I was going to make it here tonight,” he said. “And that’s because my beautiful wife Emely is at home right now and we’re expecting the birth of our very first child at any moment.”

“So Emely, I know you’re at home watching: I love you so much, I miss you. Please call me if you feel anything. I will leave here immediately and I’ll leave everything in the capable hands of my friends,” he added, referring to his co-hosts, Bachelorette alum Charity Lawson and Golden Bachelor contestant Kathy Swarts.

Jesse was able to see through his hosting duties for the duration of the night and concluded the broadcast by saying, “I’m Jesse Palmer, and I gotta get out of here because I’m about to be a dad.”

Recalling the experience to E! News in February 2024, Jesse said he was prepared to flee at any second since he knew his wife’s labor “was coming at any moment.”

“I literally sprinted off set right to the airport, got on a plane and was home. And it was not long after that Ella came. Thank God I made it,” he said.

She is the first girl on the Palmer side in several generations

While revealing their pregnancy news to PEOPLE, Jesse shared that his daughter would be the first Palmer female to be born in several generations.

“I have two brothers and four nephews, so we are finally getting a female addition to the Palmer family!” he said. “Emely has always wanted a daughter and she is so maternal by nature, I’ve always known that she is going to be the best mom.”

Jesse added that their impending bundle of joy had already stolen his heart.

“I know our daughter is going to walk all over me — she already has me wrapped around her finger!” the New York Giants alum said. “I’m a little nervous since I never grew up with girls in the house.”

She is a world traveler

At age 1, Ella’s passport has already racked up several stamps as Jesse and Emely enjoy traveling with their daughter.

The couple took her on a visit to Madrid in October 2024 and to St. Barths and Brazil in December 2024. Jesse shared that his job also exposed his daughter to various corners of the world.

“With The Bachelorette filming, we were all over the world and brought Ella everywhere we went,” he told PEOPLE in 2024.

She is learning Portuguese

Emely, who is from Brazil, speaks English and Portuguese, the latter of which Jesse has studied since meeting his wife. He even spoke half of his marriage proposal in Emely’s first language while down on one knee in Champagne, France.

While appearing on a September 2023 episode of the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast before his daughter’s birth, he told co-hosts Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt that he and Emely would be raising their daughter to be bilingual.

“The baby is going to be speaking Portuguese before she speaks English,” he said.

She has her dad’s blessing to watch his season of The Bachelor and even star on the show one day — with one stipulation

Jesse, who was the lead of The Bachelor in 2004, shared that he would be more than fine with his daughter one day seeing his run on the show.

“I’d love to show her my season,” he told E! News in February 2024. “I don’t know if by the time she’s old enough to see it if VHS will still be played.”

As for if he would be OK with his daughter wanting to be on the show when she’s old enough, the protective father said he would consider it with one condition.

“I’ll have to be hosting the show though, of course, to really keep dad’s eye view on everything,” he said.