He emerged as a fast favourite on The Bachelorette after receiving the coveted ‘double delight’ rose from singleton Sophie Monk.
But Sam Cochrane, 31, may have had a secret advantage in the race to Sophie’s heart, with new claims emerging that the pair had already dated before ‘meeting’ on the reality show.
‘Sam previously had a thing with Sophie Monk, hence his confidence and cockiness straight away,’ a Bachelorette insider exclusively told Daily Mail Australia this Friday.
‘Sam previously had a thing with Sophie Monk’: Sam Cochrane, 31, may have had a secret advantage in the race to Sophie’s heart, with new claims emerging that the pair had already dated before ‘meeting’ on the reality show
The source, who described Sophie and Sam’s prior romance as ‘a brief fling’, is not the only person to come forward with claims about Sam’s dating past.
Earlier this week, a woman spoke to Daily Mail Australia about her ill-fated romance with the long-haired voice over artist.
‘He just doesn’t know when to stop and equally doesn’t take well to being told ‘no’, the woman said.
‘He just doesn’t know when to stop and equally doesn’t take well to being told ‘no”: Earlier this week, a woman spoke to Daily Mail Australia about her ill-fated romance with the long-haired voice over artist
‘It’s as if he can’t believe that someone would turn him down and he gets quite over the top and arrogant.’
She went on: ‘He would often try and make me jealous, and he likened himself to Thor and tried to use that in a bid to win me over.’
‘He would also send me videos and audio clips of himself singing songs (on his own accord without ever asking) and demand an explicit image back – of course I refused’, she said.
‘He is really passionate about his music and singing and I believe he wants to promote that’: The insider also claimed that Sam used to work ‘on the door’ at the Apple store in Bondi Junction but quit his job to go on The Bachelorette this year
The insider also claimed that Sam used to work ‘on the door’ at the Apple store in Bondi Junction but quit his job to go on The Bachelorette this year.
‘He is really passionate about his music and singing and I believe he wants to promote that [on the show].’
The Bachelorette Australia with Sophie Monk airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm on Network Ten.
Don’t miss it! The Bachelorette Australia with Sophie Monk airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm on Network Ten