Reedus’s second child, whom he shares with fiancée Kruger, was born in November 2018. The couple have mostly kept the details of their daughter private, but have revealed snippets of her life over the years. Kruger shared the inspiration behind her daughter’s name in a 2022 interview with People, telling the outlet, “‘Nova’ in Latin means new beginning, and a nova star keeps changing and is reborn. And we love Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains; we do motorcycle trips there.”
Reedus himself shared a funny story about his proposal to Kruger that involved Nova during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in October 2022. The actor told Kimmel that he originally had plans on proposing during a trip to Savannah, Georgia, but ultimately had to do it at home. With Nova’s help, Reedus proposed to Kruger, which made everyone emotional, according to the actor. “I felt bad that I didn’t do it and Nova, our daughter, was sitting on my lap, and I was like, ‘Can you go get my boot? It’s in the closet,'” Reedus explained.
“[Diane]’s like, ‘Why?’ I’m like, ‘I just want to look at the boot.’ ‘Cause I had it shoved in the boot,” he continued. “And then I proposed and she started crying, and then Nova started crying — everybody’s crying. It was like water works city. And then Nova goes, ‘Why are we crying?’ Diane’s going, ‘It’s happy tears!’ And she’s like, ‘Yes! It’s happy tears!'”
