This is it. The end of culture. The nadir of our contributions to art, science, and our naive collective assurance of a future for human civilisation: New Idea reports Shane Warne is all-but confirmed to appear on The Bachelor.
The publication quotes a purported insider at Channel 10, who claims the deal to sign Warnie onto the program is in the final stages. The reported pay packet? A million bucks. The reasoning? Why the fuck not.
The source intimated that the 48-year-old former cricketer and media presence believes that since he’s in the public eye all the bloody time anyway, he may as well try his romantic luck on Australia’s premiere dating reality TV show.
His appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here is also listed as an experience that galvanised his apparent decision to try it out. Also, his Twitter bio is suggestive of his undying search for… someone. We’re sure that counts for something.
Hypothetically, Warne’s inclusion would make sense: not only would his presence draw an insane number of viewers nightly, but the just-finished season of The Bachelorette proved the public’s enduring interest in the romantic lives of those with more life experience / money. Looking at you, Stu Laundy.
Warne is yet to comment on the speculation, but we’ll keep you posted as this one develops. Read: we’ll keep an accurate account of this, the end of days, the last pained sigh of man before we vanish forever into that cold, empty night.
