He may have left the ladies of the nation swooning after revealing he rescues animals for a living. But it turns out, The Bachelorette favourite Ryan Anderson had originally planned to go down a very different career path.
WATCH Ryan open up to Angie about his secret health battle
The 32-year-old revealed on Wednesday night’s episode that he had originally tried to become a firefighter but was labelled a “liability” after having to undergo two open heart surgeries in order to treat a congenital heart disease.
“Today was good for me because I always wanted to be a firefighter, but I’m a liability because I’ve had a couple of open-heart surgeries,” he explained to Angie Kent following their fireman-themed solo date.
“What is this?’ she asked. He then replied, saying: ‘Congenital heart defect. Um…[I was] born with it. It’s called Tetralogy of Fallot.”
Ryan’s revelation clearly had an impact on Angie.
“Ryan has had two open-heart surgeries, and that’s pretty heavy to hear,” the former Gogglebox star said to camera after their date.
“But for him to open up and tell me that, it means a lot to me. I think Ryan feels quite safe around me because we’ve known of each other, and after our date earlier today, I feel like it’s brought us closer.”
While Angie may have fallen for Ryan’s charms, the other Bachelorette boys were left distinctly unimpressed after the pet rescuer hogged even more time with Ange after their solo date.
“Ryan’s come back from an individual date and he’s taken Angie away, and it’s bulls**t,” said an angry Jackson Garlick.
“There’s a lot of blokes that have had barely any time with Angie. To see Ryan go up to Angie only a day after getting an individual date and request more time, that really gets blokes fired up.”
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