Another The Block 2025 baby is on the way, with House 5’s Mat Johnson announcing that he’s expecting.
The loveable hairdresser shared the exciting news in an Instagram reel, which showed him handing his family a bag of baby clothes.
“So I’ve got something very exciting to share with you all, honestly, you will have no idea,” he began.
“I’m going to give you this to open, and have a bit of a look through, and pull something out, mum,” he added before handing over the bag.”
His family looked at the items in shock, and Mat confirmed that he’s having a baby.
“I’m having a baby, you’re going to be a granny, and you’re going to be an aunt,” he told his mum and sister, adding that the baby is due in December.
Who is The Block’s Mat having a baby with?
Mat told New Idea that he’s having a baby boy with his long-time friend, Leah Cocks. He revealed that Leah, who’s in a same-sex relationship, initially approached him with the idea years ago.
“I didn’t know if I was ready at that stage of my life, and I think I was terrified because I have a very good life that I worked decades to be able to have,” he said.
About a year later, Mat decided he was ready to be a dad and asked Leah if she still wanted to go ahead with the process.
“I was ecstatic when it was a yes,” Leah told the publication, with Mat adding: “I wouldn’t have done it with just anyone. It’s only because it’s her”.
Leah said that, after a round of IVF, she found out she was pregnant the first week that Robby and Mat began filming The Block. However, she decided not to tell Mat while he was in Daylesford, because she didn’t want to distract him.
When Mat returned from the show, Leah was already three months pregnant, and decided to share the exciting news with him at his salon.
“After Mat returned, I booked in to get my hair done, the very last appointment that he had for the day, and I sat there in my baggy clothes and gave him a card. It had the ultrasound in it, and Mat just looked at me and said, ‘Congratulations!’”
It took Mat a moment to put the pieces together before realising the ultrasound was his baby. “I suddenly realised I’m going to be a dad!”
The Block auction airs on October 26th on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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