Locky Gilbert takes a brutal swipe at Australia’s worst Bachelor Nick Cummins as he promises to pick a winner during his season
Locky Gilbert has taken a savage swipe at Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins while speaking about his new role as The Bachelor.
Speaking to Fifi, Fev & Byron on Wednesday, the Australian Survivor star alluded to the fact the ex-Wallaby player hadn’t chosen a winner in the 2018 season.
‘If I can’t find [love] out of 24 girls – sorry Honey Badger, you’re doing something wrong!’ he told the hosts, prompting much laughter.
That’s a dig! New Bachelor Locky Gilbert, 30, (L) has taken a savage swipe at predecessor Nick Cummins, 32, (R) during a radio show with The Fifi, Fev and Byron show on Wednesday
Locky, 30, went on to clarify that he’s not contractually obliged to pick a winner, but he is determined to find love on The Bachelor.
‘I do form connections pretty well. I think I definitely will find someone,’ he said. ‘This is an amazing opportunity and I just can’t wait for it.’
Locky was announced as the new Bachelor overnight.
No love here: Nick famously failed to find love with either of the finalists on his season of the show. Here with Brittany Hockley (L)
The announcement coincided with him being eliminated from Australian Survivor: All Stars on Tuesday night. (The show was filmed last year.)
He told The Daily Telegraph:’I am like a big teddy bear and I fall in love pretty quick.
‘If I have that excitement with someone, it is full steam ahead and before you know it I’m in love again.’
Ready for love: ‘I am like a big teddy bear and I fall in love pretty quick,’ Locky told The Daily Telegraph, soon after it revealed he would be the next star of the franchise
A potential love match will also need to deal with Locky’s bluntness, as the 6ft 4in athlete admits he’s as ‘subtle as a brick’.
Filming for The Bachelor is believed to have commenced last month, and will continue for 12 weeks until May.
The show will air on Channel 10 later this year but a premiere date has not been announced.
Ready to go: Filming for The Bachelor is believed to have commenced in February, and will continue over a 12 week period until May