New Bachelorette Brooke Blurton said she’d never do reality TV again in 2019

Australia’s new Bachelorette Brooke Blurton said two years ago she would never appear on reality TV again.

She posted a video to Instagram in 2019 in which she vowed to steer clear of television dating shows after watching her last episode of Bachelor in Paradise.

‘I am here to say that I am really happy and I’ve met a new love, her name is Shiraz,’ the 26-year-old joked at the time.

‘No I’m extremely happy and thank you so much for following my Paradise journey, it was fun, it was emotional,’ she added. 

She went on to say that perhaps two stints on reality TV was enough and she was no longer interested in finding love on a national stage.

‘But do you know what… I don’t think I’ll be going on a reality show ever again – and I say that for the second time,’ she said.

‘I promise you I am so happy on the outside, I don’t need to go on the show.’ 

Brooke, who made her franchise debut on Nick Cummins’ season of The Bachelor in 2018, clearly had a change of heart after recording that video.

She was announced on Thursday as Australia’s first openly bisexual Bachelorette.

The forthcoming series will mark the first time any season of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette has featured a mixed-gender cast vying for the lead star’s affections. 

Brooke told The Daily Telegraph she was ‘ready’ to smash reality TV conventions.

When asked how she felt audiences would take the change, the youth worker said: ‘I am not too sure if Australia is ready for it. I certainly am.

‘If it makes people feel uncomfortable in any way, I really challenge them to think about why it does.’  

The youth worker has dated men and women in the past.

She addressed her sexuality on The Bachelor in 2018, telling leading man Nick Cummins: ‘I’ve had four relationships… one with a guy but I’ve also had two relationships with women.

‘When I was in those relationships, I looked beyond what they were as female and I really loved [them] for who they were as people.’

‘When I was in those relationships, I looked beyond what they were as female and I really loved [them] for who they were as people.’  

In March, rumours swirled Brooke was dating 26-year-old singer Georgia Flipo, better known by her stage name G Flip.

The two women had attended Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras with each other and even celebrated Valentine’s Day together. 

The news follows the reveal that pilot Jimmy Nicholson will be the new Bachelor for the 2021 season of the popular Channel Ten dating show.

In March, the 31-year-old former model told The Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential he was pumped at the prospect of finding The One.

‘I am ready to open up my heart and meet someone,’ he told the publication.