England football legend Millie Bright reveals she is pregnant as she settles down with influencer barber Tom Mitchell

England football legend Millie Bright appears to have finally kicked her colourful love life into touch after finding the man of her dreams – and announcing she is set to become a mother.

The former England and Chelsea captain couldn’t contain her joy as she revealed she is pregnant in an interview with a glossy magazine.

The Lioness told Women’s Health: ‘It’s been very hard to keep it a secret, but it’s finally out.

‘It’s the greatest gift you can be given – to bring a life into the world – so we’re excited.’

The announcement comes just four months after it was revealed Millie, 33, was quietly settling down with influencer barber Tom Mitchell.

The couple teamed up after they met to chat about creating content together around the time the Lioness dramatically announced she was quitting football earlier this year.

Revealing their relationship at the time they said: ‘Turns out we ended up creating something a lot more special.’

They have since gone on to show off their glamorous lifestyle together attending film premieres and dressing up for awards ceremonies as well as enjoying holidays in Portugal and America.

The trip to the US saw them watch England’s defeat Panama in a World Cup match at New York’s MetLife stadium as well as an ‘unforgettable’ helicopter trip over the Manhattan skyline.

The couple are documenting their life of ‘laughs, chaos, adventures’ and behind-the-scenes ‘random moments’ on a joint Instagram page.

Now Tom, who runs his own salon in Sheffield, has said of their happy news: ‘We’re grateful. I was very excited when I found out. I jumped up out of bed and then I was an emotional wreck until about 3 or 4am in the morning.’

Now in her second trimester, Millie said the hardest part of pregnancy so far has been navigating the changes to her body.

She said: ‘It’s been difficult. I’m used to being very athletic and my body fitting into certain clothes, and that’s been changing. Now I’m embracing it and I feel good about myself, confident and happy, because I’m getting to the stage where I look pregnant and feel pregnant, whereas before I just felt unfit.’

Millie gained a reputation as one of the most feared centre-backs in women’s football during a 12-year career which saw her lift 20 major domestic trophies.

She played every game in England’s triumphant Euro 2020 campaign and led the team to the finals of the women’s World Cup two years later.

While her career went from strength to strength it appeared for a time that Millie may not be quite so lucky in love after the collapse of a string of high-profile romances.

In 2020 she began dating Levi Crew, a performance coach, nutritionist and personal trainer from America.

Millie ended up spending Christmas alone that year due to the Covid pandemic before the couple ended up sharing a home together in Surrey along with their two French Bulldogs Zeus and Hera.

Millie had a tattoo of Levi’s eye on her left forearm. The design also features half a tiger.

She said: ‘It’s my partner’s eye and half a tiger, my core strength with me through thick and thin.’

The couple got engaged in December 2023 after Levi proposed during a tropical Christmas holiday.

At the time, Millie took to Instagram to share the happy news with her followers – showing off her stunning ring in the process.

Posting photos from their break to Mauritius, Millie wrote: ‘Little did I think this would be the most beautiful Christmas in my entire life…

‘I said YES after the shock had settled and Levi reminded me yes or no.

‘You was already my person but here’s to the future bubba. I love you.’

But two years later the couple split after Millie began a relationship with married father of seven Dave Zetolofsky, 39.

She has told friends that her new romance with the former pro kickboxer and martial arts enthusiast had nothing to do with her withdrawal from the England squad at the time.

There was no suggestion the pair cheated on their partners.

However, their relationship devastated Dave’s wife Katie, who gave birth in January that year.

Friends said Millie met Dave after she began training at the 21st Century Combat gym in Redhill, Surrey.

Sources say she joined his class this February and, after Millie ended things with Levi, Dave split from Katie ‘out of the blue’.

Friends claim that after Dave left the family home, Millie paid for him to stay in hotels.

Shortly afterwards Dave was seen at Millie’s home on a private road in Surrey, leaving devastated Katie with their five-month-old baby.

He is an expert in Muay Thai, a full contact martial art.

A source said: ‘Millie and Dave’s relationship is no secret. They’ve been seen out and about, and in the gym together.

‘You can understand that Katie has found the whole thing pretty devastating.

‘The fallout has been enormous but Millie has fallen hook, line and sinker for this guy.’

Millie was awarded an Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours List 2024 to recognise her contribution to the women’s game, including winning the 2022 Euros and captaining England to the 2023 World Cup final.

She has won 19 trophies with Chelsea. But she declared herself ‘not happy’ before pulling out of the England squad for the Euros in Switzerland.