Speaker 1: It's in the news today, but it was actually on
Speaker 1: TV Reload the podcast last week that Life. Hey guys,
Speaker 1: welcome back to TV Reload. I want to thank you
Speaker 1: for clicking and downloading on today's episode with Farmer Dean
Speaker 1: from Farmer Wants a Wife, which continues this Sunday night
Speaker 1: at seven thirty on Channel seven. This twenty two year
Speaker 1: old third generation cattle and crop farmer has had his
Speaker 1: own contracting business, working on other farms since he was
Speaker 1: a teenager. He also runs the farm in partnership with
Speaker 1: his dad. Tom has a practical approach to life and
Speaker 1: a seriousness that is tempered by a genuine ability to
Speaker 1: laugh at himself. He loves traveling, enjoys country music festivals
Speaker 1: and horse shows, and for Tom, falling in love is
Speaker 1: one of the most important things in life and is
Speaker 1: very serious about finding the one that approaches it all
Speaker 1: with good humor. We will unpack Farmer Dean's decision to
Speaker 1: leave the show early. We talk about missing out on
Speaker 1: meeting potential latecomers and if he felt that the remaining
Speaker 1: girls had pushed him into making a decision quicker than
Speaker 1: he had planned. We will get some interest insights into
Speaker 1: the pressures of his farm life and how the recent
Speaker 1: droughts had affected his mentality. During production, I'm also going
Speaker 1: to find out how and what his dating history had
Speaker 1: been like in the past, and if he let his
Speaker 1: previous partners know that he was going to be on
Speaker 1: national television. There is so much to unpack with Farmer Dean,
Speaker 1: So sit back and relax as we unpack the wonderful
Speaker 1: world of Farmer Wants a Wife. How have you been like?
Speaker 1: This must be so exciting to be a part of
Speaker 1: a show like this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty wild, pretty bit of an eye open
Speaker 2: and that's for sure.
Speaker 1: While all the other farmers are starting out and they're
Speaker 1: starting to build their relationships, it kind of feels like
Speaker 1: you've already settled up your tab at the bar. Did
Speaker 1: it shock you to that you found a connection so
Speaker 1: fast with one of the girls?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess so like I have probably won that
Speaker 2: Paul for one pretty quickly. I guess it's better than
Speaker 2: orn for all of them, your four for one more
Speaker 2: than the others. It's just the I guess, it's just
Speaker 2: the way of It's just feelings, I guess.
Speaker 1: I mean, I could see from the very first time
Speaker 1: he saw tea again. I was like, Oh, I can
Speaker 1: see some connection there. There was definitely some sparks. You
Speaker 1: mentioned this in the show a couple of times about
Speaker 1: being maybe a soul mate. Do you think Tigan and
Speaker 1: you do have some soulmate traits that are going on here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's yeah, we probably do. Yeah, that's for sure,
Speaker 2: Like we we probably have a lot in common. I
Speaker 2: guess you could say that's for sure.
Speaker 1: Why didn't you pick her to be the first to
Speaker 1: go back to the farm because you did pick someone else,
Speaker 1: and I was curious about what that decision making process
Speaker 1: was like for you in that first episode.
Speaker 2: Well, I guess I sort of. Tegan and I probably
Speaker 2: hit it off pretty well on the speed date, and
Speaker 2: I just thought, maybe it's just best to try and
Speaker 2: get to know someone else.
Speaker 1: The show's kind of odd, isn't it, Because it's not
Speaker 1: how things happen.
Speaker 3: In real life.
Speaker 1: There's no way that you would walk into a b
Speaker 1: ands and go on six dates, do you know what
Speaker 1: I mean? Like it's an unusual situation for anyone to
Speaker 1: be in.
Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent, it's so wild, Like you know,
Speaker 2: like the speed dates and everything like that. You know,
Speaker 2: you get to know, eight women in a day, Like,
Speaker 2: that's definitely not something I've done before, but you know, like, yeah,
Speaker 2: it's ridiculous, crazily Well.
Speaker 1: I guess before we get into more of this, I
Speaker 1: was curious to know about how you're experience was with
Speaker 1: filming this show. Was this anything like you expected?
Speaker 2: I didn't really know what to expect, and I when
Speaker 2: I was chosen to be one of the one of
Speaker 2: the farmers, I was literally going in pretty pretty blind.
Speaker 2: I guess you could say, like, I guess all the
Speaker 2: farmers were like, it's just I guess I didn't know
Speaker 2: what to expect.
