There be little more than three absolute certainties in this stupid crazy life of ours: Death, taxes, and one person in every season of The Bachelorette claiming the profession of “entrepreneur.”
Sophie Monk‘s sure-to-be glorious season of the Australian Bachelorette is fast approaching, and in preparation for that Channel Ten has blessed us by beginning the process of introducing this year’s crop of potential suitors.
A short while ago they introduced numero uno: Blake.
Blake, who will be vying for the hand of 37-year-old Monk during this series, is 29. He’s from Perth. And he is, you’re never gonna believe it…
…an investor slash entrepreneur.
Every year. EVERY DANG YEAR there’s someone on the show trying to claim this as their job/career. As yet, none have been able to display convincing claims to it.
The expectation of the word is that they’re a shrewd businessman facilitating the circulation of cash through some rather boring and bland low-risk business ventures. The reality of every Bachelorette contestant claiming it thus far is that they’ve got a 1/54th stake in some shit nightclub that’ll go arse-up in 16 months, coupled with a single box of t-shirts printed for some godawful fashion line that they’re making all their long-suffering mates wear in every Instagram post.
Call me cynical here, but Blake doesn’t exactly strike as the exception to any rule.
And hell, the first one introduced seldom winds up being Mr. Lover-Lover come season’s end. This isn’t harsh. It’s just what the scoreboard says.
The Bachelorette roars onto screens come Wednesday, September 20.
K-E-E-N.
