AFL legend Wayne Carey stepped out with his baby son Carter at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium for the 1996 Premier’s Homecoming game on Sunday.
The 51-year-old was spotted cradling his baby boy in his lap as he watched the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Sydney Swans.
Wayne looked dapper in navy trousers, a light gray button-up shirt and a suit jacket as he posed proudly with his baby boy.
AFL legend Wayne Carey cradled his baby son Carter as he watched the reunion game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Sydney Swans in Melbourne on Sunday
He was also spotted sitting alongside sports star Wayne Schwass and coach Denis Pagan during the game.
Wayne welcomed his son Carter with Victorian model Jessica Paulke in 2019.
At the time, he told the Herald Sun: ‘We’re really excited. He is a beautiful healthy baby, very calm like his mother, he sleeps well and eats well.
‘Jess couldn’t be better. We are expecting a great year.’
Wayne added that he had high hopes that one of his children would follow in his sporting footsteps, adding: ‘I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t want him to play the game his dad loved to play and be a part of. so many things .’
Wayne was first linked to Jessica at the Australian Open in January 2018, making their Facebook romance official months later.
The 51-year-old was spotted cradling his son in his lap as he watched the match between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Sydney Swans.
It comes after Wayne admitted to being mentally bullied in his past relationships when appearing on SAS Australia in February.
Chief Instructor Ant Middleton said despite being one of Australia’s most famous football players, Wayne left a ‘trail of destruction’ behind him.
Wayne detailed his 2002 affair with Kelli Stevens, the wife of then-teammate Anthony Stevens.
Her revelation left Ant, 41, shocked, as Wayne said: ‘It has haunted me for over 20 years. I was in self-destruct mode. You know, I guess my life started falling apart.
The sports star was married to Sally McMahon at the time, and Anthony even acted as groomsman at their wedding a year earlier.
Wayne welcomed his son Carter with Victorian model Jessica Paulke in 2019
It comes after Wayne admitted to being mentally bullied in his past relationships when appearing on SAS Australia in February
Wayne later issued a public apology to his former best friend in 2016, insisting the affair had only been a one night stand.
Following the high-profile affair, he quit his soccer club and struck up a relationship with model Kate Neilson, to whom he later proposed, and things went from bad to worse.
He was arrested and charged by Miami police while vacationing with Kate after she alleged Wayne smashed a wine glass in her face during dinner, cutting her mouth and neck.
Chief Instructor Ant Middleton said despite being one of Australia’s most famous football players, Wayne left a ‘trail of destruction’ behind him.
“In America I was accused of assaulting police officers. I was accused of vitrifying my girlfriend,’ he told Ant.
“I went and threw wine at her in a restaurant, which is clearly untrue. Glass touched her lip, headlines said I glassed her.
Seemingly unconvinced by Wayne’s version of events, a cynical ant asked him, ‘What the hell are you playing? What went through your head?
Wayne said the incident was “one of the biggest regrets of my life”, but insisted the glass only “touched his lip”.
‘[It] did not break. I wasn’t trying to freeze it,” he said.
Ant then asked Wayne if he was “an aggressive person”.
He also detailed his 2002 affair with Kelli Stevens, the wife of then-teammate Anthony Stevens. (right). Pictured together after the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne in 1996
‘All my partners will say I was never physically abusive, but was I mentally abusive and also, I guess, intimidating? Absolutely, said Wayne.
Ant added: “You have this f**king attitude, ‘I’m the greatest footballer in the world, I do what I want. “
But Wayne said Ant’s assessment of him was not true and his bad behavior was “due to a number of reasons”.
“In fact, being physically abusive towards someone, I’ve seen that grow every day…Horrible stuff,” he said.
‘And that’s why when people close to me were like, ‘This is unacceptable’, I was like, ‘What do you mean? I raised my voice, I stood up. You know, I put my arm on her.”‘
He added: “Now I know how distorted my thinking was. You don’t have to hit someone to be violent.
Love and betrayal: Wayne and Kelli (right, with Anthony at an AFL game in Brisbane in August 2004) were caught in a bathroom together by teammates at a birthday party, smashing eventually the marriages of the two men.