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Bridget’s still looking for a fairy tale love Having your heart broken on national TV and feeling your hopes, dreams and world shatter is not for sissies … it takes true grit to keep it together while the cameras are rolling and walk away with dignity intact and head held high. We caught up with the gorgeous Bridget Marshall while she was spending lockdown with her folks in Durban, to chat about that break-up and her journey on M-Net’s The Bachelor South Africa. Photos: PENNY KATZ PHOTOGRAPHY, pennykatzphotography.myportfolio.com, e-mail pennykatzphotography@gmail.com, 083 214 0692 10 Get It Highway • Berea • Durban North July 2020
t suddenly stopped. All the butterflies, fireworks, my heart and my words froze. I didn’t know what to say. How do you put into words how you’re feeling when everything just comes to a grinding halt?’ These words are just the start of the emotional message Bridget posted to her Instagram account after walking away from Marc Buckner when he gave her the boot in an intense 60-miute finale The Bachelor South Africa. Bridget’s superpower is without a doubt her ability to light up any room. When we meet her at the fabulous Valdior Guest House, she’s barefoot in black three-quarter jeans and a comfy Tee she’s dubbed her lockdown gear. She’s already done 22 media interviews, but nothing like the dress-up-and-play date we’ve arranged with her and a few show-stopping Kathrin Kidger designs. Although it’s been more than six months since she walked off the set of the finale held in the picturesque Kapama Game Reserve, and she laughs and jokes and has lots of naughty stories to tell, there is a subtle sadness that surfaces when she relives those final moments on the set of The Bachelor like they occurred yesterday. ‘Being in that moment was tough, but watching it playback was even harder. It took a lot of courage and strength to put my heart on the line and risk it all for the chance to have it all.’ A self-dubbed travel queen made in Durbs and living in Cape Town, Bridget is excitable and real. She’s an expert in the travel industry, a straight-shooter who tackles problems head-on (something she was often called out for on the show), she’s game for anything (except for eating peppadews because she’s allergic,) and wants a partner in life (or crime) who is loyal, loving and into the great outdoors. ‘I’m vulnerable but guarded, moody but dependable, and terrified of change but extremely adaptable. I’ve got layers... and though you may not guess it when you first meet me, I love hard. My parents have been married for 45 years - they have the kind of love everybody wants at the end of the day. It’s powerful. They’ve been through everything and come out stronger. When I marry someone one day, I want that to be it for me – a match made in heaven.’ About her journey on The Bachelor, Bridget says it was a wild one. From most hated to season favourite, nothing could have prepared her for the ride. ‘When I signed up for The Bachelor, I’d been through the ringer. I’d just moved to Cape Town for a fresh start after being broken up with on Valentine’s Day, and was trying to find my feet, let alone myself. I joined Tinder in search of love, but it just wasn’t working out for me, and then a friend suggested I sign up for The Bachelor. It was the last day for applications. I didn’t know who he was and I didn’t believe that it was possible to find love on a reality show - how wrong was I?’ Bridget submitted her application and never gave it another thought until she received a call to say she’d made it onto the show. ‘I was so unprepared. There were girls who had dresses made in anticipation of the rose ceremonies, and then there was me - one suitcase with the basics and very little faith that Marc would even hand me a rose on the first night. By the time of the hometown visit, it suddenly hit me hard that I really liked Marc, that I’d fallen for him and there was a chance I could be the one he chose in the end.’ It took a lot of courage and strength to put my heart on the line and risk it all... Bridget’s Durban upbringing, like Marc’s, also meant they had something special in common. Following in the footsteps of her entire female bloodline, Bridget attended Durban Girls College, and enjoyed a happy life as a tenacious teen, filled with great gatherings in their Currie Road home. ‘Never mind the people, we had dogs, hamsters, a pig named Rodney, a guinea pig named Fenwick (don’t ask me why), chickens named Ned and Meg and rabbits – mine was called Amos. I’m an animal lover, so it was a lot of fun living in that house, I won’t lie.’ After school Bridget packed her bags – leaving all of her beloved pets behind – and moved to the UK to travel and experience the world. She’s always on the go, whether it’s going to gym, to the beach, hiking, walking on the promenade or shopping with her friends. She lists these activities as some of her favourite, and includes amongst her top Durban haunts the Oyster Box Hotel - she is obsessed with the Lighthouse Bar; The George Bar And Restaurant; The beach – a must-do for any sunny day in Durbs and Circus Circus Beach Café because it’s her favourite place to have breakfast with her parents on a beautiful morning. ‘I love Durban - the vibe, the people, the weather, this is home. My fondest memories of this city - apart from my home and many years spent swimming and as a lifeguard on the beach – involve my granny. She was 98 when she died in July last year, but she’s always been there for me - every gala or event I participated in, she was there! She was my world, and I wish she could have been here to see me brave reality TV.’ July 2020 Get It Highway • Berea • Durban North 11
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