{"id":205054,"date":"2025-12-22T12:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/205054\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:09:13","slug":"tammy-hembrow-influencer-and-bailey-smith-make-it-official-in-marketing-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/205054\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammy Hembrow: Influencer and Bailey Smith &#8216;make it official&#8217; in marketing stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/meet-the-team\/tammy-hembrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"T\ufeffammy Hembrow\">T\ufeffammy Hembrow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/videos\/celebrities\/bailey-smith-goes-shirtless-for-new-ad\/cmjdg4xkg000j0hqfsphatz53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Bailey Smith\">Bailey Smith<\/a> just hard-launched on Instagram, but not in the way you&#8217;re thinking.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who have been <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/tammy-hembrow-bailey-smith-photographed-together\/35efb407-497f-4746-bffe-6e826cc99cbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"dodging dating rumours\">dodging dating rumours<\/a> for months, \ufeffjust &#8220;made it official&#8221; on their Instagram accounts in a marketing stunt for dating app Tinder.<\/p>\n<p>What did they actually make official as part of the brand deal? That they&#8217;re &#8220;just friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cd30ae47-13c9-4da8-a0a7-5227eefc0259.png\"  alt=\"T\ufeffammy Hembrow and Biley Smith just hard-launched on Instagram, but not in the way you're thinking. \"\/>T\ufeffammy Hembrow and Bailey Smith just hard-launched on Instagram, but not in the way you&#8217;re thinking.  (Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Righto guys, I&#8217;ve got some news,&#8221; Smith, 25, said in the video from the front seat of his car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know I&#8217;ve been on Tinder lately, checking out some talent, and I want to hard launch someone today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hembrow, 31, then popped out from behind him, saying hello, before Smith continued.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;Tammy and I have decided we&#8217;re going to make it official, \ufeffwe&#8217;re going to be each other&#8217;s tinder coaches this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/james-ransone-the-wire-star-dies-age-46-in-apparent-suicide\/25f27342-30df-40d4-b09e-437fb599fd3f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Wire star James Ransone dies age 46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/beckham-feud-brooklyn-blocks-entire-family-david-victoria-cruz-confirms\/3d4f2a3b-c88a-4aeb-a8ad-f3a9ec4ab73d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shocking twist in Beckham feud no one saw coming<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/royals\/prince-george-prince-william-news-the-passage-princess-diana-christmas-tradition\/222dcf5d-013f-40bf-adee-0d7528ba482d\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\">Prince George&#8217;s emotional reaction to Diana&#8217;s signature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yep,&#8221; Hembrow added, &#8220;Now that we&#8217;re just mates, who better than to help you with your dating game than a friend?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hembrow also posted a video to her own Instagram from the same car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffI know you guys have been wondering if the rumours about me and a certain athlete are true&#8230; well I&#8217;ve got some news,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>A muscular bicep then popped out from \ufeffbehind the seat before the influencer continued.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8c52c0ac-06bb-47d9-84fa-a617f4ac7abc.png\"  alt=\"Tammy Hembrow and Bailey Smith \"\/>Hembrow also posted a video to her own Instagram from the same car. (Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are true&#8230; now that we&#8217;re officially just mates, we are pairing up \ufeffto be each other&#8217;s Tinder coaches this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just two days ago, the <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/tammy-hembrow-spotted-with-bailey-smith-amid-ongoing-dating-rumours\/8f751086-1e7d-4890-beb7-5df9e25630f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"pair fuelled dating rumours again\">pair fuelled dating rumours again<\/a> when Hembrow posted a selfie with Bailey, wearing the same top and hairstyle as she was wearing in the videos posted today.<\/p>\n<p>We know now they were only together to film the content for the brand deal. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1bb3cf1b-fbe0-47bb-9972-a5c45e7f26f7.png\"  alt=\"Tammy Hembrow posts selfie with Bailey Smith Dec 20 2025\"\/>The couple have been at the centre of romance rumours for months. (Instagram\/ @tammyhembrow)<\/p>\n<p>Smith later posted a snap to his own Instagram stories of an unidentified woman with blonde hair.<\/p>\n<p>The pair <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/tammy-hembrow-bailey-smith-photographed-together\/35efb407-497f-4746-bffe-6e826cc99cbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"first sparked dating rumours\">first sparked dating rumours<\/a> when they were spotted together, hand-in-hand, at the Gold Coast&#8217;s Burleigh Pavilion in August.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks later, Hembrow posted a photo of herself and Smith enjoying a dinner date at Melbourne&#8217;s Entrec\u00f4te restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/324f617d-6212-48bd-a2dd-f1cd635f9fa3.png\"  alt=\"Bailey Smith shares photo to his Instagram Dec 20 2025\"\/>Bailey Smith shares photo to his Instagram Dec 20 2025 (Instagram\/ @bazlenka)<\/p>\n<p>In snaps from the night that the pair both shared to their Instagram stories, Hembrow could be seen holding Smith&#8217;s thigh under the table.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the telling snaps, Smith later <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/bailey-smith-afl-star-questioned-about-tammy-hembrow-attendance-brownlow-medal-2025\/cb11fa9d-807c-40e5-ac6a-63ed9ef164f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"revealed in a conversation on the Kyle and Jackie O Show in September that \ufeffhe and Hembrow were &quot;just mates&quot;\">revealed in a conversation on the Kyle and Jackie O Show in September that \ufeffhe and Hembrow were &#8220;just mates&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rumours they are addressing have been swirling for months, following \ufeffHembrow&#8217;s divorce from Matt Zukowski.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b824f7ef-d511-42b2-880d-edd8117b925f.jpeg\"  alt=\"Tammy Hembrow\"\/>Tammy Hembrow is currently single. (Instagram\/@tammyhembrow)<\/p>\n<p>It was expected that Hembrow would join Smith at the 2025 Brownlow Medal Awards ceremony, but when Kyle Sandilands asked about it, he confirmed she wouldn&#8217;t be there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to bore her with \ufefffooty all night. She&#8217;s not a big footy fan. And we&#8217;re just mates,&#8221; he responded.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, \ufeffHembrow appeared in a dating app campaign, revealing that she was single.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rumours are true, I&#8217;m officially in my new dating era,&#8221; she said in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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