She was brutally dumped by Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins during the infamous ‘no win’ season of The Bachelor in 2018.
And after being left ‘heartbroken’, Brittany Hockley turned down the opportunity to take a second chance at finding love on Bachelor in Paradise.
But the 32-year-old nurse told Mamamia this week that it was sweet advice from her best friend and Life Uncut podcast co-host host, Laura Byrne, that changed her mind.
Not taking a second chance! This week, Brittany Hockley revealed to Mamamia she turned down the opportunity to star in Bachelor in Paradise after being brutally dumped by Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins in 2018 but later changed her mind after getting advice from a friend
‘It was always a hard no for me, but I ended up signing on at the last minute possible,’ she explained.
‘Laura was telling me, “I’m proof that good things can come from it and it can work”,’ she added.
Laura is happily engaged to former Bachelor Matty ‘J’ Johnson who she met on the hit dating show in 2017.
Changing her mind: Brittany revealed it was sweet advice from Laura Byrne that convinced her to give it a second try. ‘Laura was telling me, “I’m proof that good things can come from it and it can work”,’ she said (Brittany and Laura pictured)
The pair welcomed their first child, a daughter named Marlie-Mae, in June last year.
Seeing how happy Laura was following her experience – Brittany decided it would be worth giving it another go.
‘I just thought, good things come from saying yes to opportunities so I’ll give it a whirl,’ she said.
Success story: Laura is happily engaged to former Bachelor Matty ‘J’ Johnson, who she met on the hit dating show in 2017. The pair welcomed their first child, a daughter named Marlie-Mae, in June last year (Matt, Laura and Marlie-Mae pictured)
Meanwhile, despite getting together each week to dissect all the details of their private lives on Life Uncut, Laura insists there is one juicy detail about Brittany she doesn’t know – if she did in fact find love while filming Bachelor in Paradise last year.
‘Everyone thinks I know but I don’t,’ Laura told the Daily Telegraph on the weekend.
Despite the two making a ‘pact’ not to discuss it to protect Brittany ‘contractually,’ that hasn’t stopped Laura from making a few guesses on how she thinks it turned out.
Don’t expect her to dish the dirt! Laura (right) revealed to The Daily Telegraph on the weekend that she’ll have to watch Bachelor In Paradise like everyone else to find out if best friend Brittany Hockley (left) finds love
‘I’ve definitely seen the ads and I guess we spend so much time together I can draw parallels between what I think’s happened,’ she added.
Meanwhile, Laura admitted last month that she felt ‘betrayed’ when she confronted Brittany over finding out she’d hooked up with Timm Hanly on Bachelor in Paradise while watching a TV advert.
‘Britt, I feel like you’ve got a little bit of explaining to do… currently you are on TV making out with a guy named Timm,’ Laura confronted her on Life Uncut.
Feeling betrayed! Last month, Laura confronted Brittany on their podcast Life Uncut when she found out she’d been keeping secrets from her
Brittany laughed and said: ‘Surprise! How do you feel?’
‘Oh, a little bit betrayed,’ Laura replied.
‘[I was] not expecting it. I’m very surprised,’ Laura said, before confessing Timm had been one of her favourites on The Bachelorette last year.
Spoiler! Brittany is appearing on the upcoming series of Bachelor in Paradise, which was filmed in Fiji last year. However, she failed to tell Laura about her hook-up with Timm Hanly on the show, and Laura was upset to learn of the fling from a TV advert (pictured)
‘I loved Timm on Angie Kent’s season… and I was a little bit jilted when Angie didn’t choose Timm, so now it’s kind of weird,’ she explained.
‘I feel betrayed that you haven’t told me all of these things… now that it’s happening on TV I feel kind of robbed,’ she said.
Laura went on to clarify that she’d asked Brittany not to divulge any of the details from Bachelor in Paradise before it aired on television.
Gutted: ‘I feel betrayed that you haven’t told me all of these things… now that it’s happening on TV I feel kind of robbed,’ Laura said
Brittany and Timm’s island romance was confirmed last month when Channel 10 released a trailer for the third season, which showed the pair flirting up a storm as they arrived at the Mango Bay Resort in Fiji.
‘That chick from Badger’s season? She’s so hot!’ Timm said as he laid eyes on Brittany for the first time.
‘Brittany is absolutely gorgeous! So well spoken, those piercing blue eyes.’
Remember him? Timm was the runner-up on Angie Kent’s season of The Bachelorette last year
Brittany later said: ‘Timm in no way is my type. Never ever have I dated anybody like him.’
In another scene, Timm was seen flirtatiously placing a kiss on Brittany’s forehead as they cuddled up together on a daybed.
Things became even steamier later in the trailer when the couple were shown snogging in a bathtub.
‘He really took me by surprise. [There’s] something about him that I want to get to know more,’ Brittany said afterwards.
Bachelor in Paradise premieres on Wednesday, July 15 at 7:30pm Channel 10
Second chance at love: Brittany has a fling with Timm on Bachelor in Paradise, which premieres tonight