Chris Hardwick and Lydia Hearst enlist the help of Jamie Lee Curtis for their epic gender reveal

Chris Hardwick pulled some strings to have the most epic gender reveal, enlisting Halloween Kills star Jamie Lee Curtis and the villain Michael Myers himself.

Hardwick, 49, and Hearst, 36, announced in August they are having their first child, with the couple each taking to their respective Instagram accounts to reveal they’re having a girl.

Hardwick’s post featured the video that they played for family and friends at the gender reveal, where they watched Curtis’ Halloween Kills, which features Curtis and her on-screen brother revealing the news.

Curtis is seen holding a pumpkin, adding she’s excited that they’re all going to watch Halloween Kills, which is available in theaters and on the Peacock streaming service.

‘I’ve been asked to be the person lucky enough to tell you what the gender of this little tiny baby is, and I’m so excited to be able to do it,’ Curtis added.

She then said she had a ‘special partner’ and brought out the masked Michael Myers, who reached in the pumpkin and brought out a smaller pumpkin with ‘GIRL’  written on it.

Curtis then joked, ‘You ready for this?’ and did a surprisingly accurate impression of a baby crying, before the video ended with a graphic that read, ‘It’s a girl! Feb. 2022.’

Hardwick added in his lengthy caption, ‘Best gender reveal EVER?? We had a small gathering of friends the other night to have food, catch up, watch Halloween Kills, and share the news on the bebeh…so I had this idea to see if the ultimate Final Girl would announce our First Girl in a video we’d run before the movie. And she did!!’

‘Words cannot describe how much we love and appreciate @curtisjamielee for doing this! I was almost apologetic when I asked because I feel bad asking for favors from people and she immediately said, “Chris! Life is meant to be f***ing LIVED! We’re gonna do this and it’s gonna be fun!” Well, it turned out even better than we could have imagined. Thank you, Jamie!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!’ Hardwick added.

He also gave ‘special thanks’ to @seanjameshair, ‘for helping facilitate the video (and for setting me up with my wife to begin with).’

‘We are OVER THE MOON about our future daughter, who according to @lydiahearst has been competing in some kind of rodeo in her belly every night for the last couple of weeks in preparation for her February debut,’ he concluded.

Hearst also took to her Instagram to share a boomerang video of her kissing Hardwick as pink confetti rained down upon them.

‘BABY UPDATE: It’s a girl!!! I am delighted to be able to finally share this exciting news with everyone and to celebrate love, friendship, and new life,’ she began.

‘I am about to start my third trimester, and things are going great so far! Baby is doing very well. She is growing, very active, and I can not only feel but can actually see her kicks and movements in my belly – It’s so wild, wonderful, magical, and beautiful,’ she added.

‘It’s amazing to know there’s a tiny human in there…! We feel so incredibly fortunate and blessed to be having a baby and cannot wait to meet and bring her home,’ Hearst concluded.