Georgie Kousoulou has dropped the major bombshell that her long-term partner and father of her newborn, Tommy Mallet, isn’t his actual name.
Wait, what?
After welcoming their first child last year, Georgia and Tommy introduced him as Brody Fordham, leaving fans puzzled.
Georgia addressed the confusion during a Q&A with fans when someone asked, “I’m confused by baby’s surname, did I miss something?”
Along with a string of laughing face emojis, Georgia wrote, “Mallet is a nickname for Tommy! Fordham is his real name.”
Well, we never.
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She also said that she had “always loved” the name Brody and so, there was never any doubt over the moniker they would give to their first born.
It perhaps makes sense as Tommy’s shoe brand – which earned him a place on the Forbes 30 under 30 list, honouring thirty of the most successful young entrepreneurs in the country – is named after the nickname his mates give him.
The couple took to Instagram to announced the happy news in 2021, after welcoming their son on the 5th of May.
"Introducing you .. Brody Fordham ❤️ 05.05.21 weighing 8lb 9 ❤️ We are so in love ❤️," Georgia wrote on Instagram.
Lots of their TOWIE friends rushed to congratulate them with Chloe Sims commenting, "Congratulations @georgiakousoulou @tommy_mallet 😍😍😍😍 he’s so precious love him already 😍😍😍😍😍😍 xxxx".
Clelia Theodorou said, "😭😭😭😭😭😭 beautiful boy! Congratulations you two 💙💙💙💙".
Dan Edgar added, "Happy for you both man ❤️👊🏼".
TOWIE fans recently said goodbye to the pair but they'll get to see the run up to the couple welcoming their son into the world in Georgia and Tommy's spin-off TV show.