Ben Cousins Is Australia’s Finest Bachelor? Well, He’d Probably Know Where To Score Good Drugs…

Obviously there’s a bit of jesting involved with the headline, because -

a) everyone knows Ben Cousins is clean now and has probably deleted all his good drug contacts’ details from his phone, and

b) THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GOOD DRUGS! THEY WILL ROT YOUR BRAINS, CHILDREN!

But the fact that he’s in the running for Cleo’s Bachelor Of The Year competition is indeed true.

Cleo editor Sarah Oakes said Cousins was popular with the magazine’s readers.

“He’s one of those people that generated a lot of discussion about whether he is or isn’t the kind of eligible bachelor that an Australian woman would be interested in dating,” Oakes said. “It’s good to have those (who) polarise and those people that create some discussion.”

And who else are the ladies at Cleo contemplating appointing Bachelor Of The Year?

Popular entrants included singer Axle Whitehead, Underbelly stars Damien Walshe Howling, Alex Dimitriades and Gyton Grantley, as well as Packed To The Rafters actors including Hugh Sheridan, Angus McLaren and George Houvardas.

Apparently one of those dudes is A Gay. SO I READ ON A BLOG. I think.

Sneaky Sound System’s Damon Downey, DJ Kaz James, AFL player Lance Franklin, Seven Network sports presenter Ben Damon and chef Alex Kearns were other favourites. Former Home And Away star Beau Brady, Australia’s Next Top Model stylist Jonathan Pease and former Big Brother contestant Gaelen Walker also split opinion.

Well, obviously the Leather Pants Prince should win the title! But only if he swears on a Bible that he didn’t do anything raunchy with Paris Hilton.

Judges on the day included Bianca Dye, Charlotte Dawson, Lyndsey Rodrigues, Erica Heynatz, Toni Pearen, Lizzy Lovette, and publicist Roxy Jacenko.

I enjoyed this bit of information at the end of the article.

MTV VJ Ruby Rose was due to attend but was a notable absentee.

NOTABLE BECAUSE SHE IS A GREAT BIG LESBIAN WHO PROBABLY DOESN’T CARE FOR ASSESSING THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF PENIS OWNERS IN HER SPARE TIME, HUH? EH? IS THAT RIGHT, DAILY TELEGRAPH? ZING!

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