Edwina Bartholomew’s ‘sexiest’ confession stuns her Sunrise co-stars: ‘Ooh la la’

Sunrise presenter Edwina ‘Eddy’ Bartholomew stunned her breakfast show co-stars on Tuesday with a saucy on-air confession.

The 40-year-old fan favourite let slip she thought it was the Scottish who had the world’s ‘sexiest’ accent – even though her husband Neil Varcoe is an Aussie.

Edwina made the reveal after reporting on a new survey which claims half of Australian women find ‘foreign accents’ the most attractive.

The data from dating site eHarmony said that local women overwhelmingly preferred the French accent, while almost half of those surveyed found the Aussie accent ‘too Bogan’.

The British accent was dubbed the ‘most sophisticated’ in the survey, while the Irish accent was also popular.

The 40-year-old fan favourite let slip she thought it was the Scottish who had the world’s ‘sexiest’ accent – even though her husband Neil Varcoe is an Aussie 

Meanwhile, homegrown Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth scored high in the survey.

Edwina reported the Aussie heartthrob pipped rivals as ‘the most popular celebrity accent’.

Host Natalie Barr mocked the result, suggesting it wasn’t the hunky star’s deep-set voice that fans found attractive.

‘It’s nothing about the abs and arms,’ Natalie joked.

A blushing Edwina then replied she could ‘listen’ to Hemsworth ‘all day’. 

She then added: ‘I think I’d take Scottish over French … not to share too much information, given that my husband isn’t Scottish that probably reveals too much, but anyway …’

Sunrise co-host Matt ‘Shirvo’ Shirvington teased Eddy saying: ‘That says something about you.’

Sunrise co-host Matt ‘Shirvo’ Shirvington teased Eddy saying: ‘That says something about you’ 

‘Maybe it does,’ replied a clearly mortified Edwina.

The popular Sunrise newsreader later shared a clip of the segment to her Instagram, with an apology to her husband Neil.

Neil appeared to have a sense of humour over his wife’s gaffe, reminding her that he had Scottish grandmother.

The couple, who share children Molly, three, and Tom, recently celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary.

Eddy and husband Neil Varcoe