Matty ‘J’ Johnson and Laura Byrne have welcomed baby number three.
The TV personalities, who met in 2017 on dating series The Bachelor Australia, confirmed the happy news in a joint post shared to Instagram.
“Third time really is a charm,” the couple wrote.
“Our sweet little Poppy girl is here and we are all utterly obsessed with every inch of you.
“Poppy Pearl Johnson welcome to the world precious one.”
The couple announced the news with a series of photos of their newborn taken in their hospital room, as well as a snap of the happy couple with their newest daughter.
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Matty J and Byrne also have two other kids, Marlie-Mae, six, and Lola, four.
The couple announced news of their pregnancy in April this year.
Byrne teased she had “big news to share” at the start of her podcast episode of Life Uncut.
“The big news is, so you guys know that Matt and I have been talking a lot about whether or not we were going to have baby number three,” she began.
“And it turns out, we’re having baby number three!”
The announcement prompted cheers of excitement and congratulations from her co-host Brittany Hockley.
”I’m pregnant, guys. I am very insane. And it turns out that for a very short period Matt and I got on the same page about whether we wanted [a third child],” she said.
Days later, the couple decided to do a gender reveal live on Byrne and Hockley’s radio show The Pick Up.
The pair made their predictions beforehand, and while both agreed they just wanted a “healthy baby” Johnson did say he’d love for a little boy to join the family.
The couple had a gender reveal cake, and cut a slice open to reveal it was a baby girl.
The couple screamed with excitement, though Johnson appeared a little surprised he’d be in a house of three females.
“Am I capable of producing boys? I’m worried! Let’s go for a fourth.” he laughed after hearing the results.
“I love being a girl dad… obviously, that’s matched with the feeling that I’m never having a son. I’m thrilled to have a beautiful girl!”
Matty J later chatted to nine.com.au about finding out the news on live radio, and realising he’d never become a father to a son.
“Disappointment is probably the wrong word … on the one hand I’m so happy to have another girl, but I think it was just digesting the fact that I would never have a son,” he said.
Beloved Aussie celebrity couple welcomes second child
“I think, instinctively, when you think about becoming a parent, I don’t know if it’s the same for females, but as a guy I definitely imagine my reference point was having a son and playing cricket and sport.
“That’s what I imagined it would be like and so just knowing that I wouldn’t ever get a chance to have a son was one that kind of hit hard.”
But he does understand there is no gender barrier to the things he gets to enjoy with his kids.
“We can play soccer in the morning and then get our nails done in the afternoon,” he says, reflecting that his daughter Lola would “gladly put a ballerina dress on in the morning and then go outside and dig for worms in the afternoon”.
The couple have been married since 2022.
They welcomed their first daughter, Marlie-Mae in 2019, followed by their second daughter, Lola, in 2021.
While on maternity leave, it’ll be Matty J taking the reins on her radio show alongside Hockley – who recently married footballer Ben Siegrist
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