I look back and I’m like,‘What an idiot’:How fatherhood changed Matty J

I look back and I’m like,‘What an idiot’:How fatherhood changed Matty J

It was a reality TV show that made Matthew Johnson a star,but it’s his real-life role as a father which has garnered him a new audience.

  • byGenevieve Quigley

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The September 4 Edition
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The September 4 Edition

Dads take centre stage in this Father’s Day special issue. Matthew “Matty J” Johnson talks about stepping back from his career and becoming a dad.

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Can The Bachelor go back to its ‘glory days’? More importantly,should it?

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Who wants to see a show where a cardboard cutout of a man takes various blonde women out for picnics when you can watch people dating while disguised as dolphins and devils?

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Forget the drama of MAFS,feel-good reality TV is about to take over

Forget the drama of MAFS,feel-good reality TV is about to take over

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‘I’d do it again tomorrow’:Sam Wood on The Bachelor

‘I’d do it again tomorrow’:Sam Wood on The Bachelor

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I was desperate to be straight. A bisexual Bachelorette may have changed that

I was desperate to be straight. A bisexual Bachelorette may have changed that

Remembering my teen self watching wide-eyed as queers were the butt of the joke,I’m thankful young people today have more inclusive reality shows to learn from instead.

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The messy history of bisexual representation on reality TV
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The messy history of bisexual representation on reality TV

The first bisexual Bachelorette was sold as a groundbreaking moment of representation. But is it really?

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Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Brooke Blurton has a remarkable backstory – not that we’ll likely get much more than hints of it on the show.

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Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

The 28-year-old West Australian is the first openly bisexual Bachelorette in the world - and Ten’s EP for the show says this could be just the beginning.

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We can answer Sam Frost’s anti-vax outburst without joining the public shaming pile-on

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Tolerance has its limits. We cannot tolerate anti-vax sentiment,but we can maintain our civility.

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