Bachelor in Paradise stars Alisha Aitken-Radburn and Glenn Smith announce they are expecting their first child

Bachelor in Paradise lovebirds Alisha Aitken-Radburn and Glenn Smith took to social media on Wednesday to announce that they are expecting their first child.

Alisha, 31, and Glenn, 36, shared a gorgeous photo on Instagram capturing them posing up a storm on their bed while she showed off an ultrasound photo to the camera.

They captioned the image with some exciting words: ‘I’ve been keeping a little secret. Baby Smith will arrive in September.

Many of their reality star friends quickly took to the comments section to congratulate the happy couple.

‘I’m incredibly happy for you two! What magical news! Much love to you and that little growing treasure,” The Bachelorette star Angie Kent wrote.

“I can’t wait for the dates to play,” added Lockie Gilbert before Brooke Blurton joined the chorus with “Congratulations!”

After being portrayed as a ‘villain’ on The Bachelor, Alisha redeemed herself with brilliant appearances on the spin-off show Bachelor in Paradise in 2019 and 2020, and married her co-star Glenn Smith in April last year.

In September, Alisha reflected on her negative portrayal on television in 2018 in her tell-all memoir The Villain Edit.

The former Labor employee said The Guardian that she was unprepared for the incessant online trolling she would receive after being portrayed as a “bad girl” on the show.

“I didn’t think I was an angel, but I also didn’t think I was the absolutely horrible person that people in my Instagram DMs told me I was,” she said.

She also admitted that her villain edit may have hurt her chances of later launching a successful media career, and revealed that she was jealous of her co-star Brooke Blurton, who had done it.

The title of her memoir refers to the reality TV practice of editing people to appear in an unfavorable light, which Alisha claims was done to her as a contestant on The Bachelor.

In his book, he also talks about his time working with Labor NDIS minister Bill Shorten when he was opposition leader, as well as covering his period working for the NSW Labor Party as it was rocked by an investigation. of corruption.

Alisha said the book will have many people in politics “eagerly pressing Ctrl+F” to see if they have a name, she said. The Sydney Morning Herald.