and Robert’s famous mother.<\/a><\/p>\n“That side profile, the chin and jaw, she looks like a young Terri!” one fan wrote online.<\/p>\n
Another added: “Looks like his younger version of his mother.”<\/p>\n
“No surprise that she resembles his mother,” a third penned, while another pointed to Ashleigh’s fringe- not dissimilar to Terri’s signature bangs: “Her hair is like Terri’s. Good start.”<\/p>\n
While 61-year-old Terri hails from Eugene, Oregon, Ashleigh is originally from New Jersey and now lives in Jackson, Wyoming.<\/p>\n
It appears Ashleigh may already have Terri’s tick of approval, with the mother-of-two regularly leaving supportive comments on the 24-year-old’s Instagram posts.<\/p>\n
The pair’s connection reportedly dates back years, with Robert and Ashleigh first crossing paths as teenagers in 2015 through National Geographic’s youth platform.<\/p>\n
They bonded over a shared passion for photography before eventually meeting in person.<\/p>\n
Despite remaining “just friends” for more than a decade, multiple sources have told New Idea that their relationship has recently taken a romantic turn.<\/p>\n
“They’ve always had a connection, but it’s really evolved,” one source told the outlet.<\/p>\n
“This isn’t a new fling. This has been building for years.”<\/p>\n
“They make a cute couple, and they are perfect for one another,” a source close to production on The Next Pro added.<\/p>\n
A third insider said the pair’s bond is rooted in the very thing that first brought them together.<\/p>\n
“Their love language is photography,” the source said.<\/p>\n
“They express how they feel through the images they capture and share with each other.”<\/p>\n
Aside from being an accomplished wildlife photographer, having won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (11-14 category) by the London Natural History Museum in 207, Ashleigh is also a high-level athlete.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She competed on the Texas Christian University (TCU) equestrian team, where she rose to become captain for the 2024\u201325 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alongside her sporting commitments, Ashleigh completed both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in literature at the university.<\/p>\n
Before being spotted together on the Gold Coast, Robert and Ashleigh were seen in February on a deep-sea diving expedition alongside Robert’s fellow Dancing With The Stars competitor Dylan Efron, the brother of actor Zac Efron.<\/p>\n
Fans dubbed photos from the trip a “soft launch” of their relationship, as per the Courier Mail.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, some also noted Ashleigh bears similarities not only to Terri, but to Robert’s ex-girlfriend Rorie Buckley.<\/p>\n
The former couple dated for just over a year before splitting in February 2024, though they are believed to have remained on good terms.<\/p>\n
Since then, Robert’s star has continued to rise- from his conservation work at Australia Zoo to his 2025 Bonds underwear campaign, television hosting on I’m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! and his win on Dancing With The Stars US season 34 in November.<\/a><\/p>\nFor now, however, the young star has only publicly declared his love for one companion.<\/p>\n
“Love you, Stella!” he captioned a sweet selfie with his pug on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin has been spotted with a rumoured new girlfriend on the Gold Coast- and fans think she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[278254,64,63,44238,447,134,35821,81531],"class_list":["post-565117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ashleigh-scully","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bindi-irwin","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-robert-irwin","tag-terri-irwin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565117","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=565117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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