American Idol alum Triston Harper is living his American dream with wife Paris Reed, who is pregnant with the couple’s first baby together.
Hattie M. Sullivan, the mom of the 16-year-old aspiring singer, announced the news in a Facebook post just two days after Harper changed his relationship status on the site to reflect his nuptials to his 17-year-old partner Reed. “Now Everybody has congratulated me on Triston and Paris getting married but to me that is old news,” Sullivan wrote, sharing a photo of her son holding up a positive pregnancy test as Reed smiles next to him.
“Now I’m bout to be a ‘G Ma,’” she added.
The news comes a few months after Harper was eliminated from season 22 of Idol in May. He made it as far as the top five on the show — which ended that same month with 21-year-old Abi Carter as the ultimate winner — and at one point wowed the judges with a performance of Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country.”
At the time, guest mentor Jelly Roll raved about the young performer. “He walked in with the spirit of a 75-year-old man that had been through a lifetime of pain,” the “Son of a Sinner” singer told Billboard in April. “Just wise beyond his years, with that deep Southern drawl. He has you eating out of the palm of his hand the first two seconds you talk to him, and the coolest part is he has no clue that he’s charming.
“It’s just naturally kind of who he is and then for him to be so moved by me was really cool,” Jelly added of Harper.
Since his time on the show ended, Harper has been sharing videos of himself performing songs on guitar for his Instagram followers. In August, he celebrated Reed on National Girlfriend Day by sharing a photo of them smiling together, writing, “I love you so much @reedgirl.101. There may be a 1 in a million kind of girl, but your my 1 in a lifetime time kind of woman.”
