Rehab Addict and Beach Flip star Nicole Curtis broke the news of her pregnancy [1] through social media with an announcement that threw everyone for a loop. The 38-year-old host posted this picture of herself holding her dog Lucy on Facebook [2] and Twitter [3] with the caption, "To answer all your questions -yes! I was asked to be a surrogate -#lucy decided after all these years she wanted her own pups:)"

Just an hour later, Nicole addressed confused fans by adding "#sarcasm #notasurrogate" to her Facebook post. While the HGTV star might be using humor to break the news, her Beach Flip cohost David Bromstad slips it into this behind-the-scenes clip [4] for the premiere episode where he refers to her as being "six months preggers."

Check out these 24 fun and fascinating facts about Nicole [5]!