Osher Günsberg reveals the sad fate of The Bachelor’s new season starring Locky Gilbert… five weeks after production was shut down due to coronavirus fears
Filming of the eighth season of The Bachelor Australia starring Locklan ‘Locky’ Gilbert was suspended in late March.
And the franchise’s longtime host, Osher Günsberg, has shared the news all fans have been dreading: the show is unlikely to resume filming anytime soon.
He said on the Shameless podcast on Thursday: ‘We are on hiatus. I don’t know what’s going to happen… and I don’t think they [the producers] do either.’
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‘I don’t know what’s going to happen’: Osher Günsberg (pictured) has revealed the sad fate of The Bachelor’s new season starring Locklan ‘Locky’ Gilbert
Despite taking ‘extra precautions’ during the coronavirus pandemic, Channel 10 and Warner Bros. decided to halt production with immediate effect last month.
The network came to the decision after considering all other available options, and said they planned to resume filming as soon as it was deemed safe.
When asked what his plans had been for 2020 before ‘everything went to s**t’, Osher, 46, revealed he’d expected to spend several months working on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
But both productions are now looking uncertain because of the global health crisis.
Is Locky’s love quest over? Despite taking ‘extra precautions’ during the COVID-19 pandemic, Channel 10 and Warner Bros. decided to halt production with immediate effect last month
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Uncertain future: Osher said on the Shameless podcast on Thursday: ‘We are on hiatus. I don’t know what’s going to happen… and I don’t think they [the producers] do either’
Osher said he wanted to help Locky find love, but he also didn’t want ‘to risk [his] family’s health by coming to work every day’.
He acknowledged that The Bachelor franchise employs many people who need to support their families, but said the public health has to take priority.
‘At the end of the day, I couldn’t give a s**t [about money]. I’d go live in a caravan. I’ll be able to make enough money again eventually,’ he said.
‘But I can’t buy my kids new lungs, and if one of them were to die, I can’t buy that. The economic argument goes out the window.’
Osher and his wife, makeup artist Audrey Griffen, whom he met on The Bachelor six years ago, share an eight-month-old son named Wolfgang.
He is also a stepfather to Audrey’s 16-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Georgia.
‘I can’t buy my kids new lungs’: Osher said he wanted to help Locky find love, but he also didn’t want ‘to risk his family’s health by coming to work every day’. Pictured with his wife, Audrey Griffen, their eight-month-old son Wolfgang, and Audrey’s 16-year-old daughter Georgia
In recent weeks, Osher has been extremely vocal about the importance of social distancing and hand washing during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The 2020 season of Bachelor in Paradise is the only show in the dating franchise that was filmed before the pandemic.
It had been scheduled to air earlier this year, but was postponed so that Channel 10 could prioritise its news coverage in the evenings.
It’s likely to return after MasterChef, but no premiere date has been announced.
Coming soon? The 2020 season of Bachelor in Paradise (cast pictured) is the only show in the franchise that was filmed before the pandemic. It had been scheduled to air earlier this year, but was postponed so that Channel 10 could prioritise its news coverage in the evenings