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Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Daily Mail
The final insult: I knew my daughter's brute of a boyfriend would kill her... but a vile act as her body lay in a funeral home will haunt me until the day I die: KAREN EDWARDS
My daughter Ashlee and I had always been close friends as well as mother and daughter. One of my favourite memories was travelling around Australia for a year and a half with her when she was 10 years old. We would sleep in a tent and eat rice for dinner when money got tight; it really bonded us.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Farmer Wants A Wife fans call out major spoiler: 'I knew it'
Farmer Wants A Wife fans were left surprised when they discovered Farmer Jarrad would be choosing his final lady this week, only six episodes into the season. The 21-year-old was left with a choice between Chloe, 21, a bartender from Queensland, and Ashlee, 22, a Victorian education support worker. After meeting both of the ladies' families, Jarrad had a tough decision to make. But in the end, it was Chloe who stole his heart. There was one moment that fans said "the writing was on the wall," and they knew who Jarrad was going to choose. During their final date, Chloe asked Jarrad why he never pulled her aside to speak to her during their time on the farm. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Farmer Wants A Wife (@farmeraustralia) RELATED: Farmer Wants A Wife's Claire confirms she was asked to return to the show Farmer Wants A Wife: Who does Farmer Jarrad choose? Farmer Wants A Wife's Claire reveals Thomas texted her after shock exit A nervous Jarrad told her that he thought that he had and that they had had "a few good moments" after their 24-hour date before the other women joined her on the farm. "I don't want you thinking that I wasn't watching," he told her. "Because I did. I did see you sitting back and being really respectful, I don't want you to think that I didn't notice that. Because it has been something that I've looked at thoroughly, since the beginning." He continued, "And I really, really admire that about you. You had this whole thing where you didn't make it about yourself. And that shows that you're a compassionate person. You're a giving person. You cared more about staying respectful to the other girls than about potentially your own wants and needs." Jarrad told her that he needed her to tell him if she needed more time with him, and the mood instantly lightened as the pair smiled at each other. He then took her hand and kissed it, telling her, "I mean it." At this moment, fans say they knew that Jarrad would be choosing Chloe, with one Instagram user writing, "When he kissed her on the hand, I knew it would be her." "When he kissed her hand on the last date, the writing was on the wall," another added. "Good choice. I'm happy for them both." Some also heard something else that was a clear giveaway Jarrad would choose Chloe during that date, "I'm pretty sure I heard Jarrad say 'I love you' to Chloe when he stood up on their final date. I hope they are happy and it works out for them." "I thought I heard that also," another said. "They are lovely together." "I just heard him whisper, 'I love you,' to Chloe – spoiler alert," a third said. SHOP: 🍕 Domino's brings back 'unexpected' $7 menu item: 'Soft and fluffy' ☀️ Tax laws to burn Aussies on summer essential: 'Many of us struggle' ⚡️ Secret spot to get away from the crowds at Sydney Harbour during Vivid 2025: 'Incredible' Upon a rewatch of the scene, it appears he does say those words, just after they began dancing together and before he said goodbye. "Very cute ending to Farmer Jarrad's journey for love," another fan said. "I knew he would pick Chloe, his whole face changed whenever he looked at her." "For a guy this young, farmer Jarrod seems to be the most mature of the four," someone else wrote. "He picked the right partner in Chloe as she too is so down to earth and genuine… as is he. I wish them nothing but the best in love and life, together."
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Farmer Wants A Wife's Jarrad declares he's falling madly in love as he chooses his final lady - but are the couple still together?
