More details about Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden’s relationship with his former fiancée have emerged – and it seems The Golden Bachelor wasn’t well-liked by her friends.
This week, it was revealed by Woman’s Day that the 61-year-old was engaged to a millionaire heiress named Jo Kinghorn after his wife Audrey died in 2014, despite claiming on the show he had remained single since becoming a widower.
Now, an insider who attended the couple’s engagement party in 2016, has revealed leaked information about their ill-fated romance and said Bear was commonly described as a ‘tosser’ by Kinghorn’s friends.
‘Bear spent most of the engagement party showing off in the ski boat Jo bought him,’ the source told Daily Mail Australia, adding he was also quite flirtatious with some of the women in attendance at the soirée.
They added that Bear barely paid attention to male members of the friendship group, who did not find the infrastructure engineer ‘interesting.’
More details about Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden’s relationship with his former fiancée have emerged – and it seems The Golden Bachelor wasn’t well-liked by her friends
Pictured: Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden and his late wife Audrey
What’s more, according to the insider, Bear didn’t cough up for Kinghorn’s engagement ring.
‘It should be known that the engagement ring was purchased by the bride-to-be,’ the source claimed.
On Monday, it was revealed by Woman’s Day that Bear was engaged to Kinghorn after his wife Audrey died.
Kinghorn fell ‘madly in love’ with the keen sailor after meeting the Canadian widower in 2012.
A friend of Kinghorn told the publication that Bear’s claims about his love life on the show have left her and her friends ‘gobsmacked’.
For not only had the pair been engaged and lived together, but Kinghorn even stepped into the ‘step-mum’ role with Bear’s three young boys – Charlie, Jack and Declan.
‘She really opened her heart to them and dedicated her life to them – and they adored her,’ Jo’s friend revealed.
However, as soon as money started playing a major role in their relationship, things seemed to go downhill for the couple.
On Monday, it was revealed by the publication that Bear had been engaged to a Sydney nanny from a wealthy family, who fell ‘madly in love’ with him after meeting the Canadian widower in 2012
Not only had the pair been engaged and lived together, but Kinghorn even stepped into the ‘step-mum’ role with Bear’s three young boys – Charlie, Jack and Declan (pictured in 2016)
Kinghorn is a millionaire heiress. Her father founded Allco Financial Services and RAMS Home Loans and has been featured on the Aussie Rich List.
Bear seemingly lived the good life with Kinghorn, who hired a full-time nanny for his children so that she and the engineer could travel the world together.
What’s more, she even bought him a warehouse with a million-dollar price tag, which Bear transformed into a ‘man cave’.
‘I know for a fact that she was paying for almost everything in the last three years they were together because Barry quit his job,’ the friend added.
The publication revealed that when the pair got engaged in 2016, Bear and his three kids moved into Kinghorn’s $6 million home in Manly.
However, just two years later, the couple called it quits on their relationship in what was dubbed as an ‘acrimonious’ split by the insider.
‘There were lawyers called in and they spent a whole day in mediation before it was settled,’ Kinghorn’s pal revealed to Woman’s Day, adding that Bear even asked her to return the diamond solitaire engagement ring.
While Bear kept his house and Kinghorn kept hers, she eventually sold the Manly abode because of ‘bad memories’.
Daily Mail has reached out to Nine for comment.
