Bindi Irwin, the 17-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin, revealed just this week that she has a boyfriend and it didn’t take long for us to connect the dots to find out who he is.
Even though her father joked when he was alive that she couldn’t date until she turned 40, Irwin gushed about “someone special” in her life during a recent interview. That special someone was rumored to be professional wakeboarder Chandler Powell and it’s now confirmed because of a sweet birthday message he sent her on Thursday.
“Happy Birthday to this gorgeous girl!” he wrote as a caption to a sweet photo of the couple.
“Feel very blessed to have you in my life. Counting down the days until I get to see you again! @bindisueirwin #TotallyGushing #ILoveCamping #ILoveTheOutdoors #ISwamTheCrocPond."
The hashtags are meant to be a confirmation that he’s dating Irwin, since her father once said a potential boyfriend would have to swim across a crocodile pond for him to approve. She also said in her interview with ET that anyone she dates would have to love camping and wildlife.
image via Instagram form Chandler Powell
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