Farmer Wants A Wife came to thrilling conclusion for one of the country boys on Tuesday night. Farmer Jarrad appeared to find his happily ever after with Queensland bartender Chloe, 22, as he picked her to be his final choice on the dating show, dumping his second choice, Victorian education support worker Ashlee, 22. Down to his final two ladies, Farmer Jarrad, 21, met Chloe and Ash's families, hoping this would help him in his decision making. Despite having strong affections for both ladies, Jarrad announced bartender Chloe had won his heart, saying the pair went together like 'cold beer and country music.' 'I love how you push me to want to be a better man and I'm falling for you, and I do hope you are ready to catch me because I would be honoured to have you by my side' he said. 'I will do my best to be better every day because from this day on, I would like to spend every day with you.' An elated and emotional Chloe described the moment as a 'pretty surreal' before joking with Jarrad that her engagement finger was currently 'vacant real estate.' Despite the happy ending, all may not be what it seems after it was revealed this week that Farmer Jarrad Wrigley might already be back on the market. The fan favourite was tipped to find a fairytale ending on the show, but questions are now swirling about the fate of his relationship with frontrunner Chloe, after fans claimed he's been behaving like a bachelor off-screen. 'He didn't act like someone in a relationship,' one festivalgoer told Daily Mail Australia, alleging they encountered Jarrad at a country music gig in Tamworth back in January – weeks after he reportedly wrapped filming on the show. 'He was chatting up women left and right. He even joked about being "done with dating shows." Honestly, it seemed like he was single or just didn't care who saw.' Another punter who claims to have seen Jarrad at a rural pub earlier this year echoed the sentiment. 'There was no mention of a girlfriend. He was pretty flirty. If he's still with the girl from the show, he's got a strange way of showing it' they said. While Channel Seven has kept a tight lid on how the season ends, speculation is mounting online that Jarrad may have quietly parted ways with his chosen lady – or possibly signed up for the wrong reasons altogether. Some viewers have questioned whether the aspiring country crooner joined the reality series as a strategic move to boost his public profile and music career. 'He's got a good voice and he's been pushing his music pretty hard,' said one industry insider. 'No surprise if he saw this as a launchpad.' Despite being described by some as 'one of the nicest blokes you'd ever meet,' Jarrad, a country musician by trade, has been slammed online by fans who believe the only thing he's truly chasing is a record deal. 'I think he was supposed to apply for Australian Idol – he's looking for a recording deal, not a wife,' one unimpressed Facebook user wrote. Another added, 'So he doesn't come from a farming background… he doesn't own a farm… 'And wants to buy back his great-grandfather's property from 30 years ago… Is he even a farmer? Or just a guy who sings country and western?' 'He's only there for exposure for his music career,' a third person speculated. While others chimed in with 'Wrong show, buddy' and 'Seems like a nice person, but it's definitely looking like he's promoting his music.' Some loyal viewers came to his defence, pointing out that he does work in agriculture and fits the bill. 'It's called Farmer Wants A Wife and he works as a farmer? Doesn't say Man Who Owns A Farm Wants Wife,' one person shot back. Despite the chatter, Chloe has remained tight-lipped on the status of their romance – though fans have noticed her appearing solo at several recent events. Channel Seven has declined to comment.
ITV News
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Parents of Manchester Arena bombing victim Saffie-Rose Roussos write book sharing memories
The parents of Saffie-Rose Roussos, who was the youngest person to die in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing following an Ariana Grande concert, have written a book to share how they want their daughter to be remembered. Speaking on ITV's Loose Women Andrew and Lisa Roussos shared their memories of their daughter, who was one of 22 people who were killed in the attack, with more than a thousand injured. Andrew told hosts Coleen Nolan, Judi Love, Penny Lancaster and Myleene Klass, 'Where do I start? Larger than life character, beautiful, stunning' and later added: 'She had this thing with people where she would capture everybody, even if she was here she would capture everybody, and she would make sure she would do that even if you don't pay her any attention… It doesn't matter where you went with her, she was just people's magnet. She was just such a bundle of joy." Andrew and son Xander went to pick up Lisa and their two daughters Saffie and Ashlee from the concert and recalling the night of the attack he said: 'We heard something, I wasn't quite sure what it was. I thought it was a metal board or a fight breaking out because we were literally facing the train station so there were actually a good few people there. "We heard this noise and there were people, children screaming hysterics but again, I thought it would be some sort of trouble at the train station. Didn't think anything of it… But even if there is a fight, you've got to be careful and then the next minute, all hell broke loose and there was just hundreds of thousands of people screaming, hysterical. But again, we didn't know what was happening, we thought fight or something.' He continued: 'Amongst the chaos, two ladies stopped where we were parked and I managed to speak to them and they said they don't know, 'Balloons went off, a bomb went off, we don't know'. So I was like, 'There can't be a bomb in Manchester at a kids concert' and it was just unfolding in front of us and it was screams and children running and confusion. 