"I'm really excited about this date with Angie," Carlin sweetly gushed in a bit to camera. "24 hours, it means that I really have some good time to connect with her and for her to see the true me and, you know, vice versa.
"But there is something that I do need to get off my chest. I don't want to scare Ange off. It's just about timing."
We weren't ready for what he said next.
"I've been a little bit nervous coming into this experience because I'm super vulnerable with my story. I am the type of guy who wants to be open and transparent, because, you know, there's no other way to do it...
"I am... married."
Let's let him explain...
"In 2016, I got married. We've been apart for a year and a half," he told an understandably concerned-looking Ange.
"We drifted apart, you know? And I was... I was pretty hurt in the process, and she's moved overseas now. So, like, for me that was sort of like, you know, I was, like, I've closed that chapter of my life."
"So we filed for divorce and stuff and I suppose that's sort of just the last stage of that."
Eek...
We want to be worried. But Carlin is so damn nice (and hot) that we think we're going to be okay with it.
Angie clearly felt the same, giving Carlin a rose and the first kiss of the competition (a night of firsts, much excitement!)
"I had so much fun with you today, and I love that we were able to talk about pretty much everything, but you definitely opened up and showed me a side that you didn't have to, but you chose to," she told him with a huge grin on her face.
But not without some umm-ing and aah-ing for the cameras first!
"I'm glad he's telling me the truth, but it did kind of throw a spanner in the works. He is, you know, only kind of recently separated, and the divorce isn't final. It just really made me start thinking, you know, are you ready? Are you here for the right reasons?"
We vote yes!
