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Robert Downey Jr. and Wife Expecting Second Child

Mazel tov to Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey!

Iron Man and his real life Pepper Pots are expecting a baby girl. The 49-year-old actor announced the news on Facebook on July 9.

And sent out a tweet, just to be sure:

The couple, who met in 2003, were married in a Jewish ceremony at Amagansett, New York in 2005. Susan Downey gave birth to their first son together, Exton Elias Downey, in February 2012.

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