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Speaker 1: both going to be on Amazon Prime. You really need
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Speaker 1: you won't want to miss it, and that comes out
Speaker 1: on August twentieth. This week, I have Network ten's The Bachelor,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Nicholson on the show. He's a breath of fresh
Speaker 1: air and I'm sure you're going to love him. Channel
Speaker 1: ten launched the new series of The Bachelor on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: and it certainly feels like classic batchy but with a
Speaker 1: real sense of romance and some genuine connections. We will
Speaker 1: find out how you become the Bachelor and what happens
Speaker 1: behind the scenes of the show. I'll also find out
Speaker 1: Jimmy's side hustle when he's not flying. He really is
Speaker 1: from another world. The Bachelor is on Channel ten Wednesday
Speaker 1: and Thursday nights from seven thirty Eastern Standard Time, and
Speaker 1: if you want to catch up on previous episodes. It's
Speaker 1: on ten play on demand. However, let's get started with
Speaker 1: one of Australia's most talked about bachelor's. I'd like to
Speaker 1: welcome to the podcast. It's Jimmy Nicholson.
Speaker 2: Would you be interested in going on a dating show?
Speaker 1: Your newest bachelor is on the runway to Romance.
Speaker 2: So I actually just wrote back and said, oh, look,
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, but I think maybe we'll just leave it.
Speaker 1: How will he fair in his search for life?
Speaker 2: They do get some great girls on there, so I
Speaker 2: wanted it.
Speaker 1: You can feel the tension.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just wanted to be myself and be my
Speaker 2: own person.
Speaker 1: And previously on The Bachelor.
Speaker 2: I don't want it to get out because I do
Speaker 2: want people to genuinely enjoy it.
Speaker 1: Hey mate, how are you?
Speaker 2: I'm good. I'm excited. It's good to finally be able
Speaker 2: to see myself on Telly and see it all unfold
Speaker 2: the days come?
Speaker 1: When and how did you get approached to do The Bachelor?
Speaker 2: Like?
Speaker 1: I don't even know how this happens.
Speaker 2: I was approached in about November last year. I had
Speaker 2: a message on Instagram from a talent scout that just
Speaker 2: said would you be interested in going on a dating show?
Speaker 2: And I replied, which one, because there's some dating show
Speaker 2: that I wouldn't want to go on, and they said
Speaker 2: it was The Bachelor, and I thought, yeah, this is
Speaker 2: Actually it's quite good timing. I'm really ready to have that.
Speaker 2: I've been in a long term relationship. I've had that
Speaker 2: really important time off a couple of years doing my
Speaker 2: own thing, and I thought, actually, I might be able
Speaker 2: to get the time off as well from work with
Speaker 2: everything that's going on. So yeah, I just I just
Speaker 2: went for it and the rest is history.
Speaker 1: I'll lockdown a girlfriend on national television whilst COVID's happening.
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it was. It was an interesting year for
Speaker 2: a lot of us last year. So I know that
Speaker 2: the Bachelor franchise it works. They've got some couples on
Speaker 2: there that have had numerous babies, marriages and everything to
Speaker 2: come out of it. So I did know they get
Speaker 2: some great girls on there, and I thought, why not,
Speaker 2: Let's just let's see what happens and hopefully I meet
Speaker 2: someone and.
Speaker 1: I have you can recommend it to people.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, I there'd no judgment from me
Speaker 2: when it doesn't work out. With people because there's a
Speaker 2: lot that has to work after the show as well,
Speaker 2: and after the cameras stop, a lot of compatibility levels
Speaker 2: that you don't you can't charge on the show, and
Speaker 2: you know, you see what someone's like when the cameras
Speaker 2: are off, and that's the true test, I think, and
Speaker 2: with stronger and stronger and stronger, and yeah, so it works,
Speaker 2: which is crazy.
Speaker 1: I want to know, is there much convincing that needs
Speaker 1: to happen? I mean, you get hit up on Instagram
Speaker 1: to be the Bachelor, you know, that's one thing, But
Speaker 1: then what happens next? Do they pull you aside, do
Speaker 1: they come and meet you? And did you say yes
Speaker 1: straight away? Or did it take some convincing?
