Waleed Aly steps out in a Batman T-shirt after throwing his support behind Carrie Bickmore’s ex

The Project presenter Waleed Aly modeled a fun item from his wardrobe as he stepped out in Melbourne on Tuesday.

The 44-year-old wore a black Batman T-shirt and puffer jacket as he walked to a waiting car.

The TV presenter and academic completed his laid-back look with jeans and sneakers while carrying a take-away coffee.

The sighting comes after Aly rallied around producer Chris Walker, his old boss at The Project, following his split from the show’s former co-host, Carrie Bickmore..

Aly, who once sat alongside Bickmore on the panel of the Channel Ten news programme, spent Sunday with her ex-partner as they watched an AFL game.

The TV presenter was carrying a takeaway coffee as he walked to a waiting car

Walker posted a photo to his Instagram Stories, sharing a photo of the two smiling men in the stands wearing Richmond Tigers merchandise.

The mates had a matching grin as they leaned in for the photo.

“Second best Tigers date after Evie,” he captioned the post, presumably referring to the birth of his eight-year-old daughter Evie.

It comes three months after Bickmore announced her split from longtime partner Walker in January, saying the pair were focused on co-parenting their three children.

She had been in a relationship with him for 11 years.

The sighting comes after Aly rallied around producer Chris Walker, his old boss at The Project, following his split from the show’s former co-host, Carrie Bickmore.

Aly, who once sat alongside Bickmore on the panel of the Channel Ten news programme, spent Sunday with her former partner Walker (right) as they watched an AFL game

“It is with immense sadness that Chris and I have decided to part ways,” she said.

“While this is a difficult time, our focus is on parenting, loving and supporting our three children Ollie, Evie and Addie with everything we have.

‘They’re doing great. We will not comment further.’

Bickmore (right) announced in January that she had split from her longtime partner Walker (left), saying the couple focused on co-parenting their three children

The love story of Bickmore and Walker captured the hearts of Australians.

They met as colleagues on The Project – she was a presenter and he was a producer – and they started dating in late 2012, two years after she lost her husband Greg Lange, the father of her eldest child Ollie, 15, to brain cancer.

Despite his terminal diagnosis, Bickmore had married Lange in 2005 when she was just 25 years old.

After Lange died in 2010 at the age of 35, a widowed Bickmore started the charity Carrie’s Beanies for Brain Cancer in memory.

Two years later, Bickmore had found love again with Walker, who became a stepfather to Oliver, and with whom she later had Evie, born in 2015, and Adelaide, born in 2018.

Bickmore is pictured here with her former The Project co-hosts, Aly and Helliar

It follows that Bickmore has grown close to her Hit Network co-host Tommy Little after their respective breakup.

Little rushed to Bickmore’s side in January when she confirmed her split from Walker, leading insiders to speculate their friendship could evolve into something more.

Their professional relationship began in 2016 when stand-up comedian Little joined Bickmore on The Project’s panel.

The pair began co-hosting Hit Network’s Drive Show a year later and instantly gained a cult following thanks to their entertaining and organic banter.

In February 2021, it was reported that Little had separated from his last confirmed girlfriend, Natalie Kyriacou, after a year of dating.

It follows that Bickmore, 42, has grown close to her Hit Network co-host Tommy Little, 38, following their respective breakup