AFL star's pregnant wife hits back at trolls who criticise WAGs walking the red carpet at Brownlow Medal READ MORE: AFL WAG suffers gruesome injury after falling down some stairs By Matt Demarco For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:01, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 01:02, 20 August 2024 e-mail 19 shares View comments The wife of Essendon captain Zach Merrett has hit back at cruel trolls who make fun of AFL WAGs walking the red carpet at the Brownlow Medal ceremony. Alexandra Merrett, who is pregnant with her first child, took to TikTok to explain the process behind putting together a look for football's night of nights. In a video taken in her car, the WAG gave her followers an insider's perspective on the event.
'For those who don't know, every single year, I think five or six players get invited,' she said. 'Unless you are the captain or you have previously won a Brownlow, you do not find out that you are going until the home and away season has ended,' the WAG clarified. Alexandra, who is launching a luggage brand later this year, continued by calling out those who criticise the women who walk the Brownlow red carpet.
'This is why I find it so interesting when people are so cruel about the way everyone looks on the night because some of these women have two weeks to pull together an entire outfit.' Elsewhere in the video, the expectant mother explained she has postponed designing her custom frock for the September ceremony because of her burgeoning baby bump. The wife of Ess.