Speaker 2: Look, I said, look, I'd be interested. Let's see what happens.
Speaker 2: And then I found out a little bit more about
Speaker 2: the show, and we did some video interviews and I
Speaker 2: did a day in the Life of Jimmy video and
Speaker 2: send that to them, and then that was like it
Speaker 2: went on for a few months, and then by the
Speaker 2: end of it, I was pretty invested, Like I thought,
Speaker 2: this is going to be a great opportunity. You know,
Speaker 2: I've done this work for it, and yeah, they do
Speaker 2: get some great girls on there, so I wanted it.
Speaker 2: And then when they finally gave him the nod, the
Speaker 2: next step was trying to get the time off work.
Speaker 2: And so they were really really helpful because I think
Speaker 2: they were pretty keen to get me on board. And yeah,
Speaker 2: we're fortunate that my company were flexible and gave me
Speaker 2: the time off.
Speaker 1: I remember getting the phone call to do Big Brother
Speaker 1: and I rang work and said, oh, can I catch
Speaker 1: up and have a meeting? And I was like, can
Speaker 1: I please request some time off? And they were like
Speaker 1: how much time? And I was like, could be a week,
Speaker 1: could be three months, and said I was doing Big
Speaker 1: Brother And the look on their face was wow, that's
Speaker 1: I mean, it's to do reality television. You know, you
Speaker 1: could say you want to do it, but then actually
Speaker 1: telling people that's what's happening is another thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah it is, And for me, I guess I'm fortunate
Speaker 2: that I knew how long I was needed for, so
Speaker 2: you know, it was three months, and with everything that
Speaker 2: happened last year, under normal circumstances, there's not a chance
Speaker 2: in hell that I'd be able to get three months
Speaker 2: off work. So I was really fortunate. I think it
Speaker 2: was for the girls saying to their employees employers, rather,
Speaker 2: I need some time off. It could be a week,
Speaker 2: it could be three months. Like it's a little bit.
Speaker 2: It's a different ball game.
Speaker 1: I may never come back.
Speaker 2: True. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: What has been your most failed attempt to find love
Speaker 1: before this show? You know, let's talk dating apps bars.
Speaker 1: What's your most failed dating look?
Speaker 2: I have, you know before been rejected? So that's always,
Speaker 2: you know, when you like someone and then they just
Speaker 2: they give you the cold shoulder. That's always big, rough,
Speaker 2: and it kind of makes you want them even more,
Speaker 2: doesn't it, Like it's just I think one particular story
Speaker 2: for me was that I was supposed to go on
Speaker 2: a date with a girl who I was I can't
Speaker 2: remember how I met her, but it was online. I
Speaker 2: think it was on Instagram and we were chatting and
Speaker 2: whoever slipped in Whoever's DM first? I don't know, very
Speaker 2: very pretty girl, and I said, let's go for a
Speaker 2: let's go and have dinner at an Italian restaurant. I
Speaker 2: think it's a nice, like low key first state and
Speaker 2: going into it. Guys pay the first date. It's fine,
Speaker 2: it is what it is, you know, it was a
Speaker 2: nice restaurant, but just like good, authentic Italian and great
Speaker 2: first first date atmosphere. And then she wrote back and said, oh,
Speaker 2: how about this restaurant? And I googled it and it
Speaker 2: was Sydney's most expensive restaurant, like Ultimate fine Dining, and
Speaker 2: I was a little bit taken back. I'm thinking it's
Speaker 2: a bit presumptuous of her to then recommend this restaurant.
Speaker 2: And suddenly I was like, okay, I think we're not
Speaker 2: different our wavelengths here. And I said, oh look I'm
Speaker 2: not I'm not all that keen on fine dining. How
Speaker 2: about we go somewhere a bit more low key? And
Speaker 2: then she suggested in his second most expensive restaurant anyway,
Speaker 2: and she said, oh, don't feel like good food anyway.
Speaker 2: I chatted with my female roommate at the time and
Speaker 2: I was like, Alissa, like, what's going on here, you know?
