Casey Aldridge

The news of “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy is making major headlines, but what about the baby-daddy? Just who is Casey Aldridge?

Jamie Lynn Spears — 16-year-old sister of Britney Spears — and her mom confirmed the pregnancy news to OK! magazine; later Nickelodeon released a statement about the news. Jamie Lynn Spears is currently 12 weeks into her pregnancy and the father is Casey Aldridge, whom Jamie Lynn has been dating for some time.

Jamie Lynn Spears told OK! magazine, “It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected. I was in complete and total shock and so was he.”

Who is Casey Aldridge? Jamie Lynn met Casey Aldridge at church in Kentwood, Louisiana. The 19-year-old blonde and the Nickelodeon star were rumored to be shacking up in the summer, out and about apartment hunting. Casey Aldridge is the son of a Tennessee papermill worker.
The young father has yet to comment, but Casey Aldridge’s mother, Joyce, said, “At this point, Casey doesn’t wish to speak out, but it would be wonderful when the time comes… Casey will address all of this when it is time.”"

Facts and Figures

Name : - Casey Aldridge

Age : - 18 yrs

Height : - 6'2" (188 cm )

Build : - Average

Hair Color : - Blonde

Date of Birth : - April 29,1989

Star Sign : - Taurus

Nationality : - United States

Ethnicity : - White

Celebrity Index : - Ca

Casey Aldridge Biography

JACKSON, Miss.

He`s a 19-year-old pipe layer; a deer-hunting, dirt-bike-riding former high school class president who still lives in his tiny Mississippi hometown.

So why are the paparazzi hot on his trail? Because Casey Aldridge is an expectant father and the mother is 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears. And to hear Aldridge`s uncle tell it, the daddy-to-be isn`t quite ready to join Spears the star of "Zoey 101" and the sister of pop star Britney Spears in the spotlight.

"I don`t think they are ready yet to sit down and talk to the media," Odus Jackson, a pastor in Gloster, Miss., told The Associated Press by telephone Thursday."They haven`t gotten their heads together yet." Jackson said media were already swarming the southern Mississippi town with a population of 1,073 at last census count in search of Aldridge, not even 48 hours after the news came that Spears told OK! celebrity magazine about the pregnancy.She said she plans to raise the baby in her home state of Louisiana.

Jackson, 71, said Aldridge left before camera crews descended Wednesday and was going into hiding.Jackson said he spoke briefly with his nephew, who also lives in Gloster but was often out of town for work. "He doesn`t want to say the wrong thing to the media,"

Jackson said."At the right time he will speak." It`s unclear how Aldridge and the younger Spears met or where they spent time together. Jackson said his nephew briefly attended a junior college in Mississippi but now works for a pipe-laying company in Baton Rouge, La.He attended school at Amite School Center in nearby Liberty, Miss., where he played football and baseball, principal Dan Brewer said.

Brewer, who was not principal when Aldridge graduated last year, said the teen went to school with his daughter and has visited his home.Aldridge was class president, and was honored by his senior classmates as "campus favorite" and "most versatile." "He was just a super dude," Brewer said.

Jackson said Aldridge enjoys deer hunting and rode dirt bikes.His parents, Joyce and Mark, currently live in Tennessee. "He is a quiet guy," Jackson said."That is why it is going to be very difficult to corner him until everybody is ready to talk together on the same page.He doesn`t like the limelight.He is going to hide as much as he can."

Jackson denied reports that his nephew and Spears, who was a guest at Jackson`s home this past Thanksgiving, were no longer together. "I think they are going to try to stay together," he said."They certainly don`t want to part." Jackson said Aldridge has told family members that "he wants to go ahead and get married as soon as possible."

Jackson added that the two do not want to "rush into it." Though he could face criminal charges for getting Jamie Lynn Spears pregnant at 16, Casey Aldridge was trouble-free in high school. The son of a Tennessee papermill worker, Aldridge "played sports" during his days at Amite School Center in Liberty, Mississippi, the school`s secretary tells Usmagazine.com.

He graduated this past May; it is unconfirmed whether he currently attends college. Aldridge – who is believed to be 18 or 19 – "was real nice," secretary Amanda Cothren says."He was a really sweet person, and we didn`t have any trouble with him here."