Christian and Bella Petracca announce ‘baby boy on the way’
The Gold Coast superstar and social media cooking sensation is about to enter a new chapter.
Gold Coast superstar Christian Petracca and his wife Bella are expecting their first baby.
The pair showed off their ultrasound in a photo at the beach on Monday.
“Baby boy on the way 🐣🩵🩵,” the Petraccas wrote in a joint post.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.The post was immediately flooded with messages of congratulations from figures around the AFL world, including Nick Daicos, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Jordan De Goey, Abbey Holmes, Stephen Coniglio, Jess Gawn, Emma Hawkins, Josh Rachele and Trent Rivers, to name a few.
Also in the comments were Aussie boxer Harry Garside, Kiwi celebrity chef Andy Hearnden, and the official account for Fight MND.
The couple got married at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens in December 2024, two years after they got engaged at the stunning Lake Como in Italy.
Petracca is one of the AFL’s premier midfielders and has rediscovered some of his best form since being traded to the Suns from Melbourne at the end of last year.
He won a premiership and Norm Smith Medal with the Demons in 2021, but became disgruntled with the club over their handling of his life-threatening spleen laceration in the King’s Birthday clash of 2024.
The 30-year-old wanted a trade at the end of that year but was held to his lucrative contract at Melbourne, before finally getting his wish at the end of 2025, when he was traded for a bounty of draft picks.
Outside of footy, Petracca has created a cooking channel called OnTrac5, which has nearly one million followers across Instagram and TikTok.
