Dr Chris Brown’s girlfriend Lorraine Monforte is pregnant with the couple’s first child.
The celebrity veterinarian, 48, announced the news via Instagram on Friday, posting several photos from the couple’s Italian holiday.
The first photo showed the couple walking past a wall with the word ‘prego’ (the Italian for please) written in large letters, while Ms Monforte, 41, held up her ultrasound for the camera.
‘The rough translation? Baby Brown is coming in 2027,’ he joked.
‘It turns out we came back from Italy with more than just pasta bellies and an unbroken Duolingo streak. We couldn’t be more thrilled. And grateful. And I couldn’t be less qualified to give medical advice on this one.’
Other photos showed Lorraine and Chris posing with the ultrasound, and the couple cradling her bourgeoning bump.
Dr Chris Brown’s girlfriend Lorraine Monforte is pregnant with the couple’s first child
The celebrity veterinarian announced the happy news via Instagram on Friday, uploading several photos from the couple’s Italian holiday
The post was flooded with well-wishes from the couple’s famous friends, including presenter Kylie Gillies, who wrote: ‘How WONDERFUL. Biggest congrats to you both. So exciting!’
‘Have you broken the news to Buzzy?’ she added, referring to Chris’ beloved pet dog.
Media personality Baz Dubois meanwhile wrote: ‘Sending you both so much love’, while model Simone Holtznagel added: ‘Amazing news! Congratulations’.
Radio star Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald also chimed in: ‘Congrats guys, amazing news.’
The popular vet also shared the happy news on his KIIS FM breakfast show on Friday, telling listeners: ‘Lorraine and I are expecting a baby.’
An emotional Chris said becoming a father was something he had long hoped for, admitting he had been unsure whether it would ever happen.
‘It is the greatest joy. I’m so grateful. This has been a really long time coming,’ he said.
He also opened up about the couple’s fertility struggles, describing the process of trying for a baby as one of the most heartbreaking experiences of their lives.
‘It turns out we came back from Italy with more than just pasta bellies and an unbroken Duolingo streak’ he joked in the caption
The post was flooded with well-wishes from the couple’s famous friends, including presenter Kylie Gillies, who wrote: ‘How WONDERFUL. Biggest congrats to you both. So exciting!’
He said they had kept the pregnancy private until they felt confident everything was progressing well.
Chris initially told listeners Lorraine was 20 weeks pregnant, before she later called into the show to correct him, revealing she was actually 22 weeks along.
He explained Lorraine had been avoiding public appearances because her pregnancy was becoming increasingly difficult to hide.
The couple have opted not to find out the baby’s sex, although Chris revealed Lorraine’s two children from a previous relationship were hoping for a little brother.
Lorraine also joined the broadcast, revealing the couple had conceived through IVF and jokingly blaming the decision on Chris’s busy schedule.
‘You won’t be surprised to learn that this baby was made by IVF,’ she said, quipping that it wasn’t because of her ‘advanced maternal age’, but because the ‘hot doctor’s too busy doing Duolingo to make a baby the old-fashioned way.’
Chris and Lorraine have been quietly dating for almost two years.
The former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star recently shared a rare insight into his relationship with the Something To Talk About podcast.
Media personality Baz Dubois meanwhile wrote: ‘Sending you both so much love’, while model Simone Holtznagel added: ‘Amazing news! Congratulations’
Chris and Lorraine have been quietly dating for almost two years
‘Yes, I’m in a relationship and really happy,’ he gushed.
‘The great thing with Lorraine is that she was a publicist for a TV network for 13 years,’ he continued.
‘That’s how we first became friends. And that’s essentially all it was for quite a period of time.
‘But she gets TV and she gets the media landscape. So she understands when the phrase ‘hard launch’ is used, where that’s coming from, so she’s able to laugh at it.’
He also said Lorraine, who he met on the set of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! when he worked for Channel Ten, has the ‘thumbs-up’ from his father Graham.
Chris and Lorraine went Instagram official with their relationship in May.
Lorraine is a mother to a one-year-old son and one other child, though she keeps her family out of the public eye.
She once used the double-barrelled surname Monforte-Guy, which suggests she was married at one point but has since divorced.
The couple went Instagram official with their relationship in May
Brown previously dated model Brooke Meredith for two years from 2020 to 2022.
The pair did not publicly announce their breakup.
Reports of their split only became known when Chris publicly confirmed he was once again single.