Wild detail in former Bachelorette winner's baby announcement

Five years after winning the fifth season of The Bachelorette Australia, Carlin Sterritt has announced that he is expecting his first child. The personal trainer shared the exciting news on social media on Friday, posing alongside his wife Emily Bradwell in a series of loved-up photos.

“Baby Sterritt coming 2025,” they captioned the post. The snaps were taken on the beach with both Carlin and Emily wearing all-black ensembles as she cradled her growing baby bump.

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Fans would remember Carlin from Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette in 2019 where he received the first impression rose in episode one and went on to be chosen in the finale. The couple continued to date for eight months after the final episode aired before announcing their split in July 2020.

Interestingly, Carlin’s baby announcement came two days before the five-year anniversary of him being announced as a contestant on the reality show.

He and his now-wife Emily went public with their relationship in December 2020 and announced their engagement in October 2022. They tied the knot in March 2023 in an intimate ceremony at Dunes Palm Beach, Sydney.

Jimmy and Holly 'break Bachelor spell'

Carlin’s announcement comes just a few weeks after The Bachelor couple Jimmy Nicholson and Holly Kingston, who met on the 2021 season of the reality show and shared their pregnancy news in June, revealed that they’re having a boy. Their impending arrival will be the thirteenth baby from the Australian Bachelor franchise and the very first boy.

Season one’s Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich have two daughters, season three’s Sam and Snezana Wood have three daughters, season five’s Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne have two daughters, and season eight’s Locky Gilbert and Irena Srbinovska welcomed their first child, a daughter, in February.

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Meanwhile, Bachelor in Paradise’s Conor Canning and Mary Viturino have had three daughters since meeting on the 2020 season. They welcomed their first child together in March 2021, their second in May 2022, and their third in December 2023.

Bachelor in Paradise stars Alisha Aitken-Radburn and Glenn Smith also announced in April that they are expecting their first child together, however, they have yet to reveal the gender.

“[First] Bachie boyyyyy!!!!! So happy for you both,” Laura Byrne commented on Jimmy and Holly’s announcement, with Holly replying, “I know, bloody shock of my life. Was ready to call her melon 2.0.”

“How good!!! Broken the Bachie spell,” Tim Robards added.