He’s long been rumoured as the winner of this season’s The Bachelorette.
And just hours before the finale, Sophie Monk and Stu Laundy have been pictured entering the same hotel room for an official newspaper photo shoot.
Daily Mail Australia can exclusively reveal that both Sophie, 37, and pub baron Stu, 44, are staying in the same Sydney hotel, and sleeping in rooms directly across from one another.
EXCLUSIVE SPOILER ALERT: Sophie Monk, left, and rumoured ‘winner’ Stu Laundy, right, are spotted entering the SAME Sydney hotel room for official newspaper photo shoot just hours before The Bachelorette finale
They were spotted in the hallway of the hotel at around 4pm on Thursday afternoon, chatting to photographer before heading into Sophie’s room for an official photo shoot with a well known Sydney newspaper.
Every year the winning couple take part in a photo shoot for Newscorp, just hours ahead of the finale.
Dressed in a blue and white mini dress, an energetic and excited looking Sophie was spotted chatting to Newscorp photographer while accompanied by a security guard.
Happy! Dressed in a blue and white mini dress, an energetic and excited looking Sophie was spotted chatting to Newscorp photographer while accompanied by a security guard
Meanwhile, moments later Stu, clad in his favourite jeans and blue denim shirt combo, was ushered into her room by the same security guards.
Jarrod Woodgate, who is thought to be the runner-up of the show, is also staying in the same hotel, with the three doing the media rounds all day.
Stu has long been rumoured to win Sophie’s heart in the finale, but his appearance on the show has not come without controversy.
Earlier this week, it was reported that he was seeing Sydney socialite Tiffany Tilley behind Sophie Monk’s back.
Stu has denied the romance allegations, telling Daily Mail Australia: ‘I’ve never met Tiffany. It’s an outrageous claim.’
Not far behind: Meanwhile, moments later Stu, clad in his favourite jeans and blue denim shirt combo, was ushered into her room by the same security guards
And on Thursday he even offered to take a lie detector test.
‘I’ve never met Tiff. I know who Tiff is, we have very close mutual friends and I don’t know how but we have never met face-to-face, ever.’
‘Never, ever, ever. I’ll swear on a stack of bibles. I’ll take a lie-detector test!’ he told news.com.au.
‘It’s all complete bulls*** I’m sorry to say,’ Stu said of the newspaper’s claims.
How sweet: Daily Mail Australia can exclusively reveal that both Sophie, 37, and pub baron Stu, 44, are staying in the same Sydney hotel, and sleeping in rooms directly across from one another
While he has found the rumours ‘comical’ the pub millionaire said he hope the former couple hadn’t been hurt by media reports.
‘I know Ben and I’ve met him on several occasions. I don’t know where it came from but I just think it’s absurd and I hope she hasn’t been hurt by this because she’s obviously going through a lot,’ Stu said.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Sydney’s Eastern suburbs were filled with whispers that Stu and Tiffany have been seeing each other.
Tiffany bears a striking similarity, not only to Stu’s mystery blonde lunch companion, but also to Bachelorette Sophie, was named by News Corp as a mystery blonde Stu had been ‘recently seeing’.
With speculation about the two reportedly spreading like ‘wildfire’, the newspaper alleged Ben had called Stu to address the rumours he was seeing his estranged wife.
‘Ben and his brother rang Stu to get to the bottom of what was going on. Apparently Stu denied any involvement with Tiffany,’ an insider said.
It first emerged that Stu would be appearing on the show after he was photographed on a filmed group date in July.
The publican certainly ticks all of Sophie’s boxes.
He is 44, and Sophie, 37, had previously said that she was after a ‘silver fox’ with a minimum age of 30.
Of the 18 hopefuls featured in the official photo, eight were in their 20s with the youngest being Apollo and Harry who are both 24.
Sophie has previously said she is looking for someone with a few more years under their belt.
Appearing on The Project in April, Sophie revealed that her ideal man would be aged 30 at the youngest.
‘Is there an age limit to the men you’re looking for?,’ panellist Steve Price asked Sophie.
She replied: ‘They asked me that and I went ‘I’d like 30 because getting younger is a bit weirdo.’