Former AFL and The Block star Darren Jolly welcomes baby girl with girlfriend Lucy Porter

The former AFL and reality TV star, 40, shared the wonderful news on Instagram.

Darren Jolly has welcomed a baby girl with his girlfriend Lucy Porter.

The former AFL and reality TV star, 40, shared the wonderful news on Instagram.

“Welcome to the world beautiful Olive Rita Porter Jolly. You are such a special gift and we love you so much,” he wrote.

Darren, who starred on The Block with his ex-wife Deanne after retiring from footy, went public with his relationship with Lucy in November 2020.

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Darren Jolly has welcomed a baby girl. Picture: Instagram

“Welcome to the world beautiful Olive Rita Porter Jolly.” Picture: Instagram

It’s Darren’s first child with girlfriend Lucy Porter. Picture: Instagram

Darren Jolly went public with his girlfriend Lucy in November 2020.

He split with Deanne in September 2019. They share two daughters together.

Jolly played in 237 games and was part of the Swans and Magpies teams that respectively won in the 2005 and 2010 grand finals.

He gained his full builder’s license after he and Deanne earned a whopping $935,000 profit from the property they renovated on The Block in 2015.

Jolly split with his wife Deanne in 2019.

Jolly said he was in a “dark place” following the split and made moves to lose weight after putting on a few kilograms post-career.

“A long slow build-up of too many stressful things finally broke me and pushed me into a very dark place,“ he wrote.

“After stepping off the scales back then at 122.9 kilograms, I decided I needed to do something about it to get my life back on track.

“I feel like I‘ve taken back control and direction of my life.”

Originally published as Former AFL and The Block star Darren Jolly welcomes baby girl with girlfriend Lucy Porter