Louis and Briana’s pregnancy drama: Her family speak out

Briana Jungwirth has yet to make any public appearances or comments since news of her pregnancy with One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson, and it seems she has been finding all of the media attention difficult to cope with so far.

Speaking to Mail Online, Briana's father Joe Jungwirth said the 23-year-old is feeling "overwhelmed" and "stressed" this week, and that he is concerned for her wellbeing. "Briana's really shy, she's strong but shy, she's tough but shy and she's having a tough time with it, it's stressing her out right now, she's texting me all the time," her father told the Mail from his home in South Dakota. 

"Now that she's out of her mother's house she's a little bit better but she really doesn't like any of this stuff." The L.A.-based stylist had been staying at home with her mother Tammi and stepfather Brett, but this week moved to the solace of a hotel, with Louis' management team footing the bill to protect her privacy.

Confirming the pregnancy news, Joe said the family were surprised but excited by the unplanned announcement. "It's the first kid in our family, this will be the first grandkid…  It's a bit of a shock, you know, they're kids, stuff happens, but I'm supporting her. I love her to death and it's all good," he said.

Joe revealed that Briana is three months pregnant and that she broke the news to her parents around two weeks ago. Around that same time, Louis is reported to have flown to L.A. to visit Briana and her mum for the Fourth of July, so it's likely he was there to support his former love interest as she told her family.

It's believed Louis' own parents, Johannah and Dan, also travelled to the US to be with their son. "They all saw the ultrasound together and heard the baby's heart beat for the first time," Mail Online reports.

Briana has been the subject of some cruel online abuse from 1D fans – especially given that Louis only broke up with his long-term girlfriend Eleanor Calder a few weeks before being first spotted with her – but by the sounds of it she definitely has her family behind her 100%.