{"id":276423,"date":"2025-11-10T23:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276423\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:31:12","slug":"golden-bachelors-barry-myrden-looks-downcast-as-he-returns-from-south-africa-with-host-samantha-armytage-after-explosive-grand-finale-episode-but-where-are-the-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/276423\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Bachelor’s Barry Myrden looks downcast as he returns from South Africa with host Samantha Armytage after explosive grand finale episode… but where are the ladies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden has emerged disheartened after filming the season finale of The Golden Bachelor.<\/a><\/p>\n

The leading man, 61, returned from South Africa<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0Sydney<\/a> Airport earlier this year alongside the show’s host Samantha Armytage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bear looked downcast as he made his way through the terminal, sparking speculation about whether he even found love at the end of the inaugural season.<\/p>\n

Despite his low spirits, he looked every inch the silver fox in a navy blue t-shirt, light-wash jeans<\/a> and brown lace-up boots.<\/p>\n

He later donned a pair of sunglasses in a failed attempt to go incognito.<\/p>\n

The Canadian-born reality star looked notably exhausted following the 12-hour flight, while TV host Samantha was quite the opposite.<\/p>\n

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Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden has emerged disheartened after filming The Golden Bachelor’s season finale<\/p>\n

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The leading man, 61, looked downcast as he made his way through the terminal, speculating if he even found love at the end of the inaugural season<\/p>\n

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Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden (pictured) has been photographed looking glum after filming The Golden Bachelor’s season finale\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old wore a giant smile on her face as she touched down back in Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TV host kept it casual in a white t-shirt, wide-legged jeans and a neutral bomber jacket.<\/p>\n

She paired the airport outfit with white sneakers, oversized sunglasses and a black crossbody bag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sweeping her blonde locks into a\u00a0chic low bun, she looked fresh as a daisy while greeting friends at arrivals, while pushing her luggage through the airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Golden Bachelor’s glum appearance comes amid rumours he fails to find love at the end of the show.<\/p>\n

Last week, Triple M stars Beau, Cat & Woodsy discussed Bear’s love life and revealed their shock theory that he is still single<\/a> after they recently interviewed the Canadian-born engineer.<\/p>\n

‘He had a look on his face. Like he has picked someone and either she has rejected him or he has rejected her,’ Cat Lynch said.<\/p>\n

‘You can tell he hasn’t found what he is looking for. I am saying he has found no one.’<\/p>\n

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The Canadian-born reality star looked notably exhausted following the 12-hour flight, while TV host Samantha Armytage (pictured) was quite the opposite\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sam\u00a0wore a giant smile on her face as she touched down back in Australia<\/p>\n

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The TV host kept it casual in a white t-shirt, wide-legged jeans and a neutral bomber jacket<\/p>\n

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Sweeping her blonde locks in a low bun, she looked fresh as a daisy as she greeted friends at arrivals and pushed her luggage through the airport<\/p>\n

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He later donned a pair of sunglasses in a failed attempt to go incognito\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beau Ryan jumped in to say he had his own reasons for believing Bear was not currently smitten with anyone.<\/p>\n

‘I spoke to Matty J, who does the Two Dating Dads podcast, and he interviewed him and yep. We’re saying the bloke’s not in love,’ Beau said.<\/p>\n

‘I’m saying he has picked someone, but they said, “no”.’<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the season, Bear was introduced to viewers as a father of three boys \u2013 Charlie, 21, Jack, 20, and Declan, 17 \u2013 who had emigrated from Canada to Australia with his late wife Audrey two decades ago.<\/p>\n

Bear then revealed that tragically, she was diagnosed with a ‘brain tumour which turned the family’s world upside down.’<\/p>\n

‘Audrey was more than one in a million; she was one in six billion,’ he said.<\/p>\n

Bear picked his final two ladies on Monday’s episode of The Golden Bachelor.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kim, 60, was sensationally dumped during the penultimate Rose Ceremony, with only Sunny and Janette left in the running to win Bear’s heart.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Bachelor’s final two, Sunny (left) and Janette (right) were confirmed during Monday night’s episode<\/p>\n

The Queensland doctor was openly heartbroken to leave the show so close to the end, after admitting she was falling for the Golden Bachelor.<\/p>\n

‘I just feel really sad. I’m ready to fall in love. I am really ready to start my life, and he doesn’t want to do that,’ a tearful Janette admitted.<\/p>\n

‘I’ll go away and lick my wounds for a while, but I will be happy. And hopefully I’ll find what I’m looking for. This was a good try,’ she added.<\/p>\n

Kim told 9Entertainment that she knew her time was up before Bear failed to call out her name.<\/p>\n

‘Everybody was really quiet on the day that I went home, there was a different vibe, and I could pick it up,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘And in my heart of hearts, I knew he wasn’t going to pick me. I thought we had a genuine connection, but I thought this is ominous.’<\/p>\n

Kim said she thought she had a ‘connection’ with Bear and felt that her ‘heart was left lying on the ground’ when she realised he did not feel the same.<\/p>\n

The widow admitted that she has not dated anyone since leaving the show.<\/p>\n

‘I’m not going to let myself be chosen. I’m going to choose, and I have had a big break from dating and it’s been kind of refreshing,’ she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry ‘Bear’ Myrden has emerged disheartened after filming the season finale of The Golden Bachelor. The leading man,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,100,134,37505,1183,427,2017],"class_list":["post-276423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-samantha-armytage","tag-south-africa","tag-tv","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}