The Bachelorette's Laura Byrne shares sweet tribute to her husband Matty 'J' Johnson on his 38th birthday
The Bachelorette star, who met Matty on the hit reality series in 2017, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a slew of sweet - and hilarious - pictures, along with a caption gushing over her radio star hubby.
'Happy birthday to this glorious hunk of dad, the real MVP of this family and the man who thinks budgy smugglers are a complete summer wardrobe,' the 39-year-old quipped.
'We would be utterly lost without your daily silliness, your dedication to filling the green bin, and your 10 out of 10 chicken pies,' she hilariously penned.
'You're aging like a fine wine (see pic 17 for proof) how lucky we are to do life by your side - WE LOVE YOU.'
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Amongst the pictures were photographs of the happy couple at different stages throughout their relationship, as well as a few funny snaps of the birthday boy.
One throwback picture showed Matty as a teenager at his school dance while a number of snaps showed him in a tight pair of colourful speedos.
The post, which has already received nearly 12,000 likes, also included snaps of Matty, Laura and their two daughters Marlie-Mae and Lola.
Laura recently made headlines for calling out her podcast host husband after he accidentally revealed the name of their unborn baby girl on-air.
In June, the reality star was doing an 'ask me anything' questionnaire on her Instagram story when one of her followers brought up the moment, which she was seemingly unaware of.
'Did you punch Matt in the ovaries for revealing [your] baby name on Two Doting Dads?' the question read.
Laura was clearly caught off-guard as she replied: 'He did f***ing what?!'
Later on, the business owner brought up the blunder with her husband as they lay in bed together.
'Matt I have a question for you: did you say the girl's name, the baby's name, on the podcast?' she asked him in a clip posted to her Instagram story.
He looked at his partner confused as he denied the accusation.
'I think you might have,' she told him, cheekily.
'I would never, never. Never would I say that,' he said defensively as the couple both broke out into giggles.
Laura told the camera: 'People always ask us, 'how do you know the limits when you're telling stories and stuff on the podcast?' and normally we're pretty good... Normally.'
Matty began to pipe up as he sported a giant smile on his face, clearly telling a fib.
'Whoever is spreading this false information, shame on you, because that's not true at all,' he said.
While Matty may have mentioned the little girl's name, it seems it was edited out of the podcast as it could later no longer be found.
In April, Laura announced on her podcast, Life Uncut, which she co-hosts with fellow reality star Brittany Hockley, that she was expecting her third daughter in October.
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