The upcoming season of The Bachelor Australia has already been riddled with drama, and now, another scandal can be added to the list after one of the leads, Felix Von Hofe, was spotted getting cosy with a former female contestant.
As reported by gossip podcast So Dramatic!, Felix was seen on a night out with Stephanie Lynch. The publication shared photos of the two reality stars with their arms around one another.
“Bachelor Felix spotted with Stephanie Lynch from Jimmy Nicholson‘s season last weekend in Melbourne,” a source told the publication. “They looked loved-up.
“They were together most of the night and looking pretty cosy.”
Stephanie was painted as a villain on The Bachelor Australia season nine. She was dramatically booted off the show after Jimmy pulled her aside to address rumours that she still had feelings for her ex-fiancé.
Season ten of The Bachelor was expected to air in the latter half of the year, however, last month Channel 10 announced the series would be postponed until 2023.
Though the show won’t be airing this year, it has been confirmed that the upcoming season will have three leads; Jed McIntosh, Felix Von Hofe and Thomas Malucelli.
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Over the past few months, negative information has leaked about the leads; in particular Jed.
Firstly, old posts resurfaced that showed him joking about “rape” and other predatory behaviour. The offensive posts that were uncovered were published in 2011.
In one of the posts, McIntosh writes that he and another person “are gonna rape yas [sic].” He then adds: “so watch out because theres a storm coming kids [sic].
Two additional screenshots of McIntosh’s posts were shared. In one of the posts, he allegedly writes, “So now it’s just you and me captain, [blacked out name] let’s go into battle and smash some pussy and let people now that we’re MOTHER FUCKING SINGLE”.
Furthermore, Jed has allegedly been spotted out acting “very single” and mingling with women, after the show had finished filming. He has also reportedly decide to move to the US to pursue his musical career just a week after it was announced that the season had been delayed until 2023.
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