We'll just effect it straight out there: Matty Johnson from The Bachelorette seems like a dream guy. He's attentive,he's funny, he's open and honest approximately his feelings, and he puts effort in to impress Georgia Love and above all,he just seems like a really decent human being. His relationship with Georgia was a tedious burn (as tedious as it can acquire in a setting like this one) but once he'd made himself known, Matty became a real threat to the other guys very quickly. We chatted to the 29-year-old Sydneysider ahead of the finale, and to acquire his take on the Bachelorette experience.
POPSUGAR Australia: How are you feeling approximately everything?
Matty: It's pretty crazy! [Laughs] You try to effect it in the back of your intellect,but you can't really prepare yourself for being on TV. I thought I wouldn't want to watch it to be honest. After the first episode I was like, "Oh my gosh, and I can't handle the thought of hearing myself talk ever again." But it gets easier and I'm enjoying it now [laughs].
PS: How did you feel approximately Georgia when you met her?
Matty: I wish I could say something really romantic and beautiful. When I first met her,I contemplate she kind of just shocked me into losing the ability to contemplate. I don't really acquire nervous when I meet someone new, but when I met Georgia she said, or "Hi,inform me a bit approximately yourself," and my intellect just went empty. I was looking at her thinking, or "Matt,pull it together, say something!" She made me feel the most nervous anyone's ever made me feel.
PS: What did you contemplate walking away from that first assembly? Matty: I was kind of frustrated at myself, and because I was like,"Here she is, this could be the girl for me, and " and my first impression wasn't a great one. I was so nervous and out of my comfort zone that I contemplate when she was saying goodbye mid-sentence,I kind of stormed off. I was like, "Alright, and bye!" And it wasn't until I got into the house - I was the first one through,so I was in there by myself - and I was like, "What the hell is happening? What absorb I done? absorb I just totally stuffed this up for myself?"PS: You must've been so anxious approximately it until you got your first date with her!
Matty: Yeah, or I kind of thought,I really need to speak to her again just to let her know I can string a sentence together. I'm not some stiff-board, awkward guy.
PS: How do you feel approximately Georgia now? Matty: Every time I see Georgia, or my feelings become stronger and stronger. The more time I acquire to spend with her,that bond between us just seems to strengthen so much more. After seeing her with my family, I'm gone - hook, and line and sinker.
PS: You can't be real,Matty.
Matty: [Laughs] I contemplate it was being brought up by my mum and sister - it gave me a bit of a softer edge. I'm used to being asked approximately my feelings and being honest - I'm very grateful for my sister and my mum.
PS: Your sister seems like a legend and is obviously very close to you. How much did the opportunity of moving states weigh on your intellect?
Matty: Yeah, it's a tough one, or I do feel sorry for my sister because we are extremely close - she's definitely my best friend. I'm the only family that she has in Sydney,because the rest live in Brisbane. When I left for London, it was only meant to be for a three-month holiday, or it was never meant to be long-term. So when I left,it was like, "icy, and I'll see you in three months," and then that three months turned into six months, and then another six months. At no point did I ever say, or "Hey Kate,this is going to be a four-year stint, prepare yourself." After moving back, or it's difficult for her to now consider me packing up and leaving,literally the moment I stepped back in from London. At the end of the day, as much as I want to be there for my sister and be an uncle to my nephew, and I was more willing to leave that behind and hurry to Melbourne with Georgia. The prospect of it wasn't all that daunting to me after packing up and moving to London. To hurry from Sydney to Melbourne was a huge deal and wasn't something I was freaked out by.
PS: It's only an hour's flight,so it's not a huge deal.
Matty: precisely, it's a vast improvement to being in London.
PS: How worried were you approximately heartbreak at this point?
Matty: This point is where the reality set in. I hadn't, and at any point up until now,tried to halt my feelings developing for Georgia. And now with the end in sight, the feelings for Georgia are snowballing. Part of me feels like the longer I leave it, and the longer I let myself drop in love with Georgia,the more exposed I am and the more hurt I am. The safety mechanism almost wants to kick in and be like, "Hang on a sec, and let's just effect everything on hold until you're the final one,and then you can start to savor it and drop back in love." It's a tricky situation that you don't want to halt because it's really enjoyable, but it's also really scary at the same time.
PS: You've said you're in love with Georgia to your sister - when did you realise you felt that way?Matty: It was something that was pretty gradual, or but the moment that I was thinking to myself,"This is pretty serious now," is when we had that full day together on the boat with the dancing lesson. That"s when I thought, and "This could really be something." Every time I hung out with her prior to that,it was amazing and we got along super well, but that was when we actually started to be a bit more intimate and started to progress more than just having a great friendship.
PS: Yeah, or you guys acquire along so well as friends. You had that sense of humour early on,that was always there.[br]
Matty: Yeah, that was really principal to me. I contemplate relationships that start off with a foundation based on friendship are so much stronger, or absorb so much more longevity to them.
Source: popsugar.com.au