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"Private Practice star Taye Diggs didn&amp;apos;t freak out when wife Idina Menzel went into labor.&amp;quot;There was something going on that morning, so we knew this is going to be a special day,&amp;quot; he says in an interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Show (airing Thursday). &amp;quot;She said, &amp;apos;Go off to work, and if I need you, I will call you.&amp;apos;&amp;quot; So I went off to work. I got that call.&amp;quot;In the movies and on TV, you always hear everyone&amp;apos;s rushing, but everyone is telling me when it actually happens, there is no need to rush. There is no need to speed,&amp;quot; Diggs, 38, continues. &amp;quot;So on the way home, I was constantly telling myself, &amp;apos;Relax, relax, be cool.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhen he got home, he took her to the hospital. That&amp;apos;s when &amp;quot;the labor really starts to kick in,&amp;quot; he says.Initially, he says he planned to be by her side along with the mid-wife. But as he watched Menzel&amp;apos;s face when the first pain hit, Diggs says, &amp;quot;I was like, &amp;quot;OK, I&amp;apos;m just going to be in this other room....&amp;apos;&amp;quot;Menzel, 38, opted for a natural birth.&amp;quot;No drugs,&amp;quot; Diggs says. &amp;quot;She is a warrior.&amp;quot;\r\nMeet Hollywood&amp;apos;s new moms!He adds that she was in labor for seven or eight hours - and it was emotional.&amp;quot;I was holding her hands and cheering her on,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I said I would look two times. I would look when the baby was crowning, and I wanted to look right when [son] Walker came out. And then when he came out, all the sudden it was like my inner gangster came out. I was like, &amp;apos;Yeah baby, that&amp;apos;s what I&amp;apos;m talkin&amp;apos; about, that&amp;apos;s my boy!&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nSee stars who&amp;apos;ve had to deny they&amp;apos;re pregnantThe couple - who wed in January 2003 - welcomed their son Sept. 2.&amp;quot;It was crazy,&amp;quot; Diggs says of his son&amp;apos;s birth. &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t control myself. It was like the Super Bowl, World Series, World Cup, everything wrapped up into one.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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