Wednesday 28 September 2022 12:53 AM Farmer Wants a Wife: Seven 'begged a Fortune 500 CEO to use his farm' trends now
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Three of the farms on this year's season of Farmer Wants a Wife have been exposed as rentals, and not actual farms owned by the contestants.
And Daily Mail Australia can now reveal that producers were so desperate to secure 'stand-in' farms in country NSW that they approached locals to use their properties.
Because several farmers' real farms were deemed unsuitable for use due to Covid restrictions, Channel Seven reportedly went to great effort to offer residents of Gloucester a 'hefty sum' to 'borrow' their ranches during filming.
Producers for Farmer Wants A Wife were so desperate to secure 'stand-in' farms in country NSW that they approached locals to use their properties. (Pictured: Harry Lloyd, who used somebody else's farm on the series)
'A family friend was asked about renting their farm to film FWAW,' a source revealed.
'They kept upping the money. It was a hefty sum, but they didn't realise he's a former CEO of a Fortune 500 company!' they added.
While the source didn't name the CEO who was approached, they said he turned down the offer because the show 'wanted to bring in animals, but that goes against what his farm does and everything he stands for'.
'They were expecting just to pay him and be out of the place,' the insider added.
Because several farmers' actual farms were deemed unsuitable for use due to Covid pandemic restrictions, Channel Seven reportedly went to great effort to offer residents of Gloucester a 'hefty sum' to 'borrow' their farm during filming. (Pictured: one of the farms on the show)
