The 26-year-old social worker was revealed as the first ever bisexual Bachelorette overnight, with the announcement met with a flood of support for the Bach-world fan favourite.It comes after months of speculation about her dating life – having been linked to musician G Flip and The Bachelor’s Abbie Chatfield.RELATED: Ten picks first bisexual BacheloretteSpeaking to news.com.au, proud Noongar-Yamatji woman Brooke says she has no problem with the rumours.“Modern dating, right?” she says with a laugh.“As a woman I’m allowed to date more than one person! I am transparent and I think a lot of people were curious (about my dating life) which is fine.“I think having a public profile, if you get papped with anyone, people just make assumptions and rumours start. Not to say they were inaccurate or anything …”On Valentine’s Day this year, singer G Flip, real name Georgia Flipo, popped up on Brooke’s Instagram after sending the star an enormous bouquet of flowers.The two went on to exchange flirty stories.“G Flip and I are absolutely friends,” Brooke tells us.“She posted that’s she’s really supportive of me (after the announcement). Her and Char, her personal assistant/cousin are really good friends of mine and we get all along really well.”As for Abbie Chatfield – who Brooke asked out on a date before appearing on the former Bachelor star’s podcast, It’s A Lot – Brooke hints nothing eventuated from the interaction.“We’re the most platonic friends now. She fully denied the fact that I actually wanted to take her on a date and danced around the question [on the podcast].“But I’ve spoken to her about [The Bachelorette] and she’s really excited as well,” she added.Abbie posted her praise for Brooke and Channel 10’s casting choice on her own page this morning, writing: “The best decision made in casting in a LONG time. The Indigenous representation! The queer representation! The icon representation! It gives me goosebumps thinking about what this means for Australia!”While Brooke remained largely tight-lipped on the nitty-gritty details of her love life, she said her year of being single has been an important part of her journey.“Last year I dated quite a bit, even during COVID. I just wanted to put myself out there. “I had a relationship for over a year post-Bachie so it has been a crazy time. I allowed myself to be single for a year-and-a-half after that, and I think that was enough time to kind of heal from the process of both the break-up and being on The Bachelor and Bachelor In Paradise. “This year I’m extremely ready,” she says.The gravity of the role as Australia’s first ever queer Bachelorette isn’t lost on Brooke, who admits she’s feeling “pressure and responsibility” being at the helm of a season of such important firsts.She adds, however, that she hopes for a day when such representation “isn’t seen as such a big deal”.“I know this is huge and I’m really excited that mainstream networks are having conversations and making these things happen in terms of opening the door to sexuality and gender expression and all that sort of stuff, but I just want it to not be a big thing.“I don’t want us to have to keep talking about it. I want us to be in such a progressive place where it just happens naturally and people respect people’s pronouns and gender expressions and sexuality and it just doesn’t become a ‘thing’.”She went on to say that she’s extremely proud to be the first woman of colour at the forefront of the popular reality show.“As an Indigenous young person, there’s a bit of responsibility, and I’m really proud that I am doing that for the next generation of young people, as well as people who are curious about their sexuality. “I’ve had a lot of people over time reach out about how I’ve helped and that’s really important to me.”Last year, when the idea of being the next Bachelorette was put to Brooke on The Babble podcast, she mused that she didn’t think Australia was ready.“I think I shut myself off from the opportunity of it happening actually,” she says today.“A lot of people post-Bachelor were like ‘Oh Brooke for Bachelorette’, but I kind saw it as a bit of a problem, my sexuality.“I don’t think that myself or Australia or production knew how it would work logistically, but I think we’re all really open and I think that’s why it’s happening now. I’m just really excited.”As many have pointed out already, having a Bachie mansion full of guys and girls may lead to trysts between the contestants.But laid-back Perth local Brooke laughs it off, saying it wouldn’t bother her.“I’m not worried … I think a lot of people will start to be attracted to each other and that’s totally fine.“It’ll be disappointing that I didn’t get to develop the same relationship with that person or people but yeah, if it happens it happens. I’m obviously there to find my special person, but I’m equally as happy if other people find love.”Casting for the show is now open for men and women.
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