Bachelor Australia - Season 5 - Matty Johnson - Media Social Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

ssin0547 wrote:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/georgia-love-hopes-matty-johnson-finds-a-wonderful-girl-on-the-bachelor/news-story/08ca9123efbd5d46cdd1cd0fd74c5bd3

I found this article a bit weird. Georgia claims she knew Matty was it for some time. The part i find weird is that she says she feels protective over him. Why? Why would you feel protective?

I don't find it weird at all considering how gracious and classy and empathetic Georgia has shown herself to be. She as a lead knows better than anyone just how difficult it is to be a lead and she clearly stated she cares about him as a person, which is a reflection of her character and shows just what a class act she is, IMO.

As I said before, I can only hope that Matty will be as gracious and classy as a lead as Georgia has been and is. JMO

pvpr wrote:Nice to see support from the other guys on Georgia's season. He seems to be extremely well liked by them. https://au.be.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/a/34557455/bachelorettes-jake-ellis-on-missing-out-on-bachelor-role-to-matty-j-yahoo7-be/#page1

That was a really good article. I read an article a few days back before the announcement about Cam (I posted it on here) and he was also very happy for Matty too. I agree strongly with Courtney's statement that Matty wears his heart on his sleeve and I think that quality will make for a compelling season. I'm just really eager to see how he goes during eliminations. JMO.

The guys have always spoken favourably about Matty. Really hope that Matty finds a genuine woman. Georgia speaking kindly of Matty confirms what I have felt all along - that he is a genuine, kind - hearted guy. All JMO.

http://www.mix1023.com.au/entertainment/entertainment-news/first-look-at-the-bachelor-ladies-entering-the-mansion/

We have some ladies

I finally got through my backlog of podcasts and finally heard the K&J segment where they got people to ring up if they slept with Matty.  What Daily Mail etc are not reporting is that this was part of a regular game they play called 'Cash for Comment'.  This involves listeners ringing up on a particular topic, in this case If you've slept with Matty J, and you have to come up with a story to convince K&J that you're telling the truth.  If you convince them, you win $1000.  So it's not necessarily about telling the truth, although some are, but trying to convince them to win the cash.  It was so funny especially when a guy rang up.  He was talking about how gentle Matty's hands were.  Obviously he didn't win cause no one believed him

Good old Daily Mail. Thank for you clarifying. I thought it sounded suss. It's unfortunate that kind of segment exists because it unfairly generates rumours. Anything for a good radio segment it seems, even at the expense of ones reputation. I take everything DM posts with a grain of salt. All JMO.

Matty's getting paid $200,000 compared to Richie who only got $10,000.... that's insane. 
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/the-bachelor-matty-j-is-set-to-earn-how-much-to-film-this-season-richie-takes-home-just-a-fraction/news-story/46fb78cf82467d14e8c350c35b1e2f32

Have a hard time believing Richie was paid only $10k - I think someone missed a 0.

I agree. 10K seems very low and a huge difference between Matty and Richie. IMO (this is just my speculation) the only thing that could cause Matty to negotiate that much is if Matty didn't really want to do it and the producers really wanted him for it, otherwise why such a difference? All JMO and speculation.

I don't believe Matty is getting paid that much. Not even close, IMO. Nowhere in that article is there actual evidence to support the claim.

Plus, considering how low budget this show is in comparison to the US show, where $200K is very high even for their leads, I don't buy it at all that Network Ten has the money to pay their leads that much.  

I'd estimate that Aussie leads get paid around $50K (which is around what Sam Wood stated he was paid).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4292320/Matty-J-STRADDLED-blonde-filming-Bachelor.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4292336/Bachelor-girl-dons-red-bikini-date-Matty-J.html

One of the articles says the photos are from Wednesday, but that's an error since today is Wednesday and those photos were taken at night. So all these photos are from the same photoshoot group date on Tuesday.