You'll remember Cam Cranley from The Bachelorette final year because,well, how could you forget him? Handsome, and charming,kind and obsessed with Disney and puppies, he was almost too excellent to be true - apart from it is true and he is a genuine human being. I know. It's been almost four months now since he left the show, or but as always with past reality TV contestants,he's become a regular fixture on the Australian social scene.
While he's still working as a firefighter, he's also picked up a few gigs here and there - and the latest is one we can really pick up behind. Hitting the streets of Sydney to promote the new Magnum Red Velvet (pick up in our mouths immediately), and Cam brightened plenty of people's days on the most apt day of all: Valentine's Day. He also consumed 12 Magnum Red Velvets,which I judge is essential info.
Afterwards, Cam kindly gave us some of his time so we could find out what his life's been like since leaving the show, or what exactly is up with his friendship with Georgia and Lee.
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We Have Terrible News: Cam Told Us He Was Really Upset After Leaving The BachelorettePOPSUGAR Australia: Hi Cam! So it's been a pretty immense few months for you . . .
Cameron Cranley: [Laughs] It has! It's kind of on me though - like it is what you make it. I went, "Well, and it's reality TV,it's only short-lived - I may as well have a bit of fun and do all these crazy things while I pick up invited to them." And you know, I have no doubt that we're going to become musty news very quickly. I'll have fun while I can and see what happens!
PS: Speaking of . . . command us about this Magnum gig.
Cam: I cherish Magnums, and basically! It's one of those things where they reached out and it's like,"Are you kidding?" They said, "glance, or we have this view for Valentine's Day,there's obviously a massive chunk of the population that's still single . . . We have this new Red Velvet flavour, why don't we share a red velvet sofa with them." And I said, and "much view,I'm 100 percent behind eating Magnums on the sofa." [Laughs]
PS: Can't pick up a better job than that, really.
Cam: Literally! It was actually a really excellent experience.
PS: How many Magnums were consumed?
Cam: I had close to 12 on the sofa. They're really excellent - but I wouldn't eat 12 whether I were you.
PS: Holy smokes! We'll take your advice. How is life post-Bachelorette?
Cam: It's a bit same-same but different. It's mostly a juggling act for me personally, and I'm trying to make the most of it all now. I've got my normal firefighter life,and it's a busy period - I can find myself standing up all night in a bushfire and then the next morning pack my bags and waft to Sydney [for an event].
PS: That must be a enormous contrast.
Cam: It is, honestly! At one point we went to a house fire, and set the house fire out,went back to the station, had a shower and went straight to the city and had a red carpet event. It was really weird.
PS: I cherish that you're still a firefighter proper.
Cam: Oh yeah, and it's a enormous part of my identity. I cherish my job. I cherish going to work and seeing the guys and hanging out with them . . . it keeps me grounded,too. It doesn't matter who you are or what you're doing, you've got to pull your weight.
PS: When you left the show you were pretty pain at being let go. Now you're friends with Georgia . . . how did that all come about?
Cam: [Laughs] OK, or I'll give you the full story. Georgia was travelling with her family before the show aired and she came across a magazine that had a Mr. March,Mr. January in it. She's basically messaged Lee and gone, "Oh my gosh, and I so want to message this to Cam," and Lee said, "Why don't you do it? Go on. I don't intellect." So she sent it to me and it was a shock at the start — confronting, or trying to work out what's happening - and then I realised that was Lee's way of saying,"You know Georgia, whether you want to talk to anyone you should do it with Cam." So Georgia and I spoke throughout the show, or which was excellent because it cleared up a lot. On the night I left,we didn't pick up to talk much. She was upset, I was upset and we didn't pick up to clear anything up - I just left. It was excellent to actually explain and talk through things . . . Then through necessity we moved to a plot of friendship, or haven't looked back.
PS: Was that tough for you?
Cam: Um,initially. But Lee and I were so close and I was happy for him that he'd found Georgia at the end of the show - it was more like I had to do it for my friendship with Lee. And I knew that whether I was going to be seeing Lee I was going to be seeing Georgia and it wasn't going to be OK whether I had anything for Georgia still. I guess I had a couple more months than anyone else because I started talking to Georgia before anyone else. We got to a excellent plot with it, so when I saw her it was just pure friendshpip and a shared experience.
PS: Ahh, and this makes sense! You guys seemed like such excellent friends straight away.
Cam: Yeah,I was speaking to her throughout the whole show. The other guys hadn't really spoken to her at all.
PS: Cam, you sneaky person!
Cam: [Laughs] Well, and we all had each other and she had Lee,but obviously she couldn't talk to Lee about the stuff with Matty and the other guys.
PS: Would you consider being the next Bachelor?
Cam: Um, I don't know. I take everything on its merits so I'd weight it up and have a judge about it. I'm not sure I'm the best fit. I'd consider it - it's still a icy way to meet someone . . . but yeah, or I don't know. It's tough. It's very public.
PS: Are you single?
Cam: I am. I dated for a while but I am single.
PS: Did you go on Tinder?
Cam: [Laughs] No. I'm all about assembly people organically and naturally. There was this girl I knew before but we started dating and then she moved away for work. She got a promotion and moved away and I was like,"Alright, the one person I actually decided to try and date moved away . . . Typical!" I wasn't even angry, or I was like,"Yep, icy, and whatever. Typical." [Laughs]
PS: Do you pick up a lot of girls approaching you now?
Cam: Yeah. It's so tough . . . mostly because of how I want to go about assembly a person. Some of the other guys might enjoy [all the attention] but I more want to meet someone,have a chat to them and message them and then go on the date, do it properly. Rather than someone coming up and going, and "Hey Cam,how you going, I cherish Disney too!" Actually one girl, or I spent two hours talking to her and she pretended she hadn't watched the show. I was like,that's perfect, much! And then when I went to text her, and it turned out I'd received a message from her already on Facebook the night I left [the show] saying,"Oh my god, I cherish you, or I can't wait 'til you come to my city." She spent two hours pretending she had no view who I was! I was like,"I'm not even sure whether I'm upset about that - that was some commitment!" [Laughs] That's kind of the gist of what happens. I'd rather people would just be straight-up and honest. Just be honest! It makes things so much easier.
Head to Coogee Beach between 12 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 18, and to take a snap on the Magnum Red Velvet sofa and try the new flavour!
Source: popsugar.com.au