"I'm in love": Joel Edgerton and Christine Centenera have welcomed their first child.

Actor and filmmaker Joel Edgerton and Vogue Australia Fashion Director Christine Centenera have welcomed their first child.

Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday, Edgerton, 46, confirmed the news. 

"Yes, yes, I just ran away from the hospital for a moment. I can’t even put it into words. I’m in love," he said.

The actor shared that he almost missed the birth as he was filming a movie in another state, but thankfully made it back in time.

"I was very nervous because I was working in Queensland and there are some border issues with Sydney and Queensland that pop up. I was getting very nervous that I’d get stuck," he said. 

"But I was working with some wonderful people who said, 'We will move heaven and earth to make sure you don’t miss something this important.'"

Neither Edgerton nor Centenera have commented on the baby's gender or name.

The couple keeps a fiercely private profile, only making a handful of public appearances together. 

In an article about Centenera published in Vogue UK last year, the stylist shared a rare insight into their relationship.

“The fact that we don’t work in the same industry is refreshing for us,” she revealed. “We’re in awe of what each other do.”

The couple reportedly have homes in Sydney and New York, and split their time between the two.

"We’re both very motivated and have hectic travel schedules, but it really works for us in an unconventional way," she told the publication. "Australia is where our family is and where we recharge."

In March 2020, as the seriousness of the pandemic settled in, Edgerton and Centenera were among the first group of Australians to self-isolate for 14 days upon return from a trip to the Turks and Caicos Islands. 

Edgerton, famed for his roles in Hollywood films including Boy Erased, The Great Gatsby and Bright, previously told The Daily Telegraph he plans to spend more time in Australia.

"My focus next is about what I can make at home so that I can celebrate two of my favourite things: being at home and making stuff so that I am not always away," the actor told the publication.

Joel Edgerton and Christina Centenera in 2018. Image: Getty. 

Edgerton previously told She Knows in 2012, that he "always held hopes for myself to be a father". 

"I’d like to think that I would be a good father," he told the publication.

The actor has previously been engaged to Balinese fashion designer and artist Alexis Blakein, until they parted ways in 2013. In 2016, he told GQ Australia that their breakup was partly due to his commitment to work. 

"You’re really close to the line and that [position] makes you re-evaluate a lot of things," Edgerton shared at the time. "Right at that time, I made a decision that I was just going to work my arse off. To be honest, I haven’t changed that thought. I’m seriously married to work. Just recently I was like, ‘Maybe I need to take a little bit of time off,’ because ever since then I’ve worked non-stop. And that’s been fine and it’s been rewarding to a degree."

He also dated Olympian Cathy Freeman between 2002 and 2005. In 2017, he opened up about his relationship to the athlete, telling SBS: "We were both public figures and sometimes that can kind of obscure race. She didn't like the public figure stuff and preferred not to be thrust into the spotlight."

Joel Edgerton and Cathy Freeman in 2003. Image: Getty. 

In November 2018, Edgerton and Centenera, 39, went public with their relationship at the GQ's Australian Men of the Year Awards.

Centenera is a fixture of the millennial fashion landscape, who has styled everyone from Gigi Hadid to Rihanna. 

She also has been credited with being a style inspiration for Kim Kardashian, after being introduced to her by Kardashian's husband, Kanye West, whom she used to work for. 

Kim Kardashian West takes a selfie with Christine Centenera in 2015. Image: Getty. 

The rapper introduced himself to Centenera at a Maison Margiela show in Paris in the late 2000s, as she shared with Vogue last year.

"Kanye said, ‘I want to introduce myself. I really like how you dress.’ I started working with him."

Centenera says it was her personal style that attracted West to work with her.  

"‘What would you do to make this dress better?’ Kanye would say. ‘How would you put this together?’" she recalls. 

No doubt Edgerton and Centenera's child will be one fashionable kid. Baby Yeezys, anyone?

Feature image: Getty. 

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