November 2, 2025 • 6 mins
Since Comedian and radio host Tanya Hennessy went viral back in 2017, she's become a best-selling author, podcaster, cover girl and red carpet regular. But, parallel to her success, Tanya has faced an emotional journey as she tried to get pregnant.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Back in twenty seventeen, comedian and radio host Tanya Hennessy
when megaviral. This hilariously realistic and totally relatable makeup tutorial
resonated with women all over the world, racking up more
than seventy five million views.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Have a look, yeah, oh that's gonna say it. Ah.
I'm not sure if that's right.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Or not, but I can.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Since then, she's become a best selling author, podcaster, cover Girl,
and of course Red Carpet regular.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
But parallel to her success, Tanya has faced an emotional
journey as she trying to get pregnant. There is a
happy ending, though, and her signature sense of humor remains
firmly intact.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You're going to do seven years of IVF and really
struggle with your fertility. It does end up okay, but
it's really hot and it stays with you and it
will probably waste early you, but you're really.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Hot to get through it well. Now, Tanya's latest project
is combining fun, fashion and femininity, and here.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
She is Welcome to the Morning Time The Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I was like, I'm watching like a little many days
of our lives. I look really weird in those things.
I was really young and now I'm now young.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Now you're still young, and congratulations on the pregnancy. Yeah,
it's been a long it was a long time. How
are you feeling. How's it going good? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Seven years of trying and I'm finally here. And I
feel like I'm that weird person who's like really grateful
for all their symptoms. I'm like, I'm sick. Yes, she's
kicking great, keeping me up less great, But you know
it's really cool and I'm really excited to be a parent.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well it comes across that way too, absolutely gratefulness.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Oh, I'm so grateful.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Everything you do is got to be unique and just
a little bit of fun. Baby girl expected on Christmas Day.
That's screaming out for a cool name like.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Trifle, like Trifling rumble. Well, we were thinking maybe holly'
you and Trifle high yes, or something I like to
really indulge in Christmas, like Ferrera Reshir.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Oh, but that sounds that sounds French. That could be really,
that could be.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Fancy, like, oh, now she's named after something. I'm mass eat.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
One of the characters that we love online is boomer Mom.
Can we quen just over on a home just to
refresh their memories. He's boomer. Mum, did you throw.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Out my tea bag? I only had one tea out
of that. No, you can't throw out this box. This
is my good boss. No, don't throw those out there.
My crummies nineteen eighty six. There's still good Who see
my shopping list from two weeks ago?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Where's that?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It had good paper on the other side. Yeah, yeah,
a lot.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
You basically created a guy for what not to do
when you become a mother. Maybe have you have you
thought about what kind of parent you're going to be
since you've liked to poke the finger at mum, It's
gonna be really interesting.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I tell you, I hope this little girl is sassy.
Well I know she is, but I hope she's really
naughty and makes fun of me and like that is
my dream child to be, like ripping me off. I
hope my kid roasts me and has a social presence.
I sent my manager her ultrasound.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Sponsorships.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, no, definitely not. I'm like, do not choose the arts?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
But yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think I'm going to be the kind of parent
who lets their kid where, you know, Disney outfits at
nine am at the shops.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Of course, he got a milestone birthday coming up to No,
I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I'm about to turn forty and ten days, so yeah,
not that I'm counting, but I'm kind of It's forty
is a big one, I think, And it's weird to
be forty, like coming to forty and be pregnant simultaneously.
It's like such an interesting cataclysmic together. But I feel
like I feel really good about turning forty because it's
going to be like such a turning point. I get
to become a parent that I've always wanted to be.
(04:01):
And I kind of, I don't know, I'm really I'm
scared about turning forty because in our industry it's kind
of like, oh no, what are you going to do?
