The sneaky ways TV shows tried to hide characters’ real life pregnancies

When actors get pregnant in real life, the shows they work on sometimes go to great lengths to conceal the pregnancy and maintain their fictional character’s storyline …

… and then sometimes they don’t! (We’re looking at you, Courtney Cox.)

Amy Poehler

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In Season 3 of Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope spent a heck of a lot of time behind a desk and concealed behind various props - or captured in front-on shots.