Speaker 2: And she said she's not the type of girl you
Speaker 2: want to be hanging out with. So I actually just
Speaker 2: wrote back and said, oh, look, I'm sorry, but I
Speaker 2: think maybe we'll just leave it. I think she's obviously
Speaker 2: used to being taken to these amazing restaurants. And I
Speaker 2: said look, I just yeah, and she said, no, no, I'll pay.
Speaker 2: It's fine, I'll pay. And then I thought, oh, geese
Speaker 2: would be nice just to go and sit there.
Speaker 1: And I wonder what she's thinking about this now, because
Speaker 1: you know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know, but it's Yeah, it's funny to see,
Speaker 2: like even those people that have been rejected by in
Speaker 2: the past and stuff, to see them reaching out now
Speaker 2: is always funny, isn't it, Because it's like I haven't changed,
Speaker 2: I'm the same person, but suddenly people know about me
Speaker 2: and you want to hang out again, do it? So? Anyway,
Speaker 2: there's been a few failed.
Speaker 1: Has that happened? Is it any of any of the
Speaker 1: ex girlfriends or girls that have crossed your path? Have
Speaker 1: they tried to reach out to you now that you
Speaker 1: are the bachelor.
Speaker 2: There's been a couple of I've noticed a couple of
Speaker 2: Instagram messages where you look at the message above and
Speaker 2: I might have sent a message like hey, how's the
Speaker 2: day coming, and there's scene you know, no reply, and
Speaker 2: then suddenly I get a reply after. Yeah, it's funny to.
Speaker 1: See, but awkward. Did any of the other bachelors manage
Speaker 1: to give you any advice coming into this show Tim Robarts.
Speaker 2: I saw at the gym. He trains at the same
Speaker 2: gym as me, and I've went up to him and
Speaker 2: interrupted his work out and asked him for some advice.
Speaker 2: So he was really helpful. And then since filming, I've
Speaker 2: done a podcast Maddie Jay and Laura. I think it's like, actually,
Speaker 2: you know, all of the guys of most of the
Speaker 2: guys have reached out to me, Sam, Maddi, Matt Agnew Lucky,
Speaker 2: So they've all sent me messages being like, mate, you're
Speaker 2: in for a crazy ride. If you can assist in
Speaker 2: any way let me know, which is really really nice
Speaker 2: because they're all great guys. They've they've done it before me,
Speaker 2: and they've probably know where they've stepped wrong with all
Speaker 2: this stuff to come now, so it's nice to have
Speaker 2: that support.
Speaker 1: Had you watched the show before, like are you a
Speaker 1: Bachelor fan?
Speaker 2: I haven't watched it a lot, but I watched a
Speaker 2: bit of Maddie Jay's series, and I watched some of
Speaker 2: the Honey Badgers. But I just wanted to be myself
Speaker 2: and be my own person and hopefully I mean people
Speaker 2: who think like me or not. Of course, you want
Speaker 2: to be liked and you know, Maddie Jay, for instance,
Speaker 2: is someone I think that is because also he's here
Speaker 2: and Laura are really really happy, and he just seems
Speaker 2: like an amazing guy. I mean, I've got a bloody
Speaker 2: man crush on him. So of course you want to
Speaker 2: be liked and I want to be like one of
Speaker 2: the great Bachelor's, but just got to be myself. I
Speaker 2: didn't want to watch too many of the other episodes
Speaker 2: and try and be someone else, because then the girls
Speaker 2: are falling for well hopefully falling for someone that's not me,
Speaker 2: and then what after it finishes, I'm like, oh, hey,
Speaker 2: this is the real me.
Speaker 1: I just find it so funny because I've watched so
Speaker 1: many seasons and there's always a bit of a troublemaker
Speaker 1: in there, and you living the experience, you don't necessarily
Speaker 1: see what's happening at the mansion. So I was wondering
Speaker 1: whether or not you'd taken notes to try and look
Speaker 1: out for those troublemakers, because they often stay on the
Speaker 1: series for a really long time and the Bachelor never knows,
Speaker 1: Like the Bachelor just keeps them around and keeps giving
Speaker 1: them a rose, and you're like, hang on a sec,
Speaker 1: don't you know what's happening like the man Chain.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly. No, I knew that'd be there's always
Speaker 2: a few troublemakers. But I thought I was a pretty
Speaker 2: good judge of character and I thought I'd be able
Speaker 2: to see it. But I guess, I guess the wall
Speaker 2: was pulled over my eyes on a few instances. It's look,
Speaker 2: it's disappointing, but it happens and you learn from it.
