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West Coast Eagles Premiership winner Mitch Brown has revealed he and his partner Louisa Keck are expecting their first child together later this year.

The former footy star and AFL鈥檚 first openly bisexual player took to Instagram on Monday, sharing a touching video of he and Keck excitedly posing with a positive pregnancy test. Brown can be seen in the video kissing Keck鈥檚 belly, charming audiences with his staple charisma as he sticks his tongue out for the camera.

This announcement marks the arrival of Brown鈥檚 third child. Brown already has two children with ex-wife and former Australian netball player Shae Bolton-Brown, who was very accepting of her ex-husband鈥檚 coming out. Brown and Bolton-Brown remain good friends, the proud co-parents even attending the 2026 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras together earlier this year.

 

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While Brown鈥檚 baby bombshell is tremendously exciting, it is but the second piece of major news Brown has dropped in the last two years. Just last August, Brown came out publicly as bisexual, the first player in the entire history of the Australian Football League to do so. In a warm and heart-rending interview with multi-talented journalist Chloe Sargeant, Brown revealed it was upon seeing a video of Adelaide Crows player Izak Rankine using a homophobic slur that he was inspired to come out.

鈥淪o I dropped into the DMs of [journalist] Sam Koslowski,鈥� Brown explained. 鈥淚 was like, 鈥楬ey, I saw this. This is who I am. This is the time. I鈥檇 love to chat. I don鈥檛 know how to do this 鈥� can you help?鈥欌��

Brown went on to reveal that homophobia had always been commonplace in the league, both on and off the field. 鈥淵ou鈥檇 hear jokes 鈥� you know, a gay person being the punchline 鈥� and that was enough to tell me, this isn鈥檛 safe.鈥�

Sargeant noted in particular Brown鈥檚 warmth, humility, and sincerity, despite spending his formative years within a sport often defined by reductive masculinity. 鈥淗e is helping to reshape what masculinity truly is,鈥� Sargeant noted, 鈥渟howing Australian men that vulnerability can be powerful, queerness can be strength.鈥�

As Brown welcomes this new member into his family, fatherhood will no doubt remain an apt place for him to continue his stewardship of positive masculinity.

17c起草社区鈥檚 talented Chloe Sargeant profiled Mitch just last November.