Australian reality TV fans are mourning the loss of a bright star.<\/p>\n
Konrad Bien-Stephen\u2014a third runner-up on Brooke Blurton\u2019s season of The Bachelorette Australia<\/a> and a star of The Challenge Australia\u2014has died, his team confirmed April 2. He was 35.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Konrad Bien-Stephen,\u201d his team said in a statement obtained by <\/a>Variety<\/a>. \u201cWe ask that you respect the privacy of their family during this incredibly difficult time. No further information will be shared at this stage. Our thoughts are with all who loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality star\u2019s final post on social media was March 26, when he shared insight into an ongoing kitchen renovation he was working on, adding in the caption, “Back On The Tewls Darling!”<\/p>\n Underneath his post, many of Bien-Stephen\u2019s loved ones and fellow reality stars shared love for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYou warmed my soul every time I saw you,\u201d The Amazing Race Australia star \u201cSassy\u201d Scott O’Halloran wrote. \u201cand even thought about you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian reality TV fans are mourning the loss of a bright star. Konrad Bien-Stephen\u2014a third runner-up on Brooke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-581011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581011","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=581011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}