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So, we've just spotted a VERY significant detail on Courtney's body on The Bachelorette.

We’d like to apologise, dear readers. Despite all the articles, all the recaps, all the fervent Bach-related discussion that happens at Mamamia HQ, we somehow only just spotted what could be the revelation of the season.

I’m not going to muck around. I’m just going to go ahead and do what we should have done a long time ago, which is inform you that…

Courtney has…. he has a…

Okay, he has a southern cross tattoo.

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Source: Channel 10

That's it right there. Right there on his left bicep. Which, to be fair is marginally better than having it on your shoulder blade, and infinitely better than having it on your calf or *shudder* across one of your pecs.

Or your neck. You should never have one on your neck either.

But still, it's left us feeling like...

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We really wish we weren't so affected by the 30-year-old's tatt. But we can't help it. Because it's just about the most cringe-worthy skin stamp a bloke could have.

It's basically a permanent advertisement that you are (A) male, (B) white, (C) live within 5km of a beach and (D) white.

We already knew these things about Courtney, of course. But we're a little surprised. I mean, he wears hipster paisley shirts, his trousers are usually skinny-leg and he loves - LOVES - a good pocket square.

Perhaps that's just our prejudice speaking, but those aren't generally teamed with the ol' five stars indelibly inked on a fella's guns.