Danika Mason reveals she’s having a baby girl with her footy star fiancé Liam Knight
Channel Nine star Danika Mason has revealed she’s expecting a baby daughter with her ex-NRL star fiancé Liam Knight.
The Logie-nominated sport reporter broke the news on Today on Wednesday morning, delighting her colleagues Sarah Abo, Tom Steinfort, Richard Wilkins and Jayne Azzopardi.
The Today crew celebrated by bringing the NRL expert a cake amid the celebrations, with Mason revealing her little girl is due in December.
‘We feel so honoured to be brought into your households every single morning, so when there’s news here, it’s nice to share it with you guys first before the rest of the world gets to hear about it,’ Mason told viewers.
‘So Liam and I are expecting a little baby, a little baby boom here on the Today show,’ she continued, referring to Abo’s pregnancy.
Mason also revealed she has got over the morning sickness stage of her pregnancy.
When Abo asked how she is feeling, she replied, ‘A lot better.
‘I was quite sick early on. So a little girl, due December, so off-season will be a little bit busier this year.
‘Liam is over the moon. He’s so excited. He’s ready to be a girl dad.
‘Everyone here at Nine has been so supportive, so when I’ve been vomiting on the way to work and everything, everyone’s been so good.
‘It’s so funny, the moment that I knew I was pregnant, I had a chicken schnitzel craving. I just, honestly, all I could think about was chicken schnitzels.’
The Nine star also announced the news on Instagram, posting a series of photos of her dog wearing a bib reading ‘promoted to big brother’ as he sat in front of ultrasound images of her baby, as well as a shot of her positive pregnancy test.
Her amazing news was greeted with a wave of heartfelt messages from sport and TV stars including ex-Souths player Jai Arrow, Renee Bargh, her Nine NRL colleague Allana Ferguson and Sylvia Jeffries.
Mason and Knight went public with their romance in July 2024, just months after the Channel Nine sports presenter ditched her ex-fiancé Todd Liubinskas.
Danika Mason shares heartwarming pregnancy news
The loved-up pair finally confirmed their relationship via social media after months of speculation, with the footballer embracing Danika in a photo shared to his Instagram page.
‘My life’s good,’ Liam wrote in the caption, alongside the couple sharing a cuddle.
Danika dumped her ex Todd Liubinskas in September 2023, just three weeks before their planned wedding.
The Daily Mail previously revealed Liubinskas – a personal trainer – later asked Danika to give back her diamond engagement ring because it was a family heirloom.
Danika also kept the $1.5million Maroubra home she shared with her ex-fiancé.
She later confirmed the couple split due to a ‘breakdown in trust.’
After Liam agreed terms with the English team Hull FC in March, the couple began a long-distance relationship – and they have since enjoyed getaways together overseas at every opportunity.
Knight popped the question in October last year as the couple enjoyed a romantic trip to Europe.
He went down on one knee on a beach in Sardinia, Italy, and Mason broke the news on social media by writing, ‘Some exciting news.’
When the 34-year-old showed fans the dazzling ring on Today soon after the engagement, it was placed on her middle finger, with the media personality explaining that it was a little bit big and she was ‘too worried about losing it’.
‘It feels like I’m flipping the bird every time I show [somebody],’ she joked, which prompted co-hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo to erupt in laughter.
‘Turns out she’s got skinnier fingers than they look,’ Liam, 30, quipped.
Danika then revealed the shock measures Liam took to hide the ring and keep the engagement a secret.
‘He was trying to hide the ring from me, and we needed to go to the beach, and we hired a little dinghy for the day,’ she said.
‘Anyway, so he had to drop me off and, to keep the secret, he had to go swim 150 metres.’
She added: ‘So his heart rate was already through the roof and then he had to do the proposal on top of that.’
Knight, who starred in 83 NRL games for Manly, Canberra, Souths and the Bulldogs, is now playing for the Cessnock Goannas team just west of Newcastle, NSW.