Dr Chris Brown to become father for first time in 2027

Dr Chris Brown, the TV vet and KIIS FM breakfast host, announced on Instagram that he and partner Lorraine Monforte are expecting a baby in 2027.

"It turns out we came back from Italy with more than just pasta bellies and an unbroken Duolingo streak," Brown wrote in his post. He added, "The rough translation? Baby Brown is coming in 2027."

The couple "couldn't be more thrilled," he wrote, joking, "And I couldn't be less qualified to give medical advice on this one."

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In the first photo, Monforte held up her ultrasound as the pair walked past a wall bearing the word "prego" in large letters, the Daily Mail reported.

Brown shared the news live with his breakfast show audience on Friday morning; it will be his first child.

"There is no bumpy road and more heartbreaking a road than fertility and trying for a baby and that's been our life for the last probably year and a half," Brown told listeners.

He said they had "held back telling anyone until we feel, touch wood, that we were going to be okay."

"I wasn't sure if this would happen, but the timing just feels right. I am clearly lost for words. I'm going to be a dad," Brown said.

Brown put the pregnancy at 20 weeks on air, but Monforte called the show to correct the figure to 22 weeks. Monforte also said, "You won't be surprised to learn that this baby was made by IVF," joking that Duolingo had kept Brown too busy.

Earlier in the week, Monforte had called the show about Brown practicing Italian on Duolingo in bed.

"Unless he's learning to propose in Italian, I don't really give a shit," she said. Brown then had a 147-day streak, according to the KIIS Breakfast episode notes.

The pair met at Network Ten while Brown co-hosted "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" and Monforte worked as Queensland publicity manager for 13 years. In May, they made their relationship public via social media.

Brown starred in "Bondi Vet" and "The Living Room" during his time at Ten. In 2024, he told Stellar magazine, "I would still like to have kids – I still feel that's very much a priority."

Brown began his new KIIS FM breakfast show in Sydney on Monday with Amy Gerard and Jack Charles, replacing Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.

Sandilands described Brown as "too vanilla" for breakfast radio, a comment Brown called "just Kyle being Kyle" when he spoke to Nine.com.au this month.

The baby is due in March next year, according to The Courier Mail.