Robert Irwin thinks he could find love at Australia Zoo
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Could Robert Irwin find love at his family’s Australia Zoo?
The 22-year-old conservationist – who insists he has “nothing particularly exciting to report” in his love life at the moment – joked that he could follow in his parents’ and sister Bindi’s footsteps by finding his partner at the zoo.
His mother Terri met Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin at Australia Zoo in Queensland, where Bindi also met her husband Chandler Powell.
“I’m back in Australia Zoo. That’s where my mum and dad met. That’s where my sister and her husband met,” he told Nine’s Today Show.
“Our whole family ends up meeting here at Australia Zoo so you know what? I guess this is the place to do it.”
When the show’s hosts joked that single ladies should head to the zoo to try to strike up a romance, he blushed.
“Oh gosh! What have I done!”
Irwin’s love life has been a source of speculation lately – including rumours he was dating Marvel actor Xochitl Gomez after an intimate routine together on Dancing With The Stars – but he played down the general chatter.
“You guys, I’m still blushing when you bring all that up. Goodness me!” he said.
“Nothing particularly exciting to report in the love department. I wish there was more I could give you.”
The Dancing With The Stars winner recently told the New York Times that dating can be difficult in the public eye, thanks to social media.
“Holy moly, that’s so challenging to navigate,” he said.
He added that it’s tough to get out there knowing “anything you do will be on TikTok the next day”.
Irwin grew up in the limelight thanks to his famous dad, and he insisted he has “no persona to hide behind”.
“I never change what I say, what I do, who I am one bit, wherever I am.
“It’s just me, and I stand by who I am.”
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