{"id":133501,"date":"2025-10-20T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133501\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:10:13","slug":"the-friendly-bachie-the-golden-bachelor-star-barry-bear-myrden-is-seen-affectionately-pecking-a-publicist-on-the-lips-ahead-of-season-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133501\/","title":{"rendered":"The friendly bachie! The Golden Bachelor star Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden is seen affectionately pecking a publicist on the lips ahead of season premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just hours to go until The Golden Bachelor premiere, fans are buzzing to see who will snag Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden’s final rose<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And the silver fox, 61, proved what a nice guy he is when he affectionately greeted one of the show’s publicists while attending a meeting on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The handsome star was seen giving Niki White a friendly peck on the lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Niki is a unit publicist on the The Golden Bachelor, and has been working closely with Warner\u00a0Bros. and Channel Nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The kiss was completely innocent, proving Barry’s quest for love is the real deal.<\/p>\n

In the images, Niki, dressed in a floaty blue sundress, was seen clutching Barry’s shoulders and pulling him in for the friendly exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Golden Bachelor Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden, 61, (right) was spotted giving publicist Niki White (left) a friendly kiss on the lips on Thursday in Sydney\u00a0<\/p>\n

Holding a takeaway coffee in one hand, Barry leaned in to return the gesture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the outing, the pair were also seen chatting as they strolled down the footpath, before Barry answered a call on his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Canadian-born, Sydney-based bachelor looked dapper in a dark blue button-down shirt and cream chinos, completing his look with a pair of blue sandshoes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Niki meanwhile accessorised her dress with a pair of tan strappy heels and delicate jewellery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She wore her hair out and enhanced her complexion with light makeup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Niki is also a manager and founder of the agency NikStar,\u00a0which specialises in publicity, events, talent management and brand partnerships.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among her clients are high-profile figures in entertainment and sport, including Sam Kerr, Caitlin Foord and media personalities such as Richard Wilkins and Mel McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

She is well-known for running publicity for big events like the TV WEEK Logies, the AACTA Awards and major film premieres.<\/p>\n

The sighting comes after Barry hinted at who will receive his final rose on the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The kiss was completely innocent, proving Barry’s quest for love is the real deal\u00a0<\/p>\n

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During the outing, the pair were also seen chatting as they strolled down the footpath, before Barry answered a call on his phone<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Canadian-born, Sydney-based bachelor looked dapper in a dark blue button-down shirt and cream chinos, completing his look with a pair of blue sandshoes<\/p>\n

\"Niki <\/p>\n

Niki is also a talent manager and founder of the agency NikStar, which specialises in publicity, events, talent management and brand partnerships\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Among her clients are high-profile figures in entertainment and sport, including Sam Kerr, Caitlin Foord and media personalities such as Richard Wilkins and Mel McLaughlin<\/p>\n

‘It will be totally unexpected to everyone, I think,’ he told SkyNews.com<\/a> this week<\/p>\n

‘All I can tell you is, I made the right decision.’<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in his interview, the hunk revealed that he struggled to reject contestants on the show, admitting: ‘They’re all such great and incredible women. It was really tough to say goodbye to any of them. I wanted to take all 20 of them.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among the contestants is TV and radio personality Bianca Dye, 51, best known for her long-running radio career<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She currently co-hosts a breakfast show on Queensland’s Sea FM 90.9.<\/p>\n

Another hopeful is believed to be Queenslander Lauren George, who was seen arriving on set in hair rollers and full glam makeup.<\/p>\n

Friends of Bear say he’s finally ready to take a leap into romance after years of encouragement from his inner circle.<\/p>\n

‘Bear is always complaining that his boys are saying he’s bringing around the wrong kind of girls that are just too young and hot for him,’ a friend told Daily Mail Australia.<\/p>\n

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She is well-known for running publicity for big events like the TV WEEK Logies, the AACTA Awards and major film premieres\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The sighting comes after Barry hinted at who will receive his final rose on the show. ‘It will be totally unexpected to everyone, I think,’ he told SkyNews.com this week<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in his interview, the hunk revealed that he struggled to reject contestants on the show, admitting: ‘They’re all such great and incredible women. It was really tough to say goodbye to any of them. I wanted to take all 20 of them’<\/p>\n

‘We were always saying he needed to be put on a show like MAFS, so seeing him up for the Bachelor role is no surprise.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Producers promise a more mature, heartfelt take on the long-running dating franchise, with Bear bringing a lifetime of love and loss to the screen.<\/p>\n

‘He’s not your usual reality TV type,’ an insider said.<\/p>\n

‘He’s charming, intelligent and has really lived a full life. He’s been through love, loss and now he’s ready to open his heart again. Women are going to adore him.’<\/p>\n

The Golden Bachelor has been a smash hit in the US, and fans have been clamouring for an Australian edition since its premiere.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rumours have also swirled that Barry wasn’t the producers’ first choice for The Golden Bachelor, but stepped in after another leading man pulled out.<\/p>\n

Barry confirmed he had been approached multiple times before finally agreeing to do the show.<\/p>\n

‘I think I rejected it one, maybe two times,’ he admitted. ‘You know, you only live once, and it’s never too late [to find love].’<\/p>\n

The widower revealed he did fall for one of the women during filming – and cheekily confessed to having a soft spot for host Samantha Armytage, admitting he ‘would have liked to have given her a rose’.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bachelor will premiere Monday, October 20 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.<\/p>\n

\"Rumours <\/p>\n

Rumours have also swirled that Barry wasn’t the producers’ first choice for The Golden Bachelor, but stepped in after another leading man pulled out<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Golden Bachelor will premiere Monday, October 20 at 7.30pm on Channel Nine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just hours to go until The Golden Bachelor premiere, fans are buzzing to see who will snag…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[118,18,117,19,17,128,438],"class_list":{"0":"post-133501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}