Bachelor Australia - Season 8 - Locky Gilbert - Media SM - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Ewwwwww

The most least surprising bit of all this is that Bella drives a mini. Because of course she does.

I like how there’s not even an ounce of suspicion (or at least mentioning of the fact) that Bec also lives there and he could be there to see her

oldmcdonald wrote:I like how there’s not even an ounce of suspicion (or at least mentioning of the fact) that Bec also lives there and he could be there to see her

That’s an awesome point @oldmcdonald, and could well be the case. But from what we’ve seen of Bella so far all minds went to her 

I feel like this hate and shade towards Bella on social media is a bit over the top. I don't care about her but also think Irena is getting an F1 protection by default, which makes this sudden dislike between the two so out of context and artificial. More importantly, I'm tired of pitting women against each other (in today's climate media and tv should be doing the exact opposite IMO). This season is dreadful, no ounce of a deep romantic connection and so unrelatable they have to rely on cheap surface-level drama. So so cheap.

Dirty Street Pie wrote:

bondi_blonde wrote:I wonder if he got Bella’s dad’s approval?

HAHAHA! But he’s just a really good friend! That has sleepovers

These three know exactly what they're doing IMO.  Easily the most attention Nathan's had in a while.

There’s a photo of Locky on Larsen Jewellrys IG. I think he is in his finale outfit and he doesn’t seem too distressed???

Bobette wrote:

Dirty Street Pie wrote:

bondi_blonde wrote:I wonder if he got Bella’s dad’s approval?

HAHAHA! But he’s just a really good friend! That has sleepovers

These three know exactly what they're doing IMO.  Easily the most attention Nathan's had in a while.

Of course they do, didn't you hear Locky saying to Bella's dad tonight how passionate and driven she is about her career? If you want to further that influencer career you gotta do what it takes

limoncello wrote:I feel like this hate and shade towards Bella is a bit over the top. I don't care about her but also think Irena is getting an F1 protection by default, which makes this sudden dislike between the two so out of context and artificial. More importantly, I'm tired of pitting women against each other, this season is dreadful, no ounce of a deep romantic connection and so unrelatable they have to rely on cheap surface-level drama. So so cheap.  

Couldn't have said it better myself

limoncello wrote:I feel like this hate and shade towards Bella is a bit over the top. I don't care about her but also think Irena is getting an F1 protection by default, which makes this sudden dislike between the two so out of context and artificial. More importantly, I'm tired of pitting women against each other, this season is dreadful, no ounce of a deep romantic connection and so unrelatable they have to rely on cheap surface-level drama. So so cheap.  

Agreed! This whole season is a shitshow. Bella doesn’t deserve all the hate, because there’s ample criticism to go around. Irena isn’t perfect either, neither are the other women, neither is Locky, and tptb have made a total mess and made the whole franchise look ridiculous. I’ve never been so uninterested in a season or an outcome and it’s making me not want to watch Elly’s season at all. Bella’s acting was a joke but so was Irena’s when she was told her parents weren’t gonna be there.

Imo ofc. But they should have protected the value of the franchise and just not done this season.

Sucks to not have enough money to pay back their advertisers I guess.

I could possibly give Bella the benefit of the doubt if it wasn't for the post show stuff. That is all on her and has nothing to do with the show. I don't see much of anyone else plastered all over the papers. She is thirsty, so thirsty, but trying to act as if butter wouldn't melt. Never a good look for me...no matter who it is.

leavers wrote:

limoncello wrote:I feel like this hate and shade towards Bella is a bit over the top. I don't care about her but also think Irena is getting an F1 protection by default, which makes this sudden dislike between the two so out of context and artificial. More importantly, I'm tired of pitting women against each other, this season is dreadful, no ounce of a deep romantic connection and so unrelatable they have to rely on cheap surface-level drama. So so cheap.  

Agreed! This whole season is a shitshow. Bella doesn’t deserve all the hate, because there’s ample criticism to go around. Irena isn’t perfect either, neither are the other women, neither is Locky, and tptb have made a total mess and made the whole franchise look ridiculous. I’ve never been so uninterested in a season or an outcome and it’s making me not want to watch Elly’s season at all. Bella’s acting was a joke but so was Irena’s when she was told her parents weren’t gonna be there.

Imo ofc. But they should have protected the value of the franchise and just not done this season.

Sucks to not have enough money to pay back their advertisers I guess.

Agree @leavers, the worst season in the history of the franchise in Australia.  I do not particularly like any of the top 2, yet, I still find Bella more tolerable than Irena, who is a terrible actor but colder and more calculating than Bella, thus, less conspicuous in social media. I have no doubts that a lot of the drama that Irena created, was, as the eliminated contestants have already said, been edited out. The drama started during the COVID-19 lock out, so contestants who were eliminated before the lock out would not have witnessed the Bella/Irena drama. This  makes me doubt the assertions of some  'journalists', especially since the contestants who were in the lockdown have basically refuted the 'anti-Bella' arguments promoted by those journalists and their followers and by other mass media...which is usually the same mass-media that had Jennifer Aniston pregnant at least 1,374 times :S (just to say a number, not that it matters). Oh, have you noticed that So Dramatic seems to hate Bella, so I suspect her 'sources' is mostly one: Irena, because all the other 'relevant' contestants seem to disagree with So Dramatic's versions of what really happened between Bella and Irena.

The producers have destroyed the franchise....it would not surprise me if next year the only programme they have is BIP.