How Carlin Sterritt was almost the Bachelor… before being ‘fast-tracked’ to appear on Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette the same year
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Carlin Sterritt rose to fame as the winner of Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette last year.
And the 32-year-old personal trainer, who confirmed his split from Angie in July, has now claimed he was almost chosen as the Bachelor months before meeting his ex.
Carlin apparently went through the entire audition process to become the suitor, but was narrowly beaten by astrophysicist Matt Agnew.
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What could have been: Carlin Sterritt (pictured) was almost the Bachelor before being ‘fast-tracked’ to appear on Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette in 2019
Carlin spoke about the application process on Big Brother star Sophie Budack’s YouTube talk show, Beyond The White Room.
Carlin said that when Warner Bros. began searching for the 2019 Bachelor, he was nominated by the franchise owner of the F45 gym he was working at.
‘He did it behind my back. I didn’t ask him to do it,’ he told Sophie.
Competition: Carlin apparently went through the entire audition process to become the suitor, but was narrowly beaten by astrophysicist Matt Agnew (pictured)
‘I met with a lot of the casting directors and producers’: Carlin spoke about the application process on Big Brother star Sophie Budack’s YouTube talk show, Beyond The White Room
‘I got an audition for The Bachelor and from that process – and I didn’t get The Bachelor – but I met with a lot of the casting directors and producers. They sort of got to know who I was,’ he added.
‘So when The Bachelorette came to be, they pretty much gave me a call and said “Hey, did you want to just apply for this?” and I said, “Sure!”‘
Carlin explained that after he did the group interview, his application was ‘just all fast-tracked from there’.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 for comment.
‘When The Bachelorette came to be, they pretty much gave me a call’: Carlin said he was offered the opportunity to audition for Angie’s season after missing out on The Bachelor
Carlin did not address the fact he had applied for The Bachelor during his appearance on The Bachelorette.
This was despite the fact that other contestants were outed for having applied for earlier seasons of The Bachelorette.
During a tense dinner party, the final four men were asked if they’d ever tried to get on reality TV before.
Jackson Garlick confessed he had applied for Georgia Love’s season in 2016, and Ryan Anderson admitted he had originally auditioned for Ali Oetjen’s season.
Secret’s out: Carlin did not address the fact he had applied for The Bachelor during his appearance on The Bachelorette. Pictured with Angie during the season finale
Carlin and Angie announced their break-up on July 1, after weeks of speculation they had quietly called it quits.
The aspiring actor told the How to Life podcast earlier this month that his relationship with Angie, 30, began to fall apart after he discovered she was texting runner-up Timm Hanly.
Offering her side of the story, Angie revealed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday that things fizzled out gradually after they left the reality TV ‘bubble’.
Done and dusted: Carlin and Angie announced their break-up on July 1, after weeks of speculation they had quietly called it quits