FBoy Island Australia premiered May 29 on Binge. The reality dating show follows three strong leading ladies and their quests for love in a sea of 12 self-confessed ‘Nice Guys’ and 12 self-confessed ‘FBoys’.
Hosted by reality TV veteran Abbie Chatfield, fellow Bachelor franchise alum Angie Kent has revealed she was also in the running for the role.
WATCH: Angie Kent reveals she almost hosted FBoy Island Australia. Article continues after video.
On her podcast, Two Girls One Pod, which she co-hosts with former Googlebox Australia co-star Yvie Jones, Angie revealed she was asked to audition for the show.
“I was asked to audition for FBoy Island… and Abbie got it.”
“But watching it now, I don’t think I would have been a good host at all,” she revealed.
The 33-year-old, who starred in Season Five of The Bachelorette Australia in 2019, reasoned that she thinks she’s “too old” to be the host of such a series.
“I’m too old too. I think 20’s Angie would revel in that s**t, I’d eat that s**t up. I’d be flirty, I’d be cute, I’d be fun. 30’s Angie, she’s in her healing girl era. She is too old to be surrounded by 24 f**kwits. Soz… to say it.”
As the host of FBoy Island, Abbie acts as the show’s mediator. As the female contestants’ confidante, she’s an ear to hear and a shoulder to cry on. As for the men, Abbie is very involved in the ‘reformation’ of the ‘FBoys’, not shying away from calling them out on their BS.
Angie confessed she couldn’t have fulfilled such a role.
“To be around that amount of men, I would have been, like, frickin trying to clear their third eye chakras… I’d be getting out my sage! I’d be giving them free therapy, unwanted therapy,” she said.
“I wouldn’t have been a vibe.”
Her co-host Yvie reasoned that her experience on The Bachelorette could have also deterred her from such a position.
” It may have triggered you a little bit from the 20 dudes that you had to go through.”
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