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Spy reveals the spy on The Bachelorette



The Bachelorette has the help of a mole among the 22 bachelors, Spy can reveal.

Voice actor and podcaster Daryl Habraken is the inside guy in the mansion to help Bachelorette, Dr Lesina Nakhid-Schuster, separate the princes from the frogs, telling her who is there for the right reasons.

Moles on past shows have been great entertainment for the international reality franchise and Habraken's presence among the unsuspecting bachelors will make for cringe-worthy television on the TVNZ 2 show.

Habraken seems perfect for the role. In one day he was playing bachelor to media by saying his dating history was a disaster and that his love was a tidal wave and Lesina was like a beachfront property. He also said he was 37.

The next minute he was telling Spy he loved being the spy in the mansion and becoming "the David Attenborough of the male species," for the doctor. He said he was 40.

"It's my intention to dig deep and see through the surface demeanour of the lads and find any undesirable traits," Habraken tells Spy.

"Lesina is a classy but feisty woman who can handle herself better than most, but with 22 wannabe alpha males vying for her affection, those odds are stacked worse than Ponsonby at 2am."

We are told such alpha males include Perth production development manager Liam Cochrane, who says he's proudly an arrogant and cocky guy, and Auckland personal trainer Glenn Richards, who says his ex would describe him as the "best guy she's ever dated".

Habraken says he enjoyed being dropped in a battle zone of testosterone.

"An added extra for me was the opportunity to observe the psychology of the male species in such unusual circumstances. It brought out the best and worst in some of our suitors," he says.

"Viewers won't be disappointed, there are some outstanding gentlemen, who give you hope in humanity, as well as a few others, who will have you on your knees screaming at the TV," he says.

"There are some who play it safe and others who will swoop in at any opportunity and like any great NatGeo documentary, there are plenty of bighorn rams butting heads in some dramatic confrontations."

White Island date cut from Bachelorette NZ

A date on Whakaari/White Island has been cut from the upcoming series of The Bachelorette NZ.

The segment involved bachelorette Lesina Nakhid-Schuster and one of the men vying for her affections visiting the volcanic location.

"Due to the tragic events of December 9, we will not be airing this scene," a spokeswoman for broadcaster TVZNZ said.

"It would be inappropriate and insensitive to broadcast this footage and our thoughts are with the victims and all those affected by the eruption."

The "short scene" was filmed on the island late last year. The spokeswoman said a small crew was in attendance.

"This location was one of eight filmed at during the shoot day. A robust health and safety process was followed — as with any production filming on the island."

Twenty people lost their lives when the volcano erupted on December 9, with the bodies of 40-year-old Hayden Marshall-Inman and 17-year-old Australian tourist Winona Langford yet to be recovered.

The decision to remove the scene was, the spokeswoman said, made immediately and with full agreement from TVNZ and its production partner, Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand.

White Island was also used as a date location in the first season of The Bachelor NZ which starred Art Green, who now hosts The Bachelorette.

Green took Invercargill's Alysha Brown to the island in the final stages of the competition eventually won by Matilda Rice.

At the time, Brown told the Rotorua Daily Post: "We had a tour guide brief us on the island. We went over to the crater where the sulphur is and we went around the other side of the island where there was a gannet colony and that was quite cool because they had all their baby chicks. We had a little dip in a natural hot pool. It was a nice day trip. It was a pretty romantic trip, probably not your typical date."

Nakhid-Schuster is a 32-year-old doctor who beat more than 2000 rival applicants to star in The Bachelorette.

The American-born woman, now based in Auckland, was in a serious relationship while studying medicine at university but hasn't had much luck with dating since.

She's looking for someone driven and kind who's not bad around the kitchen because she "can't cook".

"The journey to finding love can be nerve-racking and hard at times," she said, "but it is also rewarding and absolutely worth it, so I'm really looking forward to potentially meeting someone – my person."

The Bachelorette NZ begins on TVNZ 2 on January 27.

Astrobach wrote:Anyhow, I had underlined these as going far: Jonathan, George, Glen, Aaron and Kurt.

Astrobach wrote:@Bobette
Yes, it seems so, and as far as Glen, I had a question mark for him, and still underlined him...honestly can’t remember why, something I wanted to dig deeper, so here we go, thanks to Darryl. Who else did he mentioned are not there for the right reasons?