Speaker 3: What was your dating history like before doing this show?
Speaker 1: Had you been in many relationships before signing up for
Speaker 1: Farmer Wants a Wife?
Speaker 2: I sort of. I've only been in probably two. Yeah,
Speaker 2: probably before this show. I probably only one real serious relationship.
Speaker 1: And did you speak to her before doing the show?
Speaker 1: Where you did you try and clear that out with
Speaker 1: her just to make sure that she wasn't you know,
Speaker 1: just walking through the house one day and see on
Speaker 1: one of the commercials. What sort of communication did you
Speaker 1: have with her before taking part of the show.
Speaker 2: Nothing? Really, We probably we sort of when we went
Speaker 2: separate ways were just we sort of went separate ways
Speaker 2: and we both didn't really stay in contact.
Speaker 1: She'll be getting a surprise, She'll be driving along a
Speaker 1: freeway and see your big mug on a banner on
Speaker 1: a billboard somewhere.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, bloody hell.
Speaker 3: You missed out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 1: Did you worry about any you know, like if I
Speaker 1: was to do a show like this, I'd worry about,
Speaker 1: you know, if there's any any bodies that need to
Speaker 1: be buried, any skeletons that are in the closet. Do
Speaker 1: producers ask you about any of that kind of stuff?
Speaker 1: Do they have conversations about anything in your past that
Speaker 1: you might be worried about surfacing during you know, being
Speaker 1: on the show.
Speaker 2: Yes and no, Like they ask you about your past,
Speaker 2: and yeah, they go through you a fair bit, which
Speaker 2: is bloody fantastic, Like you got to you got to
Speaker 2: do a fair bit to get on the show. But
Speaker 2: I was very honest and yeah, like I me and
Speaker 2: my past relationship don't really have any bad blood. Like
Speaker 2: obviously we don't talk every day and we don't ring
Speaker 2: each other every every month or any but we we
Speaker 2: probably ended on pretty good terms. I guess you'd say, well,
Speaker 2: I guess.
Speaker 1: It was interesting fatigue, and because there was this moment
Speaker 1: where you guys were all together in a social situation
Speaker 1: for the first time and you got this message from
Speaker 1: someone else saying that she may have a boyfriend on
Speaker 1: the outside. How did you deal with getting that text message?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was I don't know. I guess it was
Speaker 2: a bit of a bit of a shock, but yeah,
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't really know what to think
Speaker 2: of it. Really. I was love too. I love the
Speaker 2: proteo phased about it. To be completely honest.
Speaker 3: Who sent you the message?
Speaker 1: Was it the guy that was claiming that he was
Speaker 1: an ex boyfriend or was it one of the other
Speaker 1: girls from the other farms?
Speaker 3: How did you get that message?
Speaker 2: I seriously don't know it was It comes through on
Speaker 2: a on a fake account, and yeah, I don't really
Speaker 2: know what to expect, but yeah, it comes through on
Speaker 2: a fake account and had zero followers, So I don't
Speaker 2: really know what happened. It was a little bit bit fishy.
Speaker 1: It sounds to me like someone's created a fake account
Speaker 1: and then tried to create a fake rumor.
Speaker 3: I guess that's kind of what's happened.
Speaker 1: The other thing I was going to say was, you know,
Speaker 1: Tiff was away talking to the girls from Tom's farm,
Speaker 1: and she was talking to Taylor. She came over with
Speaker 1: this message and said to you guys, what's the deal?
Speaker 1: What's going on? Do you think it was the right
Speaker 1: way for Tiff to come and approach that situation with
Speaker 1: everyone there, or do you think she could have tried
Speaker 1: to bring you aside and talk to you about that message?
Speaker 2: Well, I guess she has every right to ask a question, definitely,
Speaker 2: like she was in the in the love game, so
Speaker 2: obviously she was fighting for me too. If it makes
Speaker 2: them yeah, I can, I can totally. I can totally
Speaker 2: agree her for that, But I probably think maybe she
Speaker 2: could have went about it in a different way, like
Speaker 2: it did sort of upset Teager out their bit.
Speaker 1: Oh she stormed off, Yeah, that's right, And then did
Speaker 1: she was she very clear about the fact that she
Speaker 1: didn't have a boyfriend on the outside, But did you
Speaker 1: ask for her to try and prove that anyway? Like
Speaker 1: what sort of conversations did you have that helps you
Speaker 1: guys get back to a better place.
