Jesse Williams and partner Alejandra Onieva welcomed their first child together, his third.
In a Monday, September 28, Instagram video, Williams, 45, opened the fridge to rummage through baby bottles as Onieva, 34, spoke Spanish to a group in the back.
“English, ok, English! I want my son to speak English,” he said to the people behind him. “Sure enough, his name is Hector.”
The video appears to be a rehash of 1989’s Do The Right Thingwhere Spike Leea character says almost the same words while going through the fridge. Williams shared a clip from the film in his Instagram carousel on Monday.
Williams didn’t share any more details about the pair’s baby, captioning the upload with a series of emojis, “🌍 🌎 🌏 🪐 🌖 ☀️ 🌱 🌳.”
Onieva, for her part, reposted the carousel via her Instagram Story on Monday and also shared a clip of the baby’s legs lying on her stomach.
Alejandra Onieva and Jesse Williams
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for GQNews broke in May that Onieva was expecting the couple’s first child together. Onieva later confirmed her pregnancy by sharing several photos to Instagram showing her growing baby bump.
Williams and Onieva first crossed paths on the set of Prime Video’s Coast Hotel in 2024. The pair were later seen spending time together off-screen the following year.
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The Grey’s Anatomy the actor welcomed daughter Sadie and son Maceo previously with ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee. The pair, who married in 2012, split five years later.
Williams, for his part, has been open about navigating parenthood over the years. In 2023, Williams shared that his upbringing has had a “huge impact” on how he’s tried to raise his children.
“You try to make sure to expand on the good and try to minimize things that were scary or had a negative effect on you and protect your children without preparing them for real life,” Williams said. Parade at the time. “So all of that stuff is informative, and I think every parent can relate to hearing their own parents’ voice as a parent.
The following year, Williams opened up about finding time to be there for his children while filming. Coast Hotel in Italy.
“[I was] waking up at 3am to call the kids because I’m nine hours ahead of them, so sleep was very difficult,” he said People in 2025.