But also I have a lot of botox in my face,
so I think I could comfortably pass for thirty two.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Say, it's a lot like a cataclysmic but it seems
to me that that is you. Oh yeah, do you
know what I mean? Like that's kind of how you roll,
and we would expect nothing less of your tail.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, I'm a bit of a chaos monster. But I
think the older you get, the more you're like I
actually think it's cool that I'm a chaos monster, and
I hope my kid grows up a chaos monster as well,
and just like who they are authentically and just lives
in that space and gets to be.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
You know what she's not. She's going to be the
quietest mex.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Do you know that a librarian?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yes? Absolutely, I'm sure that's what will end up happening. Honestly, yeah,
knowing me absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
From morning TV host maybe.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Hey, you've recently teamed up with the fabulous Jules Robinson
for a fun new fashion project. Talk us through this.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, so we did this series called It's for Big
Were You? I called the fashion the Blueprint, And basically
it's talking about how to get out of the mum uniform,
which can often be you know, active wear, and it's
you wear the same thing every day. And so it
was an upgrading that and you can do it affordably,
you can do it on trend, and you can do
(05:17):
it really quickly at big W and I loved it.
I learned so much. One thing I learned was just
like wearing jewelry. I know that sounds really dumb. All
of these jewels were from Big W and it cost
me like seven dollars and it just made me feel
more put together.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I didn't notice the little necklace.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And I've never really been into jewels and like wearing
jewels with like a hat or you know, wearing a
set and just wearing the top and the you know,
I felt like I've learned a lot from the series,
and if you're interested in that kind of stuff, go
watch the series. It's on socials. I learned like I
took so much away from it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Yeah, it was like Q and A type stuff wasn't
like people asking questions and everything. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, and a lot of it was like how do
I get out of my active wear? And it's like
what similar to active wear? Like a linen set. It
does a similar thing with jewels, elevated hot girl, you
know whoa jewelry with everything, and people like Tony, you
look better, and I'm like, I'm wearing a six dollar earring.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
You don't need to say that. Hey, great to see
you got so much going on.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Good luck everything, It's all good.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
And we're on the countdown to Christmas aka Birthday, so
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's the weirdest thing the world's counting down to Christmas.
And I'm like, it's coming out on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
What though, at least those advent calendars like bonus, you
can get chocolates all the way up to your birthday.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
She didn't even think about put a gift.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Congratulations, good luck to meet it.
Back in twenty seventeen, comedian and radio host Tanya Hennessy
when megaviral. This hilariously realistic and totally relatable makeup tutorial
resonated with women all over the world, racking up more
than seventy five million views.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Have a look, yeah, oh that's gonna say it. Ah.
I'm not sure if that's right.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Or not, but I can.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Since then, she's become a best selling author, podcaster, cover Girl,
and of course Red Carpet regular.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
But parallel to her success, Tanya has faced an emotional
journey as she trying to get pregnant. There is a
happy ending, though, and her signature sense of humor remains
firmly intact.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You're going to do seven years of IVF and really
struggle with your fertility. It does end up okay, but
it's really hot and it stays with you and it
will probably waste early you, but you're really.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Hot to get through it well. Now, Tanya's latest project
is combining fun, fashion and femininity, and here.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
She is Welcome to the Morning Time The Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I was like, I'm watching like a little many days
of our lives. I look really weird in those things.
I was really young and now I'm now young.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Now you're still young, and congratulations on the pregnancy. Yeah,
it's been a long it was a long time. How
are you feeling. How's it going good? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Seven years of trying and I'm finally here. And I
feel like I'm that weird person who's like really grateful
for all their symptoms. I'm like, I'm sick. Yes, she's
kicking great, keeping me up less great, But you know
it's really cool and I'm really excited to be a parent.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well it comes across that way too, absolutely gratefulness.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Oh, I'm so grateful.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Everything you do is got to be unique and just
a little bit of fun. Baby girl expected on Christmas Day.
That's screaming out for a cool name like.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Trifle, like Trifling rumble. Well, we were thinking maybe holly'
you and Trifle high yes, or something I like to
really indulge in Christmas, like Ferrera Reshir.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Oh, but that sounds that sounds French. That could be really,
that could be.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Fancy, like, oh, now she's named after something. I'm mass eat.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
One of the characters that we love online is boomer Mom.
