Osher Günsberg has revealed that he will not be appearing in The Bachelorette finale on Thursday night, as is tradition.
The Bachy franchise hinges on Osher’s belief in the overriding power of love. In the last episode of every season, he’s always there, smiling in encouragement as the Bachelorette or Bachelor and their final two face their destiny. He wants to make sure that his job as Australia’s Cupid has been done: that the Bachelor(ette) is in love, even as he sets about reassuring everyone that they’ll be OK, whatever the outcome.
But for Angie Kent’s season finale on Thursday, the host will be conspicuously absent. Who will be there to offer their support to Timm, Carlin and/or Ryan???
To quote our beloved goof, Timm – it’s the biggest stitch-up known to date.
Osher admittedly had a pretty good reason: the birth of his son, Wolfgang, back in August.
“In the last week of filming, Audrey had contractions seven minutes apart, so it was going to happen at any moment,” Gunsberg told The Sunday Tele.
“I was getting nervous while hanging around the mansion and my executive producer… took one look at me and said, ‘Osh, you can’t miss this. It will be the best day of your life, don’t worry we will make it happen.'”
But the production apparently found a way to make the finale work without his centred presence in the finale: “Everyone banded together and figured out a way to make the show work without me being there for the final moments.”
It’s just as weird for him as it inevitably will be to us viewers (not to mention Angie!), Osher continued: “It was odd not to be there. It is the moment they go off into the wild and I really like to give them a hug and tell them I am happy for them. But I am sure I will catch up with everyone once the outcome is out there.”
In his absence, at the very least you can download and construct your very own Pocket Osher Günsberg to keep you company for the finale.
