Russell Brand 'excited' about fatherhoodLondon, Oct 21 (AZINS) British comedian Russell Brand is "very excited" about becoming a father.

The 41-year-old and his fiancee Laura Gallacher are getting ready to welcome their first child and he is "lit up by the idea" of becoming a father, reports dailymail.co.uk.

"I feel lit up by the idea. I'm very excited about becoming a dad and I'm preparing myself," Brand told ES magazine.

"I am just getting ready to be with a new little person and see what it is they want," he added.

The couple has not found out the sex of their baby and Brand has joked that he may "never find out".

He laughed: "I might never find out. I may never look".