Can we quen just over on a home just to
refresh their memories. He's boomer. Mum, did you throw.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Out my tea bag? I only had one tea out
of that. No, you can't throw out this box. This
is my good boss. No, don't throw those out there.
My crummies nineteen eighty six. There's still good Who see
my shopping list from two weeks ago?
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Where's that?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
It had good paper on the other side. Yeah, yeah,
a lot.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
You basically created a guy for what not to do
when you become a mother. Maybe have you have you
thought about what kind of parent you're going to be
since you've liked to poke the finger at mum, It's
gonna be really interesting.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I tell you, I hope this little girl is sassy.
Well I know she is, but I hope she's really
naughty and makes fun of me and like that is
my dream child to be, like ripping me off. I
hope my kid roasts me and has a social presence.
I sent my manager her ultrasound.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Sponsorships.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, no, definitely not. I'm like, do not choose the arts?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
But yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I think I'm going to be the kind of parent
who lets their kid where, you know, Disney outfits at
nine am at the shops.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Of course, he got a milestone birthday coming up to No,
I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I'm about to turn forty and ten days, so yeah,
not that I'm counting, but I'm kind of It's forty
is a big one, I think, And it's weird to
be forty, like coming to forty and be pregnant simultaneously.
It's like such an interesting cataclysmic together. But I feel
like I feel really good about turning forty because it's
going to be like such a turning point. I get
to become a parent that I've always wanted to be.
(04:01):
And I kind of, I don't know, I'm really I'm
scared about turning forty because in our industry it's kind
of like, oh no, what are you going to do?
But also I have a lot of botox in my face,
so I think I could comfortably pass for thirty two.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Say, it's a lot like a cataclysmic but it seems
to me that that is you. Oh yeah, do you
know what I mean? Like that's kind of how you roll,
and we would expect nothing less of your tail.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yeah, I'm a bit of a chaos monster. But I
think the older you get, the more you're like I
actually think it's cool that I'm a chaos monster, and
I hope my kid grows up a chaos monster as well,
and just like who they are authentically and just lives
in that space and gets to be.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
You know what she's not. She's going to be the
quietest mex.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Do you know that a librarian?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yes? Absolutely, I'm sure that's what will end up happening. Honestly, yeah,
knowing me absolutely.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
From morning TV host maybe.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Hey, you've recently teamed up with the fabulous Jules Robinson
for a fun new fashion project. Talk us through this.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, so we did this series called It's for Big
Were You? I called the fashion the Blueprint, And basically
it's talking about how to get out of the mum uniform,
which can often be you know, active wear, and it's
you wear the same thing every day. And so it
was an upgrading that and you can do it affordably,
you can do it on trend, and you can do
(05:17):
it really quickly at big W and I loved it.
I learned so much. One thing I learned was just
like wearing jewelry. I know that sounds really dumb. All
of these jewels were from Big W and it cost
me like seven dollars and it just made me feel
more put together.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I didn't notice the little necklace.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
And I've never really been into jewels and like wearing
jewels with like a hat or you know, wearing a
set and just wearing the top and the you know,
I felt like I've learned a lot from the series,
and if you're interested in that kind of stuff, go
watch the series. It's on socials. I learned like I
took so much away from it.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Yeah, it was like Q and A type stuff wasn't
like people asking questions and everything. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Yeah, and a lot of it was like how do
I get out of my active wear? And it's like
what similar to active wear? Like a linen set. It
does a similar thing with jewels, elevated hot girl, you
know whoa jewelry with everything, and people like Tony, you
look better, and I'm like, I'm wearing a six dollar earring.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
You don't need to say that. Hey, great to see
you got so much going on.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Good luck everything, It's all good.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
And we're on the countdown to Christmas aka Birthday, so
I know.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It's the weirdest thing the world's counting down to Christmas.
And I'm like, it's coming out on Christmas Day.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
What though, at least those advent calendars like bonus, you
can get chocolates all the way up to your birthday.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
She didn't even think about put a gift.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Congratulations, good luck to meet it.
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