Brittany Hockley has unveiled a dramatic new hairstyle in a playful social media clip, drawing attention from fans and praise from her longtime friend and co-host Laura Byrne.
In the video the 38-year-old former Bachelor Australia contestant and podcaster swapped her sleek, shoulder-length black hair for a chic clip-in fringe, wearing the rest of her hair tied up in a bun with loose tresses framing her face. Byrne reacted on air, saying, "That looks great, really cute!" Hockley replied with her characteristic cheeky humour: "No! Do you want it for your vagina?"
The post was captioned, "The clip in fringe is back!" The appearance comes after Hockley said she was in the best shape of her life following an intense training schedule for this year's Dancing With The Stars. She told the Daily Mail that across eight weeks of filming she had taken just three days off and that contestants put in about eight hours of dancing a day.
Hockley and her dance partner Craig Monley reached the finals of the series, ultimately losing to Home and Away actor Kyle Shilling. Hockley described the competition as "the most intense thing I've ever done," and said it would be her fifth and final stint on reality television.
Her television and reality credits include The Challenge: Australia and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and she remains a visible figure in Australian media as a podcaster and radio presenter. She co-hosts a podcast with Byrne and has appeared on KIIS FM's The Pick Up.
In June, Hockley celebrated a three-day clifftop ceremony in Bali with Swiss footballer Ben Siegrist. She later told listeners that the Bali ceremony was not legally binding, describing it on air as a "big show" and joking that the wedding was "fake." The couple were legally married in a small Sydney ceremony the following month.
The new hairstyle clip follows a period in which Hockley has been publicly discussing the physical demands of competitive dance and balancing media commitments with personal milestones. The post prompted responses from followers and friends, and adds to a series of public moments that have kept Hockley in the spotlight since her rise to fame on The Bachelor Australia.