He’s looking for love as Australia’s next Bachelor.
But in the lead-up to the show’s premiere, Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins is reportedly refusing to be pictured beside any member of the opposite sex.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday, the 30-year-old declined to pose for photos next to any women at a promotional event.
Has Channel Ten gone to far? The Bachelor’s Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins is ‘under orders NOT to be photographed with any women’ in the lead-up to the show
‘I’m not standing beside her, [the press] will say we were together. That’s what they always do,’ he reportedly said after being asked for a photo in mixed company.
Apparently, the former Wallaby was ‘guarded by his two agents’ at the event and insisted upon having a man stand next to him in photos instead of a woman.
The alleged encounter is perhaps suggestive of Network Ten’s increasingly paranoid and controlling publicity department, Fairfax claimed.
‘They’ll say we were together, that’s what they always do!’ The 30 year-old former Wallaby reportedly declined to be photographed near any women at a promotional event
Nick has previously been linked to Love Island Australia’s Millie Fuller and Home and Away star Cassandra Wood, who is among the contestants on this year’s Bachelor.
His last serious relationship was with Norwegian artist Martine Thomassen, whom he dated for five years.
Meanwhile, on Friday, it emerged that Nick may not have been producers’ first choice for the Bachelor.
Former flame: Nick has previously been linked to Love Island Australia’s Millie Fuller
Former MasterChef star Hayden Quinn claimed he had been repeatedly asked if he was interested in being The Bachelor.
The celebrity chef told Tim Dormer’s Popcast podcast on Thursday that he has turned down several offers.
‘I always get the email from Bachelor,’ he said. ‘But all you need to do is look on Wikipedia and see that I’ve got a girlfriend so that’s not gonna happen.’
Ready for round two? Home and Away star Cassandra Wood is another former flame. She is understood to be among the contestants on this year’s Bachelor