OK! Magazine Australia — October 30, 2017

OCTOBER 30, 2017 43

‘My wife broke

my heart’

‘Wewanttwo

children’

STU

JARROD

Jarrod Woodgate pop

a jewellery store to find

engagement ring for

ie during the hometown

es? We wouldn’t be

prised! He’s already

nned his ideal proposal

’ll involve Sophie [and]

elicopter ride to a hidden

tion,’ the 32-year-old

eyard manager shares.

s also worked out the

er details about his and

leading lady’s future

ildren, too – yep, they’ve

dthat discussion.

’ve decided we want

oy and a girl... but no

mes, we haven’t come

wn to that yet,’ he tells.

So will he need the tick

f approval from the family

fore making any big

ommitments? Nope!

‘If they think we work

together, great; if [they

think] we don’t, people

can get over it and can

work around that. It’s not

a deal-breaker.’

Smitten Jarrod says that

heading home at this point

would leave him ‘distraught’.

Let’s hope things go his way!

Millionaire pub mogul

Stu Laundy was given the

‘frontrunner’ title long

before he arrived on the

show – and it’s a tag

he’s pleased to have. ‘My

feelings for Sophie have

grown astronomically and

I do feel our lives would

fit together,’ he shares.

In fact, the 44-year-old

from Sydney says he hasn’t

been as content as he is

with Soph by his side in a

very long time, if ever! ‘My

heart was badly broken by

my ex-wife. I was in a world

of pain. I haven’t been this

happy in 20 years,’ he spills.

He’s also looking forward

to introducing Soph to his

nearest and dearest, but is

girl home to the family,’

he explains. ‘I hope she’s

a huge part of my life.

I need the family’s blessin

While Stu tells OK!one

the biggest hurdles he’s ev

had to face is his ‘marriag

coming to an end’, it’s clea

he’s ready to move on now

that he and estranged wif

Rachel are ‘very close’ to

finalising their divorce.

The father of four girls

(Sophie won’t meet his

daughters during the

hometown dates) also

admits he’s willing to pack

his bags and move to the

Gold Coast to be with

Sophie, 37, and has said

that if ‘the situation arose’

he’d even get his vasectomy

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Now that’s a keeper!

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OUR ‘MARILYN

CONNECTION’

Jarrod finds it ‘hilarious’ his

cross-dressing past has come

back to haunt him, especially

since it proves he’s perfect for

Soph. ‘I dressed up as Marilyn

Monroe for a party. Sophie

had a job as her,’ he laughs.