Speaker 2: So yeah, there's some troublemakers.
Speaker 1: Are you watching the show as it goes to air, like,
Speaker 1: are you watching it as it's on television or are
Speaker 1: you getting to see some screeners like you're getting a
Speaker 1: little bit of a heads up.
Speaker 2: I watch it with the rest of Australia. Oh my god,
Speaker 2: watching it with the rest of you guys, and I'm
Speaker 2: just looking at it that I'm just like, wait, what.
Speaker 2: Of course, I've heard things from my partner. She's told
Speaker 2: me some of the stuff that went down, but seeing
Speaker 2: it is different. Thing is different. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Have you ever been to a group viewing of a
Speaker 1: TV show? Like you know that there's these batchy parties,
Speaker 1: So I want to know, like, have you ever been
Speaker 1: with all of your mates to do a viewing? Of
Speaker 1: a particular show back in the day.
Speaker 2: I've been to a viewing of a mate surf movie
Speaker 2: years ago. But apart from that, no, I mean very different. Yeah,
Speaker 2: very different. I used to watch with my roommates years
Speaker 2: ago and my ex actually we watched one of the series,
Speaker 2: would all get together and watch it. But I was
Speaker 2: often at work at night, so I watched a few
Speaker 2: of them here and there. But no, but I've had
Speaker 2: some great support. Obviously, we're in isolation here, we're in lockdown,
Speaker 2: so it's a bit hard to have a viewing party.
Speaker 2: But some of the some of the stories I've seen
Speaker 2: where people are like with their roommates getting cheeseboards, cutouts
Speaker 2: and everything. Everyone's getting really excited. My best mates girlfriends
Speaker 2: over in the US, she did a massive viewing party
Speaker 2: they're on in lockdown with like twenty of her friends
Speaker 2: with like drinking games. It's been really really nice seeing
Speaker 2: the support.
Speaker 1: It's a phenomenon, Like it's an actual phenomenon, you know,
Speaker 1: which is pretty crazy. The question I have for you
Speaker 1: is how did you view astray in television growing up?
Speaker 1: Did you see a lack of diversity on screen and
Speaker 1: did that impact the way that you watched television growing up?
Speaker 2: Not really, I mean I just look, there was shows
Speaker 2: that I wasn't able to watch because mom and dad
Speaker 2: weren't care on me watching them. I think I wasn't
Speaker 2: I watch the Simpsons when I was younger. But do
Speaker 2: you mean from a diversity standpoint, is that, yeah, I've
Speaker 2: never Actually it's not until doing this role that I've
Speaker 2: realized that people are getting around the fact that, you know,
Speaker 2: I probably don't look like the normal bachelor or you know,
Speaker 2: I've never viewed myself as anything different. I've just always
Speaker 2: thought I'm this tan kid from the Northern Beaches who
Speaker 2: has different features, I guess, but yeah, I've got my
Speaker 2: Fijian heritage, which I'm really really proud. I'm just I
Speaker 2: don't see myself as any different. So but if people
Speaker 2: are getting around it, and people are loving the fact
Speaker 2: that they're seeing someone a bit different, then it's great.
Speaker 2: I'm all for it.
Speaker 1: When you look back and you think about women voting
Speaker 1: or marriage equality, you think, God, that took a lot
Speaker 1: longer than we thought. So you know, what do you
Speaker 1: think about, you know, taking a bit of time to
Speaker 1: sort of see diversity being reflected on screen.
Speaker 2: I mean I think it's a great thing. A diversity
Speaker 2: in anything's great, you know, whether it comes to gender
Speaker 2: equality in the workplace, all that kind of stuff, like
Speaker 2: it's it's twenty twenty one. People need to get with
Speaker 2: the times. Same with same sex marriage. I think these
Speaker 2: things we often like we look back it now and
Speaker 2: you think, like, how was it same sex marriage on illegalized?
Speaker 2: You know, in the last few years. It's pretty crazy.
