Brendan Fevola revealed that he is having a baby (Fox FM)

Brendan Fevola revealed that he is having a baby (Fox FM)

On Tuesday morning Brendan and Alex Fevola announced the safe arrival of their baby daughter.

Ex-AFL star Brendan called into his Melbourne radio program The Fifi, Fev and Byron Show straight after the birth to share the news.

Alex was scheduled for an 8am C-section and Fevola made the phone call as the new baby girl was being weighed.

A clearly emotional Fevola described her as a “cute little thing” with a “huge head of hair”.

“She looks like me a bit … I wish she had got Alex’s genes … She’s a little mini-me with fat cheeks”.

But things went a little awry when his colleague Fifi Box probed him on the baby’s name.

Seeming reluctant to share the name, Brendan announced that they had called her “Brenda Fevola … no middle name”.

To which Fifi got the giggles, saying it was a “stitch-up”.

“Ah! Good gear!” she said through laughter.

“I knew you’d say that … that’s why I didn’t want to tell you,” said Brendan.

Co-host Byron Cooke stepped in telling Fifi “that might be the name … don’t laugh just in case that’s the name”.

At this point Fifi began to back-pedal saying “I mean … that’s a beautiful name … Brenda … I love Brenda … Brendan and Brenda Fevola.”

To which Brendan sarcastically responded “Thanks Fi … that’s an amazing reaction”.

To clarify, Fifi asked: “So she’s named after you?” and Brendan responds “yeah well if it had have been a boy it would have been Brendan Jr”.

After Brendan left the call, fill-in host Matt Preston tried to smooth things over describing it as a “lovely” name.

Fifi said “I love the name [Brenda] … it’s a beautiful name … I just don’t necessarily believe him.”

“You can’t just say ‘that’s a ridiculous name’, which is what you said to him,” Matt said.

“Matt, I have worked with this man for three years … every day is a stitch-up … everything is a prank or a joke,” she replied.

“But it could be the boy who cried wolf … and this time he’s being serious,” said Byron.

Fevola called in again on Wednesday morning and continued to play along for the first few minutes of his cross.

“I got a lot of links sent to me about stories that it was a stitch-up. How can you stitch-up your kid?” Fevola said.

Then Fevola randomly dropped the truth.

Fevola: “Hey Fi, I’ve got you. Her name’s not Brenda.”

Box: “You never got me! That’s the point.”

Fevola: “Yes I did. All time best.”

Fevola also confirmed on Instagram that the baby’s real name is Tobi.

Fevola, who won reality show I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! in 2016, split with Alex after the birth of their three daughters Mia, Leni and Lulu — but the couple reconciled.

Brendan, 37, is due to remarry Alex, 41, after celebrating his bucks party in Bali earlier this year. They first married in 2005.