Does Farmer Bert leave Farmer Wants a Wife
After weeks of persistent rumours, Farmer Bert left the 2024 season of Farmer Wants a Wife without a potential partner.
"Coming into this experience, I was looking for someone to share my life with. I think all the girls are wonderful, but I don't have what it takes to be in a relationship right now," he said during the emotional episode.
"I just don't have the emotional time to be the person that people are deserving of. That's the reality of it."
"Goodbyes are pretty hard for me," he continued. "It always hurts but I know that deep down that it was the right choice for me to make. I was fully open to the idea of falling in love."
"the farm never stops taking. There's always more work to be done. Before I start a relationship with somebody, I want to be happy with the farm, happy with my life, and I guess happy with all of it."
“I was working some pretty incredible hours and obviously the filming definitely wasn’t light either," he continued. "I guess it all just became a bit much; along the way I lost a bit of love that I had for the farm, and that was my first priority.”
“I decided it was time for me to step back, and do it in a way that hurt the least people possible,” he added. “The end goal throughout the whole ordeal was to do my best not to hurt anyone; but that’s probably impossible in that sort of scenario.”
His departure from the show comes days after Yahoo! Lifestyle reported that an 'insider' claimed Bert leaves the show early due to conflicts with producers.
"Farmer Bert was really sweet and it was sad to see him being treated like a prop," the source shared. "He no longer felt like he could go on and pretend just for the show."
Are Farmer Bert and Lauren together?
After rumours began to swirl that Farmer Bert would be leaving the show, another theory began to collect speed - that Farmer Bert was now dating former contestant Lauren McNeila - who chose to leave the show of her own volition in April.
"(Bert) has gotten closer to Lauren and they have been keeping things quiet," an insider told Yahoo! Lifestyle.
"I’d say he was fed up with production, and knew he made a mistake letting her leave and was waiting to reconnect."
Lauren, a 27-year-old behaviour support practitioner from Queensland, chose to leave Farmer Wants a Wife midway through the season after host Samantha Armytage revealed that each farmer's mother had chosen more women to join the show.
"I’m really struggling," Lauren told Bert at the time. "This whole process has been really hard for me. I’m not sure I can keep doing it, so I’ve packed my bags. I’m gonna go home. It's just too much for me."
Who will Farmer Bert choose?
Before he left the show, many fans were curious to see who Farmer Bert would end up with. During the season, fans looked towards betting odds to get a feel for who was in the lead - and it was surprisingly accurate!
Fans were surprised to see Sportsbet's odds for Farmer Bert, with the site suggesting it was likely he would leave the show without a relationship. That option had odds of $1.33, while Karli was the next likely finale option, with odds of $3.75.
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