Speaker 2: And I think it's like people make a mountain out
Speaker 2: of a molehill with these things like it just do it,
Speaker 2: like who cares? It's not impacting of us, Like we're
Speaker 2: all it's twenty twenty one. So yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 2: think it's really really good to see and I think
Speaker 2: people are embracing as well, which is good. So I'm
Speaker 2: happy that if people are happy to see me on
Speaker 2: there is looking a little bit different than great.
Speaker 1: The thing I have walked away with that I really
Speaker 1: enjoyed so far is the moment with your dad.
Speaker 2: Dad's very proud. He really wanted to be an airline
Speaker 2: pil that he couldn't afford to do the training so
Speaker 2: he could never do it, so he's super proud. I
Speaker 2: think the day that he was putting on my wings
Speaker 2: when I graduated, there's a lot of tears. So, yeah,
Speaker 2: super proud.
Speaker 1: What did he think about you doing the Bachelor was?
Speaker 1: He is just as proud he Dad does.
Speaker 2: Look, he's a very proud man, and once he realized
Speaker 2: what the Bachelor was, he's really embraced it. And also
Speaker 2: they're really happy because they know I've met someone that
Speaker 2: I probably will spend the rest of my life with.
Speaker 2: And now it just makes it even more exciting to
Speaker 2: watch it all unfold. Of course, the drama is always
Speaker 2: entertaining as well. But Dad's quite funny. He would always
Speaker 2: slip into conversation like he's very proud that I'm a
Speaker 2: pilot because he always wanted to be a commercial pilot.
Speaker 2: And Dad's in real estate. He's got a very successful
Speaker 2: business up on the Northern Beaches, and he's like a
Speaker 2: social butterfly, you know, he's always talking to people. Hey,
Speaker 2: walking on the beach. He's always like, Hey, Tim, Sarah,
Speaker 2: how are you going? So Dad will always casually drop
Speaker 2: into conversation like someone might call him a batter house.
Speaker 2: Oh look, I'm interested in his house, and Dad will
Speaker 2: be like, yeah, my son's a pilot and they're like
Speaker 2: cool that yeah, so the house, Oh yeah, Like he
Speaker 2: just like segue. It's really cute because he's he's really
Speaker 2: really proud of me, and I think when it comes
Speaker 2: to the Batchel that he's super proud as well now
Speaker 2: because he knows it's a successful kind of franchise and
Speaker 2: he knows I've met someone amazing.
Speaker 1: From him, it's a long phone call now when he's
Speaker 1: selling a house, because he's got to drop in that
Speaker 1: you're a pilot and you're the bachelor. You know these
Speaker 1: people like alrighty, enough about Jimmy.
Speaker 2: Oh Dad, like, don't don't sound like a way gun
Speaker 2: like and he just Dad is such a genuinely lovely
Speaker 2: man and he just like he doesn't have a negative
Speaker 2: bone in his body. And yeah, he just says it
Speaker 2: because he's proud. But I'm like, oh dad, luck, I'm
Speaker 2: thirty one years old and you're still embarrassing me.
Speaker 1: Like that's what parents are for, and there's nothing better
Speaker 1: than parents that are proud of their children. It gets
Speaker 1: me every time on television. So obviously you have finished
Speaker 1: filming and you know what happens. How good are you
Speaker 1: at keeping secrets?
Speaker 2: I'm pretty good at keeping secrets. Yeah, once I realized
Speaker 2: that there was someone, a couple of people that were
Speaker 2: there for me and that I was really interested in.
Speaker 2: I think it's really important to make an entertaining TV
Speaker 2: show as well. I think that's what it'll be good
Speaker 2: about this season, is that, like, I'm really happy I've
Speaker 2: met someone that's great, and if we can get a
Speaker 2: bloody good television show out of it as well. It's
Speaker 2: entertaining for me, it's entertaining for my mates, it's entertaining
Speaker 2: for Australia. So it's nice knowing that it's worked out
Speaker 2: really well for me. But also I'm loving seeing all
Speaker 2: the drama and stuff that goes on as well, because
Speaker 2: people love that stuff as well.
