Former Bachelor Sam Wood on fatherhood and life after reality TV
Former Bachelor Sam Wood and wife Snezana show there’s life after reality TV after a busy year that included tying the knot and their happy news they are expecting a second baby together.
Former Bachelor Sam Wood and wife Snezana show there’s life after reality TV after a busy year that included tying the knot and their happy news they are expecting a second baby together.
Congratulations on news you and Snezana are expecting another baby. Will you find out the sex?
Snez jokes all the time that it will be another little girl, and I have a funny feeling it will be a girl as well. Let’s just say our dog, Hendrix, and I will be pretty outnumbered if it is. We will find out soon and Snez doesn’t have a good poker face, so we will no doubt share the news.
Snezana had a difficult pregnancy with Willow. How has she been feeling this time?
She has had a fair bit or morning sickness, actually, it’s more like all-day sickness. With Willow, it started to disappear around the 25 or 26-week mark, so she’s crossing those days off on the calendar.
You got married in November with your stepdaughter Eve and baby Willow in attendance. What was your favourite memory of that day?
It was definitely when Eve and Willow walked down the aisle hand-in-hand. The emotion of it all got the better of me and I couldn’t control the tears. Willow may just be a baby but she has a real sense of occasion and was hamming it up in the spotlight.
You became an instant stepdad when Snezana and Eve moved to Melbourne to live with you after The Bachelor. How did you adapt to fatherhood?
Being a dad is far from simple, it’s a huge full-time commitment and when you become a stepdad you don’t have a warm up like you do when you experience a baby being born and move through the different baby stages. But Eve’s been amazing, I let her dictate the speed at which our relationship developed and we’re just like good friends now.
How do you teach her about the perils of social media when it’s such an essential part of your business and brand?
Snezana and I are very much aware of the irony of having a teenager and using social media in our careers. We just make sure we use it responsibly and positively to show her by example. I think the more aware you can be about social media and its uses, the better you can help your child navigate it.
Have you watched The Bachelor since you were on it in 2015?
We have watched it here and there, not a complete series. I feel more and more that a lot of people seem to be in it for the fame, and if they meet someone that’s a secondary consideration.
Do you have any other guilty reality TV habits?
Snez and I are addicted to Married At First Sight.
Your other baby, 28 By Sam Wood, has turned three. Can you really lose weight with 28 minutes of exercise a day?
It’s called 28 for two reasons: we work on a 28-week block from a goal-setting perspective, and then there’s the 28-minute workouts each day, which is definitely enough to get results. Also, it’s not overwhelming in our fast paced world to think of less than 30 minutes exercise.
What do most people ask you about health and fitness?
What’s more important, training or nutrition? And I tell them both. It’s probably 60 per cent food, 40 per cent exercise. You might lose weight with good food only, but you won’t get fit or toned. And you may get toned with just exercise, but you’re wasting your time in the gym if you don’t eat well also.
Do you have a cheat meal?
I have a real sweet tooth, so I can’t pass up chocolate.
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