Speaker 2: I've seen her pro seeing Teague and how upset she
Speaker 2: was sort of gave me a fair indication like if
Speaker 2: it was if it was true, I think it would
Speaker 2: have come through on a on a normal account, if
Speaker 2: that makes sense, absolutely, seeing her how upset she was, Yeah,
Speaker 2: it was. It wasn't very nice.
Speaker 1: I kind of feel like in some ways, having a
Speaker 1: bit of drama to unpack between the two of you
Speaker 1: almost brought the two of you together. So whoever tried
Speaker 1: to create this drama kind of backfight in their face.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly like it just it probably brought us closer,
Speaker 2: if that makes sense. Like it's a bit it's a
Speaker 2: bit different to say, but brought us closer together. And
Speaker 2: you know, seeing how it said she was and just
Speaker 2: made me probably look out for her a bit more.
Speaker 1: And I guess it kind of put some clarity on
Speaker 1: the other relationships as well, because it was interesting. Bella
Speaker 1: said that you two were from different worlds, and she
Speaker 1: talked about that right from the start. When did you
Speaker 1: figure out that maybe you weren't a match with Bella.
Speaker 3: Day one?
Speaker 1: When you brought it back to the farm, when she
Speaker 1: took it, When did you take off her map?
Speaker 2: It's hard, you got to you gotta can't just say that,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean? You got to got to
Speaker 2: be nice about it.
Speaker 3: I think you answered the question with not answering the questions.
Speaker 2: So yeah, no, I don't know. Yeah, it was probably
Speaker 2: when a few attach things happened on the farm. Like
Speaker 2: obviously I said to the girls all the time, I said,
Speaker 2: farming is not easy, you know, like it's a way
Speaker 2: of life. It's not it's not just a job. It's
Speaker 2: it's a lifestyle. It's not always fun games. It's not
Speaker 2: always you know, he's going to speed cows or have funnel,
Speaker 2: you know, driver around the farm and look at the view.
Speaker 2: You got to get down and dirty and have a crack,
Speaker 2: you know, like you just you got to give an
Speaker 2: inca crack.
Speaker 3: Yeah, she did kind of look a little out of place.
Speaker 1: I was thinking, I don't know if you're I think
Speaker 1: she looks like she'd have a good time on a
Speaker 1: like a montage of being a farmer's wife. But I
Speaker 1: don't know if she'd do very well with the long haul,
Speaker 1: you know, with the day to day.
Speaker 2: No. I think it's being from a big city and
Speaker 2: coming to you know, being from a big city and
Speaker 2: coming to countries not Don't get me wrong, it's not easy,
Speaker 2: like it I couldn't. I couldn't move from the country
Speaker 2: to the city, if that makes sense. And it's the
Speaker 2: same for her, I guess, you know, like it was
Speaker 2: probably bit of an eye opener for her, you know,
Speaker 2: like she's done it, I guess, and she's like, yeah, okay,
Speaker 2: well yeah, I've done it. Now.
Speaker 1: It's a culture shock for a lot of people, and
Speaker 1: you know, being remote and changing your lifestyle at that age,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a big undertaking for anyone.
Speaker 2: Then.
Speaker 1: I guess it's a hard thing to realize until you're
Speaker 1: actually there. And maybe Bella herself got there and realized
Speaker 1: that this isn't for her, you know what I.
Speaker 2: Mean, Yeah, exactly right, And we did talk about that, Dean.
Speaker 1: I just was going to say, my favorite thing about
Speaker 1: you is that you have no poker face, like no
Speaker 1: poker face at all, and the remaining girls seem to
Speaker 1: get they were onto you with your whole relationship progressing
Speaker 1: with someone else. Is that something that happens to you
Speaker 1: and you're you know it happened to you in the
Speaker 1: past that people have claimed that you have no poker face.
Speaker 2: Yes, So, like it's it's just it's just so I
Speaker 2: am really, I guess I'm not the biggest thing, I
Speaker 2: don't try and actively someone who I'm not.
Speaker 1: Would you have gone along with the whole? Will they
Speaker 1: won't they get together? If Tiffany and Bella didn't put
Speaker 1: the pressure on to sort of speed things up.
Speaker 2: Probably like it was, they were both pretty out there.
Speaker 2: I guess you could say like they were both pretty
Speaker 2: out there. I didn't. I didn't know if I didn't
Speaker 2: know if they could be on the farm. That was
Speaker 2: the biggest thing, Like I don't know if I could.
