The Bachelor In Paradise Australia cast are promising us major drama.
We have explosive secrets and blow ups with exes to new romances and a runaway contestant.
While love could be on the cards for Bachelor stars Alex Nation and Brooke Blurton after they were seen kissing, it’s her showdown with Richie Strahan that has us trembling.
New Idea have spilled the tea on why things ended for Alex and Richie.
Five months into their relationship, cracks started to appear.
Having struggled with a “lack of support” during their long-distance romance, the single mum was battling a personal situation – and a source close to the star reveals that Alex, at the time, had begged Richie to relocate from Perth to her hometown of Melbourne to help her through some “dark times and a medical complication”.
But having returned to his old life on the other side of the country, the rope access technician was dealing with his own problems after an injury kept him away from work.
“Richie was struggling with money at that time,” says a friend.
“He had taken a lot of time off work for filming commitments and then months more doing the publicity circuit with Alex. His diminishing bank balance had started to worry him.”
“She was lonely and going through some tough times. She wanted Richie by her side and for them to be a family, but he didn’t want to keep spending money on flights unless they were getting paid for it.”