Cypher is four months pregnant.
The announcement of the pregnancy came in a brief statement from Etheridge's publicist today and made no mention of how the child was conceived. The two, who have been a couple for about 8 years, met while Cypher was married to actor Lou Diamond Phillips and was working as assistant director on a music video Etheridge was shooting. They fell in love, although Cypher has said she had never been involved with a woman before. Etheridge comes from Kansas, and the heartland themes of her songs plus her raspy voice have pegged her as the female Bruce Springsteen. I can honestly say that the only minus has been that I have to talk to everyone and their sister about it.