Speaker 1: They love the drama, you know. I actually was at
Speaker 1: an event back in twenty thirteen with Tim Buds who
Speaker 1: were talking about earlier one of the previous Bachelors, and
Speaker 1: he had filmed the show but the series hadn't started,
Speaker 1: so we were at this event and he was on
Speaker 1: his phone trying to ring Anna on hide her name,
Speaker 1: you know. So I just think I'm too stupid I
Speaker 1: would accidentally give it away. Have you got a secret
Speaker 1: name that you've managed to put her number in on
Speaker 1: your phone, or like, how what are you doing?
Speaker 2: Geez, Dave's getting a red hot run at the moment,
Speaker 2: He's getting some nice lovey dove techs, so's she's saved
Speaker 2: under a male name on my phone. I want it.
Speaker 2: I don't want it to get out because I do
Speaker 2: want people to genuinely enjoy it and keep guessing, and
Speaker 2: it makes it It ruins the fun if it does
Speaker 2: get out. You know, there's some stuff in the media
Speaker 2: that has come out, and like, a lot of the
Speaker 2: stuff is complete rubbish that I've seen. So I'm kind
Speaker 2: of loving watching all this as well because it builds
Speaker 2: this hype about and people will convinced it's one person.
Speaker 2: Then the next day they might see me on a
Speaker 2: date with someone else saying, oh my god, it's her now.
Speaker 2: So it's kind of fun. It keeps it exciting.
Speaker 1: I just love that the Daily Mail is going to
Speaker 1: get a screenshot of you sending lovey dove text messages
Speaker 1: to Dave.
Speaker 2: And that'll be the next thing to come out of it.
Speaker 2: Suddenly the Bachelor's he's by the other way and he's
Speaker 2: dating someone from the cameraman from the show, or yeah,
Speaker 2: I'll wait.
Speaker 1: For that, they'll come up with anything, you know. And lastly,
Speaker 1: I actually saw you once in Coujie with my partner.
Speaker 1: We were talking about this this morning and you were
Speaker 1: in the surf life saving attire and I want to
Speaker 1: know if that's your side hustle, you're also a superhero.
Speaker 1: You're also a Marvel superhero because you're a pilot, you're
Speaker 1: a lifesaver. Like you know, these are pretty incredible jobs
Speaker 1: if you ask me.
Speaker 2: The life saverything came about last year after having a
Speaker 2: lot of time off work, so my mate Finn and
Speaker 2: I joined the local surf club, did our Bron's medallion
Speaker 2: and then yeah, we patrolled. So look, I like to
Speaker 2: dip my toe in like anything that I can. I'll
Speaker 2: try anything once and if I love it, I'll keep
Speaker 2: going with it. So yeah, same with the fitness and
Speaker 2: exercise stuff, although that's kind of dropped off a little
Speaker 2: bit being in isolation. But I'm going to be good.
Speaker 2: I'm going to go train this up to noon. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I'll try anything. But yeah, your word's not mine. The superhero.
Speaker 1: I think you look like a Marvel superhero and I
Speaker 1: feel really creepy for saying it, but you know. Isn't
Speaker 1: it strange that that had stayed in my mind, not
Speaker 1: knowing that you were going to be the bachelots. It's
Speaker 1: actually crazy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well jeez, it's I must admit it's a bit
Speaker 2: of a rollercoaster going through this. Because you want people
Speaker 2: to like you say, I'll take all the positive comments
Speaker 2: I can get, so thank you made me feel a
Speaker 2: lot better of myself today. I'll take it.
Speaker 1: Well, while I'm asking you creepy questions, You're on Studio
Speaker 1: ten yesterday or the day before, and I saw you
Speaker 1: wearing a really nice sweater and I just want to
Speaker 1: ask you to Channel ten. Did they send it to?
Speaker 1: Or where did you get that gray sweater from? Because
Speaker 1: I want to go out and buy it?
Speaker 2: Oh? Is it this one?
Speaker 1: Yes? Oh my god?
Speaker 2: All right, so you don't even know they've sent me.
Speaker 2: Politics have been amazing. They've sent me some really really
Speaker 2: cool stuff. Okay, and I've got some I've worn some
Speaker 2: of theirs. But this one's actually it's actually Academy Outfitters.
Speaker 2: There we go.