'Then I know that Lisa, Saffie and Ashlee are at the concert and I need to go and look for them but at the same time, I've got an eleven year old son so I'm taking him into danger but we don't know what it is.' Andrew explained: 'We turned the corner, just 20 yards from where we parked and then it became real. Everyone was injured on the floor, the first thing we spotted was Ashlee injured on the floor so then it was real then.' Lisa, who was leaving the concert, added her memories of the moment bomber Salman Abedi struck: 'Ashlee was leading us out because she knew the venue, I'd never been before, and she was quite ahead of us leading the way. "I got Saffie's hand and my arm was outstretched, she was pulling me because she wanted to get out to see Andrew and Xander and the next minute, I just hit the floor with a thud and that was it. "I tried to move and couldn't, all I could move was my eyes, I couldn't speak or do anything but I do remember thinking, it's some sort of explosion.' Realising how 'severely injured' she was in that moment she explained: 'Strangely enough I did, couldn't move an arm, a leg, nothing. I lay there thinking, Ashlee was ahead, 'Hopefully she's got ahead' but Saffie was close to me so then I'm thinking, 'If I'm this bad, then how's she? She must be injured as well'.' Following the explosion, Lisa was in a coma for eight days and Andrew had to tell her that Saffie had died at the age of eight. Andrew said: 'I can't [imagine], even sitting here, I can't. So many things happened between that night and that day that it was pending, it was coming and I was dreading it. 'It was horrendous… Again, when we wrote the book we spoke about, if you're badly injured and in an induced coma and somebody comes out of there, it's a joyous moment where someone is getting better but I'm waking this person up to tell her the worst news ever.' Andrew went on to discuss their grief, saying: 'This is something we discussed along the days in the hospital with the surgeon because we were very much involved with the decisions that they were making, the decisions about waking Lisa up or not, sort of informing Lisa, her recovery. "So we all had a plan to do that, they were asking me questions like, 'Knowing Lisa, would she want to be woken up and told? Or would she rather just be where she is now in an induced coma?' Me knowing Lisa, she would want to be informed what's happening and get her mind open but it's something… What do you say?' Penny Lancaster told the couple 'It's obvious Saffie's positive energy lives within you and your family', to which Andrew and Lisa agreed before Andrew said: 'There's been moments… We had to learn a lot.' Crediting each other, and their family and friends, for helping them, Lisa said: 'I think it's really important to have people around you that you love and trust, very important.' Andrew explained that he had met Ariana Grande after the attack and said: 'It was something I needed to do as a father because she was getting a lot of negative press at the time and I thought it was unfair. "It's amazing how you speak throughout the years and 'I can't believe you met this superstar' but that didn't mean anything to me. It was more, 'What would a young 21 year old, it doesn't matter who she is, feel [after] what happened?'. 'I literally grabbed her by the hand and sat her down because she was [hysterically] crying and I just wanted to let her know what Saffie meant to her, that what she did was nothing wrong and it wasn't her fault.' Explaining how they want their daughter Saffie to be remembered, Andrew said: 'We live our lives with Saffie with us, we've bought a house, bought all her stuff with us, we've got her bedroom there. "We don't use it as a shrine, people come and stay, our granddaughter comes and takes all her slippers and bunny ears…' Lisa added : 'She was such a bundle of energy, that you still feel that.' Andrew told the host that: 'She's our oxygen. We're here now doing this for her, we're her voice. It's a coping mechanism and it does take time to comprehend that but you've got to move forward with them. "She would have achieved a lot of things in her life.' to which Lisa added: 'We don't want her to be remembered because of what happened because she was so much more than that.'
News.com.au
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
James Weir recaps Farmer Wants A Wife 2025 episode 2: Contestant takes show a little too personally
One of the rejected city girls on Farmer Wants A Wife unravels as she's put on a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane and air-dropped back in the big smoke. We're not even 24-hours into Channel 7's wholesome reality show, but these sheilas have already started picturing a romantic life in the outback while scream-singing the lyrics to Cowboy Take Me Away. Their dreams go up in smoke when the farmers set fire to the fantasy like a cane paddock in crushing season. We're still in the speed date rounds on Tuesday night. All the farmers suffer through meet-and-greets with their respective flocks of ladies before deciding who to put on the first locomotive outta town. About 12 sheilas are given a one-way ticket. Some of them don't take the news well – like Kaitlin. She might've only spent a total of three minutes with Farmer Tom, but that doesn't mean her feelings aren't deep. 'I thought we had a good connection on our speed date,' she fumes to us before walking off camera. 'I just feel completely blindsided, to be honest. I just can't do this.' Kaitlin, it has barely been 10 hours since the show started filming. Get a grip. Just go back to the city and try flirting with random men at the R.M. Williams store in Westfield. Meanwhile, all the other girls are desperately trying to impress their farmers. Some chick called Ashlee even brings a prop. 'I enjoy making mood board,' she tells Farmer Jarrad, holding up a giant piece of cardboard with various scraps of junk glued to it. 'So, it's a board of things I want to achieve and accomplish.' 'I don't think I've seen a mood board in real life before,' Farmer Jarrad grunts. Same. Does Ashlee know about Pinterest? 'I was thinking we can put it somewhere in our farm!' she says. Great idea! How about in the wood chipper? Mood boards aren't the only boards Ashlee enjoys. 'I enjoy cheese boards!' she squeals. Speaking of boards, we're bored. It's during these first few days that many of the hopefuls try disguising their high-maintenance city girl habits. They talk with hammed-up ocker drawls and lie about how they love gettin' dirty with some hard yakka. 'Bloody oath!' one lady growls. 'I love being covered in dust and mud!' insists another. 'I've got a LandCruiser!' promises one gal, and we immediately demand she prove it by showing us a copy of her car rego papers. The fibs don't stop there. 'This is absolutely gorgeous!' one girl gushes as Farmer Corey's ute pulls up at his dry patch of land in Biloela. We then get an aerial shot of the allegedly 'gorgeous' property: Over at Farmer Jarrad's joint, he picks one sheila for a solo date and then does the cringiest thing a man can do in the modern dating world: He pulls out a guitar and sings at her. 'This is a song I've been workin' on for a little bit …' he says, before plucking the strings and warbling in a faux southern twang. To quote Kaitlin from earlier in this episode: We feel completely blindsided. We just can't do this.
