Eliza Paschke and Clint Stanaway Welcome Baby Stevie Rose
Friends turned co-parents Eliza Paschke and Clint Stanaway have welcomed daughter Stevie Rose. The radio host called his Nova show by FaceTime to say the pair are "absolutely besotted" and that Paschke is recovering well after a long night.
Australian media personalities Eliza Paschke and Clint Stanaway have welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Stevie Rose, the pair announced. The two are friends who chose to co-parent.
Stanaway called in to his Nova radio show, Jase, Lauren & Clint, by FaceTime to debrief after the announcement. He said the pair are "absolutely besotted".
"A real warrior"
"It's really surreal and been really beautiful, and she's just the best," Stanaway told his co-hosts. He called the birth itself "a lot", but said it was worth it.
"She's a small little thing but she's a little princess," he said.
Asked how Paschke was going, Stanaway said she was recovering well and sleeping in that morning. "She's been unbelievable, a real warrior," he said. "The nights are long, guys!"
Co-host Lauren said the team had already claimed the Instagram handle @steviestanaway for the baby.
How the two met
Neither has pinpointed the moment they became close. Their friendship grew out of Melbourne's tight-knit media industry.
Paschke spent more than a decade in radio, including as assistant to Hamish Blake and Andy Lee. She joined The Block with her sister Liberty in 2023. She also co-hosted the Nova podcast Finding a Unicorn with Carly Bowyer from Married At First Sight.
Stanaway worked at Nine for more than two decades. He started as a sports journalist and became co-host of Weekend Today in 2023. For four years he also read the news on the Jase & Lauren in the Morning breakfast show, which launched on KIIS FM in 2021.
ARN axed that show in 2023 to make way for Kyle & Jackie O in Melbourne. Stanaway followed the show when Nova picked it up.
The road to parenthood
Stanaway has said he was burned out from working seven days a week across two jobs. "I want to get my life back," he said on air. "One day, I want to be a dad as well."
Paschke has been open about wanting to be a mother. She first froze her eggs at age 32.
"I was single with no assets to my name and had saved up just enough money for an overseas holiday," she wrote in a 2024 column for nine.com.au. "Instead of going on that holiday, I made a $10,000 investment in my future."
She underwent the procedure again in 2024, six years after the first time. She said her winnings from The Block put her in the financial position to do so.
The two confirmed they would co-parent after announcing the pregnancy in June. "Today I'm 16 weeks pregnant, and feeling immensely grateful to be in this position," Paschke said at the time.
