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Claims The Bachelor couple are ‘secretly married’

Richie Strahan shocked Australia by picking Alex Nation.

Richie Strahan shocked Australia by picking Alex Nation. Photo: Network Ten

The dust has barely settled from their big reveal as a couple last week, but one report has claimed The Bachelor stars Richie Strahan and Alex Nation are secretly married.

Strahan presented the 25-year-old single mother with a ‘promise ring’ after choosing her over heartbroken fan favourite Nikki Gogan on the reality dating show last week, but an article in New Idea claims Strahan tied the knot with Nation right after producers called “cut”.

According to the report, Strahan “got down on one knee at the idyllic Bali gardens where the final scenes were filmed and asked a tearful and overjoyed Alex to be his wife”.

The magazine, which Network Ten has previously accused of being “wildly speculative and unreliable” with its Bachelor content, also claims the pair is now trying for a baby.

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Nation already has five-year-old Elijah from a previous marriage, with the pair admitting on The Project that Strahan is yet to meet the little tyke.

The Perth problem

Despite New Idea accurately picking Nation as the winner weeks ago, its report should be taken with a grain of salt, particularly as the happy couple have apparently not decided which of them will be making the move across the country.

The Project‘s Waleed Aly quizzed the pair about the logistics of their relationship last week, asking whether Nation would be leaving her home base in country Victoria, or whether Strahan would be giving up his life in Perth.

“We’re not in any rush. We’re just excited to start this new chapter together,” Alex responded, using the word “chapter” for perhaps the third time in the interview.

Throngs of Bachelor fans were blindsided when Strahan picked the young mum over 28-year-old Nikki Gogan – a West Australian native who had confessed her undying love for the rope technician.

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One of Richie and Alex’s weirder dates in a chocolate bath. Photo: Network Ten

Hitting the interview circuit after the big reveal, Strahan was understandably upset at the number of interviewers who questioned his choice – with Nation in the room.

“Oh my God Richie what happened?” exclaimed former Bachelorette star Sam Frost when she interviewed the couple on her Sydney radio show last week.

“Everyone’s so devastated,” lamented Nation, before Strahan chimed in: “Except me! Can I just point out that I’m really happy?”

Gossips mags on the warpath

In rebuttal to the New Idea article, both NW and Woman’s Day magazines both claimed this week that the pair were having relationship problems – not trying for a baby.

“Split Shock!” read the Woman’s Day front page, while NW went with New Idea’s previous claim that Strahan regrets his decision not to choose Gogan.

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