Speaker 1: I'm going to have to go in and get it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good one. It's a good one. But
Speaker 2: I must say the Yeah, this this shipment of politics
Speaker 2: stuff turned up and it's so comfortable. So when we're
Speaker 2: in the pants now, yeah, it's good to get some
Speaker 2: free clothes. Otherwise I'll be sitting here in like a
Speaker 2: greasy shirt and my crops.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you're already influencing, you know. And that's what
Speaker 1: happens with these reality shows, is you start influencing.
Speaker 2: That was my first that you realized. It's the first
Speaker 2: bloody plug. And I don't I don't even you don't.
Speaker 1: Even know how to do it yet. I'm a failed influencer,
Speaker 1: Like I finished, like I won a series of Big Brother,
Speaker 1: and I just kept posting photo of my partner, photo
Speaker 1: of my dog, photo of my dinner, and I just
Speaker 1: watched it go from like two hundred thousand down to
Speaker 1: like thirty thousand within about six months. I was like, Fuck,
Speaker 1: I'm the worst influencer ever. No one's interested.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know how good I am either, So
Speaker 2: I might have to I might have to take some
Speaker 2: pointers from some people on that one, because yeah, it's
Speaker 2: it's a different world. Definitely not used to this kind
Speaker 2: of things, but so I'm sure I learned the hard
Speaker 2: way as well. Well.
Speaker 1: My last question just before you go is I always
Speaker 1: ask all my guests this, and I ask, is there
Speaker 1: any amazing stories from behind the scenes that we as
Speaker 1: an audience didn't get to see and won't get to
Speaker 1: see that they might appreciate anything embarrassing or stupid that
Speaker 1: happened while the show was being created, not.
Speaker 2: That I have. Actually I had to. I had to
Speaker 2: get my shirt off on night one and do some
Speaker 2: burpies on the on the red carpet, and I was
Speaker 2: kind of like, I remember thinking. One of the girls said, Oh,
Speaker 2: You're gonna have to take your shirt off, and I
Speaker 2: was just like, nah, I don't want to people. I
Speaker 2: don't want to be like come across as like you know. Anyway,
Speaker 2: I thought to myself, mate, you're on the Bachelor, hear,
Speaker 2: just like, just do it. You've already put all that
Speaker 2: stuff aside. So anyway, I've got the lid off, did
Speaker 2: some burpies and I thought, oh, my mate's going to
Speaker 2: crucify me for this, and they didn't show it, so
Speaker 2: obviously I don't know. They probably weren't happy with the
Speaker 2: rig or something like that. So so I think there's
Speaker 2: a lot of embarrassing things to come. But I wait
Speaker 2: till hometowns, you'll have a good laugh.
Speaker 1: It's always amazing what gets put on the cutting room floor.
Speaker 1: I hope they send you like a blue at the
Speaker 1: end of it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll be nice. Well something some of the embarrassing
Speaker 2: moments that like, yeah, a few of them happen where
Speaker 2: I put my foot in a few times, especially in hometowns.
Speaker 2: I know they'll play those, so yeah, I'm waiting for
Speaker 2: the memes to come out on those ones.
Speaker 1: But well, congratulations with the series. I'm only two episodes deep,
Speaker 1: but I think it's a classic series. I think you're
Speaker 1: really bringing some genuine content, like these are genuine relationships
Speaker 1: that we can already see as starting to build, and
Speaker 1: I think that is the true magic of being able
Speaker 1: to love this show. So congratulations, and I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see it all unfold. Congratulations finding someone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'm super stoked. Couldn't have gone any better.
Speaker 2: And as I said, like, it's yeah, it's it's nice
Speaker 2: to I've got someone. I'm happy we're in love. That's great.
Speaker 2: But also it's nice to be able to watch it
Speaker 2: all stuff unfold as well. So who is it? Oh yeah,
Speaker 2: I'll just dropped the name now. I told it's Dave's Dave.
Speaker 1: It's Dave, all right, mate, Leave me alone. Tannel, Tannel,
Speaker 1: never let me chat to anyone ever again anyway, Thanks
Speaker 1: so much for your time. It's so lovely to chat
Speaker 1: with you.
Speaker 2: You two Shi