Farmer Wants A Wife’s Karli Hinkley has reportedly found love outside the show, despite her on-screen affections for Farmer Bert Harris.
On Monday, reports surfaced claiming pineapple farmer Bert, 30, is set to leave the show without picking his final woman, breaking the hearts of his top three ladies Karli, Caitlin Crank, and Brooke McCallum.
However on Tuesday, Yahoo Lifestyle reported that Karli, 32, has already moved on from the drama and is currently dating another man in secret.
A source close to Karli told the publication that the Geelong-based beauty has been forced to hide her relationship from the public due to her contract with the Channel Seven show.
‘The show wrapped in December last year and Karli was actually done with filming in November. She has had plenty of time to put the show behind her,’ they said.
Farmer Wants A Wife’s Karli Hinkley (right) has reportedly found love outside the show, following the impending walkout of Farmer Bert Harris, 30, (left)
‘The final edit has been quite cringeworthy at times but with her heart and mind elsewhere Karli has been happy to laugh it off and play along with Channel Seven.’
Meanwhile, insiders have claimed Bert will be ‘the next farmer to leave’, following in the footsteps of Farmer Dean who was successfully paired up with Teegan.
Bert is said to have felt increasingly manipulated by production tactics, particularly from two male producers who were fresh off the set of FBoy Island and were pushing for heightened drama.
A source close to Karli told the publication that the Geelong-based beauty has been forced to hide her relationship from the public due to her contract with the Channel Seven show
Meanwhile, insiders have claimed Bert will be ‘the next farmer to leave’, following in the footsteps of Farmer Dean who was successfully paired up with Teegan
‘Farmer Bert was really sweet and it was sad to see him being treated like a prop,’ a source told Yahoo Lifestyle on Monday.
Bert is now said to be secretly seeing Lauren McNeil, a contestant who chose to exit the competition due to intensifying pressures.
According to the report, Seven will explain that Bert’s forthcoming exit is due to his ‘inability to give the show his full attention’.
The departure narrative scripted for Bert is directly at odds with his clash with producers over the show’s authenticity.
Lauren, who left the show two weeks prior, was reportedly a significant factor in Bert’s decision to leave, with sources suggesting he was coerced into letting her go – a decision he regretted.
The couple are expected to reveal their relationship publicly after the show’s season concludes in late May.
‘Farmer Bert was really sweet and it was sad to see him being treated like a prop,’ one insider told Yahoo Lifestyle (Pictured with fan-favourite Catlin)
