( CNN ) -- When faced with a dare on `` The Talk '' on Tuesday , co-host Sara Gilbert picked truth instead . Gilbert , 39 , announced on the CBS show that she 's expecting her first child with wife Linda Perry . The couple married in March after dating for three years . The news came out in the middle of `` The Talk 's '' `` face your fears '' week , which sees each co-host challenged to conquer their biggest fear . Gilbert 's fear is getting hurt or injured , and the show had challenged her to lay on top of a bed of nails and smash a cinder block across her stomach . Obviously , that was n't something Gilbert could do . `` I really do believe in facing your fears and doing things that make you uncomfortable , '' she explained , `` but I actually ca n't do the dare because I 'm pregnant . '' Cue the eruption of cheers from her co-hosts , who are already vying for the role of godmother . Although this will be Gilbert 's first child with musician Perry , 49 , the former `` Roseanne '' star has two children from a prior relationship with TV producer Allison Adler .
Sara Gilbert is expecting her first child with wife Linda Perry . ` ` The Talk '' co-host has two children from a prior relationship . TL;DR 'Dancing With the Stars' star and husband