
Five years ago, Nick 'the Honey Badger' Cummins became the first Bachelor in Australia's history to not choose a winner.
He had the country hooked with his larrikin-esque charm and cheeky jokes – with fans well and truly strapped in for his journey to love and a happy ending.
So when he flew his final two – https://www.mamamia.com.au/brittany-hockley-age/ Brittany Hockley and Sophie Tieman – over to New Caledonia, dumped them both and fled into the jungle, it was…a lot.
"Right now, I can't give 100 per cent to you. My head is very clouded. Right now, I'm a little bit lost," he told Hockley, before delivering a similar speech to Tieman.
In 2023, however, Cummins' life looks very different to the way it did onThe Bachelor. He's in a long-term relationship, for starters, and he and his partner have a child together.
And now, Cummins has hit the South African jungle forI'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.
Watch: Nick Cummins chat about heading into the jungle. Post continues below.
What Nick Cummins' life looks like now.
A life of adventure is exactly what the Honey Badger is living and breathing now, five years on from hisBachelordays.
He's shied away from the usual post-reality route of event launches, public romances and sponsored social media content. Instead, he's been travelling the world and raising awareness for not just men's health but also other causes close to his heart.
In South Africa, he educated his 439,000 followers on the horrors of rhino poaching.
National Geographic TV snapped up Cummins for his own travel seriesMeanwhile in Australia with Nick Cummins.
And in 2020, he joined Schapelle Corby, Merrick Watts, Candice Warner and Roxy Jacenko on Channel Seven'sSAS Australia.
In April 2021, the Honey Badger went 'Instagram official' with girlfriend Alexandra George.
The couple reportedly began dating in 2020, and have been together ever since.
In December 2021, the pair announced they were expecting their first child.
"My darling and I look forward lovingly to the arrival of our little badger cub," Cummins captioned his post.
George added, "We decided to create a little hybrid!! Can’t wait to share this next chapter with the love of my life welcoming our little badger cub into this world shortly."
In 2022, the pair welcomed a son, Billy George Cummins, saying he was their "not so little treasure".
Reflecting on the joys of parenting, Cummins said his now-seven-month-old son brings a lot of joy to him and his partner.
"Becoming a parent is a game-changer. You realise all the immature things you thought were important actually mean nothing. All that matters is a smile on the kid's face and a happy, healthy family," he said to TV Week.
Now, Cummins is onI'm A Celebrity..., and shared that he was approached more than five times to go on the show before he eventually said yes.
As for what made him want to give it a go, he told TV Week: "After doing a different show [The Bachelor], I never thought I'd do something like that ever again. Now withI'm A Celeb..., there's no drama or make-believe stories, just people taking on new experiences together."
There are some moments he'll miss, though, while battling it out in the jungle. "My son is on the edge of crawling so I'll miss that, which is incredibly hard," he told the publication.
But to get through all the nasty challenges and trials, he told The Project that he will "think of my son and my family to get through that".
"My life has done an absolute 180 [since I became a dad]. It's a new set of responsibilities and teaches you what's important in life. I'm super stoked with it, and I can't wait to get out there [onI'm A Celeb] and do the family proud and give it a go."
And he's already doing just that, working alongside fellow campmate Liz Ellis to earn the group 13 stars (and a whole lotta food) in his terrifying first challenge, which saw the pair climb onto a structure jutting out over a 2km high cliff face.
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