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The rumour mill is in full swing this week over claims that Carrie Bickmore and her radio co-host Tommy Little are growing close, following their respective break-ups.
A source tells Womanās Day the pair have been āleaning on each otherā recently, particularly after Carrie, 42, announced she was splitting from her partner of 11 years, Chris Walker, in January.
Carrie announced her split from Chris in January.
(Image: Instagram)āCarrie has always found comfort in Tommy,ā says our insider. āBut this time is different ā theyāre both single! She feels there could be something.ā
The insider adds that āhours after announcing her split from Chris, Carrie was back on the air with Tommyā as she feels her safest when sheās with him.
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āHe just makes her laugh and they have so much fun together ā thatās all Carrieās after following the tough couple of months sheās had.ā
Tommyās last relationship is believed to have been with social media entrepreneur Natalie Kyriacou, however the 38-year-old comedian confirmed they had split when he revealed heād been using dating app Bumble to talk to women late last year.
āCarrie has always found comfort in Tommy.ā
(Image: Instagram)While Tommy is said to be āopenā to seeing where things go with Carrie, heās extra determined not to make things awkward at their workplace.
āHe knows theyāre a dynamic duo and theyāre signed on to SCAās Hit Network until 2026 ā so the last thing he wants to do is jeopardise that gig now heās pulled back from The Project,ā the insider says.
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The famous radio duo reignited rumours surrounding their potential relationship at the 2023 Cannes in Cairns festival, with the pair appearing on together on an industry panel, despite the festival not rating a mention on either of The Project alumniās social media.
Speculation surrounding the couple also began to swell in the wake of the 2022 Australian Commercial Radio Awards, in which Bickmore shared a snap of the duo looking cozy on Instagram.
āTommy [is] punchināā¦. best duo EVER,ā wrote one fan.
The rumours of the famous friends having a romantic connection originated when Carrie and Tommy ā who both reside in Melbourne ā attended a media luncheon in Sydney in early March 2023, and according to a stunned onlooker, the pair did very little to hide their attraction to each other.
āTheir chemistry was off the charts,ā says the attendee. āIt was very clear they didnāt want to be there ā the only thing getting them through it all was each other. They didnāt leave each otherās side the entire time.ā
Carrie shared this photo to her Instagram, with fans further speculating over their potential romance.
(Image: Instagram)And regardless of their audience being mostly from the media, they werenāt shying away. āThey didnāt seem to care that everyone was looking,ā the spy adds. āIf you didnāt know them, youād think they were a couple!ā
Last year, Tommy set tongues wagging when he referred to Carrie as his āwifeā after he found a list of āfactsā about himself online.
āMy real name is Thommy, but everything else is 100 per cent accurate,ā he wrote online.
