Studly panhandler ‘Brad Love’ lives in gated community and turned to begging because ‘it’s easier than working’

The panhandler whose floppy hair, chiseled good looks and massive biceps took the internet by storm is a nurse who was registered in two states before deciding to make panhandling his career, DailMail.com can reveal.

But ‘Brad Love’ – whose real name is William Albrecht Jr. – is not homeless, he is living with his end-times pastor father and an uncle in a gated community, just a 20 minute drive from celeb-laden Palm Springs, California.

He declined to speak to DailyMail.com when approached, saying he has no interest in either telling his story or following the advice of dozens of followers by breaking into modeling.

‘I have no interest in getting a job,’ he wrote on Instagram Live. ‘If I wanted a job, I’d go get a job. I was a nurse, I do not want to do that.

‘This is much easier. So yeah, that’s my rant. 

‘I hate to say it, but some people just don’t want a job – I’m one of them!’

Love is now living with his father William Albrecht Sr., 67, and the older man’s brother John, 64, in a high-end RV park in Desert Hot Springs, a 20-mile drive from celeb-laden Palm Springs.

 The trio call themselves ‘The Three Gringos’.

William Albrecht Jr. – also known as Brad Love – told his viewers he quit nursing in 2023 and doesn’t want to work again. He was spotted out and about in Palm Springs on Thursday

The Three Gringos – Love, Pastor Will and John – pose with Will’s pride and joy, his fully restored 1950 Studebaker

Love’s popularity exploded after a photographer posted footage of him clutching a dog-eared cardboard sign reading ‘Please Help’ as he asked drivers for money in Palm Springs

On Thursday afternoon father and son drove to Walmart separately – dad in his red Ford Bronco, son on his powerful Kawasaki Vulcan S motorcycle.

They were both in the store at the same time but did not speak to each other. Love also shopped at the pricey organic marketplace Sprouts and gassed up his bike.

The community boasts a large heated swimming pool and three natural hot spring mineral spas. Its cheapest lots go for $50 a night.

‘You’ll love the sweeping views of Mount San Jacinto and our mature tropical and desert landscaping,’ the park’s website crows.

‘Our large sites, many with privacy hedges, offer a warm and cozy environment.’

Exclusive DailyMail.com pictures show a RV, the Kawasaki, the Bronco and William Sr.’s pride and joy, his fully restored 1950 Studebaker Champion Regal Deluxe 2-door sedan all on their lot. 

William Sr. – who goes by the name ‘Pastor Will’ – said on his Facebook page that he and his son reunited last fall after 10 years.

The dad posted a picture of his shirtless son flexing his muscles on his Facebook page on November 16.

‘My 33 years old son! We reunited today after 10 years of silence!, Pastor Will, 67, the founder and now-retired CEO of Jesus Loves You World Outreach Ministries, Inc, wrote.

‘Steroid Free/Drug Free/Alcohol Free/Tobacco Free! A Humbler Christian Youngster! Very Proud of Him. William S. Albrecht, Jr. God Answers Prayers at His Timing. Amen.’

Love was at a gas station to fill up his Kawasaki motorcycle before hitting the road

Love, who also pleads with his followers to send him money via his cash app and posts videos of him flexing his muscles on his TikTok page, was not happy with the posting

Love posing with his uncle John. He declined to speak to DailyMail.com when approached, saying he has no interest in telling his story

The lot where the three men live has a high-end RV, Suzuki motorcycle, red Ford Bronco and the aero blue Studebaker 

Pastor Will posted a photo of his son on November 16 saying the two had reunited after 10 years of ‘silence’ and that he was ‘steroid free/drug free/alcohol free/tobacco free’

But it is as Brad Love that Albrecht Jr. has found notoriety. His popularity exploded after a photographer posted footage of him clutching a dog-eared cardboard sign reading ‘Please Help’ as he asked drivers for money.

The TikTok posting amassed nearly 1 million views, leading to Love being dubbed ‘The Beautiful Beggar’.

Love, who also pleads with his followers to send him money via his cash app, was not happy with the posting.

‘People do not want to give me money after seeing her video, they think I have some sort of a scam,’ he said.

‘She was the one who is making money off me, getting hundreds of thousands of views,’ Love added.

‘She had her own motivation for trying to push me into modeling. Nobody asked me if I wanted to do it?’ He then looked into his phone and told the viewers, ‘I do not want to model.’

When pressed why by a female fan, he said, ‘I signed with a modeling agency out of New York when I was 21 or 22 years old. They flew me out there and I had all of these guys trying to get me to go back to their hotel with them.

 I hate to say it, but some people just don’t want a job – I’m one of them!

‘I quit that agency and left New York.’

A short time later he said he was signed by a small modeling agency out of Chicago. ‘I flew to Chicago, and it was a small agency, the owner had me stay in his apartment. He did not have any other place for me to stay.

‘He did not do anything to me but tried to persuade me that gay is okay, even if you don’t want to be.

‘I am not gay; he was trying to push me into doing something I did not want to do. I told him I was no longer interested in pursuing a career with him and his agency and left.’

Love also told his viewers he quit the nursing profession in 2023, ‘I got burned out by it. I was a traveling nurse for a few years during Covid, afterwards I got a permanent job at a care facility.

The Desert Oasis, the gated RV community where the three live in their RV

William Sr. posing next to his white Bronco in front of a large Jesus statue. He’s called the trio consisting of his brother and viral son ‘the three gringos’

Comments from viewers left behind on his video, who were in awe of his good looks 

‘It was terrible, people would quit, sometimes mid-shift and I would end up wiping butts and cleaning up messes. It was a nightmare.’

After the video of Love panhandling took the internet by storm, viewers were left in awe.

‘Wow! Insanely handsome,’ one wrote.

‘This man belongs in a @ralphlauren shoot yesterday,’ another agreed.

‘Brad your eyes look so beautiful,’ another wrote.

Someone even joked about having a future with him: ‘Our wedding is tomorrow at 3pm.’

‘I need him so bad guys,’ another boldly asserted, as another said, ‘Hey baby daddy the kids miss you.’

One woman on his Instagram Live asked him to take her panhandling. He agreed to meet up with her this coming weekend, ‘Usually when you are with a woman you can make more money,’ he told his viewers.

He told his followers that panhandling was his choice and that ‘some people just don’t want a job – I’m one of them’

Pastor Will posted on Facebook that he saw three driverless cars in Tempe, Arizona, and that is a sign that the world is coming to an end

He appears to be content with working a few hours a day making $30-$40. He did say he was ecstatic one day when he pulled in $260. He also said he recently made some money on his TikTok live.

In fact, he has even claimed all the online attention has been simply bad for business.

After he went viral and his usual Palm Springs location was blasted online, Brad said cops banned him from the spot and the publicity has made him ‘look bad’.

But if his father is to be believed, Love’s days of panhandling – along with everything else – will soon come to an end.

Pastor Will posted on Facebook that he saw three driverless cars in Tempe, Arizona, and that proves the world is coming to an end.

‘Well folks we are living in the biblical last days where knowledge shall increase!’ he wrote.

‘A robot car me saw,’ he added. ‘No one inside.

‘Being 67 I have never ever seen any vehicle on our American streets to where no driver is inside. I was shell shocked and bewildered to witness this.

‘Most times ya pull up to a vehicle and ya look for a hot gal or hot guy or the good the bad or the ugly. In me case I got no person no driver.

‘Yes indeed we all must be prepared for the rapture of the awesome Lord’s saints to meet Him in the air.’

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