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As soon as Sophie Monk told Stu Laundy she loved him on a Fiji beach, rumours began swirling about the legitimacy of their relationship.
Their strange chemistry in post-show interviews on The Project and radio stations around the country had fans scratching their heads and asking – are they really in love?
New Idea can now exclusively reveal the truth, that just like Matthew ‘Matty J’ Johnson and Laura Byrne before them, Sophie, 37, and Stu are believed to have made a secret pact before the show’s filming even started.
‘Everyone in their circles knows that she asked him to go on the show,’ an insider reveals to New Idea.
This story is from the November 20, 2017 edition of New Idea.
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