Speaker 2: I guess it sort she thought through my head like
Speaker 2: I went and when I spokeus to some of my
Speaker 2: very good mates and my very good friends, and I
Speaker 2: just said, what do you think?
Speaker 3: And what are they say?
Speaker 1: So? And so then what happened is that because you leave.
Speaker 1: I mean, that was one awkward dinner that you decided
Speaker 1: to leave, and we got to see you driving away.
Speaker 1: It had me wondering whether or not you're just were
Speaker 1: afraid of conflict, or whether you were going away to
Speaker 1: speak to some outside sources to get some advice on
Speaker 1: what to do next.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I guess it was very I was very
Speaker 2: stressed out, I tell you the truth. Drama and all
Speaker 2: that sort of stuff is definitely not for Farmer Dean.
Speaker 2: I hate drama. That is my pet hate. Obviously, that
Speaker 2: was a fair going through my head at the time.
Speaker 2: I was very very stressed out, like things on the
Speaker 2: farm weren't in a very good state, Like we were
Speaker 2: in the worst drought we've ever seen on the farm,
Speaker 2: and you know, having that, and you know you've got
Speaker 2: to think of you You still got to think of
Speaker 2: your future, like your livelihood.
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I mean that's that is one of the
Speaker 1: other pressures that I don't think people have seen talking
Speaker 1: about the drought. You know, those sort of factors would
Speaker 1: be so overwhelming, especially when you're trying to consider other
Speaker 1: people while being on the show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, exactly right. It was bloody, absolutely wild. I
Speaker 2: guess you could.
Speaker 1: Say, well, actually, a good question to ask, was it
Speaker 1: even possible, because this is something that came up with
Speaker 1: the girls, was it even possible for Tiff and Beller
Speaker 1: to maybe put some more effort in because Teak and
Speaker 1: did sort of say, well are you putting any effort in?
Speaker 1: And you know, sort of ask them you already made
Speaker 1: up your mind. Was there anything possible for Tiff and
Speaker 1: Beller to do?
Speaker 2: At that point, I wouldn't say I had in my
Speaker 2: mind made up. By then, I was still in a
Speaker 2: pretty big Like at the dinner, I was still in
Speaker 2: a pretty big I was still pretty very confused to
Speaker 2: what to do and what to you know, like is
Speaker 2: it too early to give it a crack with teagan
Speaker 2: an eye? Like is it I need to get try
Speaker 2: and get to know these girls too a bit more
Speaker 2: like when they come out and just want to start drama.
Speaker 2: I was just like, that is not to me, Like,
Speaker 2: you know, it's not who I am. And I'm like,
Speaker 2: it's not who I am, it's you know, if that
Speaker 2: makes sense.
Speaker 1: Did you ever speak to those girls again? Was the
Speaker 1: last time that you ever saw them on camera? Or
Speaker 1: have you reached out and tried to have a conversation
Speaker 1: with you to say what went wrong? Like have you
Speaker 1: ever seen those girls again?
Speaker 2: I haven't seen them again, but I have I have
Speaker 2: flung them a message and said I hope you will okay,
Speaker 2: And I just just you know, just to keep no
Speaker 2: bad blood, if that makes sense. Like I'm I'm a
Speaker 2: very loving person. I'm very caring person. I don't hold
Speaker 2: any grudges with anyone, and I hope no one holds
Speaker 2: any grudges with me.
Speaker 1: I enjoyed watching them packing actually and leaving, because I
Speaker 1: was really happy for you and Tiagan. At that point,
Speaker 1: I was like, those girls could leave, this is totally fine.
Speaker 1: When did you realize that Teagan was the right pick
Speaker 1: for you? You didn't pick it to go to the
Speaker 1: farm the first time, but you knew there was a connection.
Speaker 1: Was it the very next time you saw her?
Speaker 2: Like?
Speaker 1: When did you realize that you guys had a spark
Speaker 1: that was probably bigger than anyone else's.
Speaker 2: Probably when I felt a really really big spark was
Speaker 2: our solo died together.
Speaker 1: It helps when you've got giraffes and ronoceros's and it's
Speaker 1: a really pretty setting.
Speaker 2: You know, I could just spend one on one time
Speaker 2: together with Sagan.
Speaker 1: You didn't want to hang around and wait to see
Speaker 1: if there was any intruder ladies. I mean, you're normally
Speaker 1: in Farmer once a wife. You get another two girls
Speaker 1: that turn up. Were you worried about, you know, making
Speaker 1: this decision too early and missing out and seeing these
Speaker 1: other two girls?
Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously it was. That was a key point of it.
Speaker 2: I was very stressed out on the far time, Like
Speaker 2: obviously we were in the worst worst drought, and I
Speaker 2: was just likely how like I was just I was
Speaker 2: I was like, I was very stressed, and I just thought,
Speaker 2: you know, Segan and I had a pretty strong connection
Speaker 2: by the by the end there, and we just yeah,
Speaker 2: I don't know, it would have been I guess it was.
Speaker 2: It would have took something pretty good to come into
Speaker 2: that connection.
Speaker 1: Do you think that you'll keep up some of those
Speaker 1: romantic dates, because the last time that we saw the
Speaker 1: two of you, I loved the fact that you were
Speaker 1: in this barn with the candles and everything. It was
Speaker 1: very romantic. Moving away from the show where you've probably
Speaker 1: got a hand to set up some of those dates,
Speaker 1: do you think it's a lot of pressure for you
Speaker 1: to try and live up to creating some of that romance.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I'm pretty I'm a pretty romantic
Speaker 2: sort of person, I reckon.
Speaker 1: I kept looking at those the you know, the all
Speaker 1: of these candles burning in these barns with a lot
Speaker 1: of hay, and I just felt really nervous. It looked
Speaker 1: really pretty because you've got like a John Mayer song
Speaker 1: playing in the background, But I was like, is that
Speaker 1: a fire has it.
Speaker 3: I'm hoping that they are like lights.
Speaker 2: Yeah, literally, it was. It was crazy.
Speaker 1: Well, I guess the only other question to ask you
Speaker 1: at this point is was calling this relationship early? Has
Speaker 1: that put too much pressure on tag In? You know,
Speaker 1: she looked pretty excited to find out that the other
Speaker 1: girls had been sent home and you were going to
Speaker 1: give her the shot. But you know, like any relationship,
Speaker 1: sometimes when you declare how you feel too early, sometimes
Speaker 1: it can be a lot of pressure. How did she
Speaker 1: feel with that? Did she feel like it's a lot
Speaker 1: it's too much pressure at this point?
Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously it was a lot of pressure we had. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it was. It was a fair bit, but yeah, it was. Yeah,
Speaker 2: obviously it was. It was pretty we had We had
Speaker 2: a lot of fun, that's for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, I really do hope that things work out. I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to a reunion episode to see how things
Speaker 1: have gone, which I think is going to be very exciting.
Speaker 1: What is something that I ask everyone who joins this
Speaker 1: podcast is what's something from behind the scenes. What's something
Speaker 1: fun that happened while you were filming this that we
Speaker 1: might not get a chance to see, Like, what was
Speaker 1: something fun that happened during production good in.
Speaker 2: The middle of the farmers and have a video with
Speaker 2: them you made for life.
Speaker 3: Definitely, have you kept in contact with everyone else?
Speaker 1: And let's maybe it'll be fun to put them in order,
Speaker 1: like who's who's your favorite farmers?
Speaker 2: I couldn't pick a favorite, I said, sh you would
Speaker 2: not pick a favorite farmer like all the boy I
Speaker 2: get along with all the boys so well, and I
Speaker 2: account them one of my very very good all my
Speaker 2: best mates. I can. I couldn't pick a favorite.
Speaker 1: Yeah, do you have a group WhatsApp chat that you
Speaker 1: can communicate? Like, what's the best way to keep in
Speaker 1: touch with all them?
Speaker 2: With them all, oh, we give each other a bit
Speaker 2: of a core or thought that are so often Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's just it's just good to see. Like obviously Bird's
Speaker 2: not too far from where I live. Yeah, yeah, but
Speaker 2: it's only like an hour hour, so you know, you
Speaker 2: know that's not too far.
Speaker 1: Well, Dean, I just want to say it's so nice
Speaker 1: to catch up with you. I feel like I've interrogated you,
Speaker 1: but I feel like, out of all the farmers at
Speaker 1: this point, with you finishing up early, there's just so
Speaker 1: many questions, so many loose ends that you know, definitely
Speaker 1: people are going to want to want to know those
Speaker 1: answers too, So I'm sorry if I went a little
Speaker 1: to sixty minutes on you, but I've absolutely loved watching
Speaker 1: you on this show. I think that you're so fantastic
Speaker 1: and I'm looking forward to watching Australia, you know, fall
Speaker 1: in love with you throughout this journey and good luck
Speaker 1: with this relationship.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you very much,