this is from PopSugar - I took out all the images except for the best one - this is how I'd like to remember Dave rather than the sullen looking guy from the last 2 eps he was in ...
The Bachelorette's Dave Opens Up About Sam Frost and Samantha Jade
by
Genevieve Rota 15/10/15
Plumber Dave Billsborrow, 30, may not have connected romantically with Sam Frost on
The Bachelorette, but he was certainly one of our favourites. Bowing out of the contest in episode seven, Dave was sweet, down-to-earth and a real romantic during his time on the show. He's a true Aussie gent — and one of the funniest guys to chat to on the phone! Speaking just prior to his elimination, we asked Dave all about his platonic connection with Sam, what
the remaining four guys — Richie, Michael, Alex
and Sasha — are like and, of course, those persistent Samantha Jade rumours. Scroll to read what Dave had to say!
POPSUGAR Australia: How are you, Dave?
Dave: I’m really good, yourself?
PS: Well, thank you! Congrats on getting to the top five — was it hard to leave in such a late stage of the game?
Dave: I think you’ll find it’s pretty evident that Sam and I . . . Well, I suppose it was more her putting me in the friend zone. We had such an awesome connection and I loved having chats with her, I love being around her but I was sort of battling that questions of, "Am I just seeing her as a friend myself?" At the end of the day I’ve got to be selfish and know what I want in a relationship, it can’t just be one-sided, it would be unfair for her. I explained to her in the very beginning, and numerous other times, that I was there for all the right reasons and if I wasn’t I would put my hand up and explain it to her. But I was sort of wondering myself, "Do I consider her a friend or do I consider her as a future wife or girlfriend?" Her letting me go obviously explained everything to me. I can definitely see us as just having a friendship.
PS: And had you come to that conclusion before she let you go?
Dave: No, I don’t reckon right there and then. I still had a little bit more time — to be honest, I was thinking, "I can see myself with her, but am I also just seeing myself with her as friend?" It’s a tough one — what’s the right answer in love? [Laughs]
PS: It’s tough because she is a beautiful woman and she’s fun and funny . . . She has all the right qualities so there’s no reason for you not to feel attracted to her romantically.
Dave: Oh, definitely! 100 percent! But it also makes it difficult when you see [she has] a stronger connection with the other guys that you’re in the house with.
PS: Is that what happened?
Dave: Oh, I definitely had my mind wondering at times — you’d be lying if you said you didn’t. But at the end I was really happy with where I was at. I’m happy that, hopefully, she finds the love of her life. I just want great things for and great things for the guy who wins!
PS: Between The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, I think you’re the first person to tell me you took your own feelings into consideration.
Dave: Yeah, I think you have to. When you’re in a relationship with someone, you have to be selfish in a way, like, "I’m not feeling this." You’ve got to think about yourself, and I think maybe my in past relationships failed because you’re constantly putting the other person in front. It’s hard for me to explain . . . You have to be happy with yourself before you can make someone else happy.
PS: Totally, that’s spot on. Were you instantly attracted to Sam physically?
Dave: Oh, physically? Oh yeah, she’s gorgeous!
PS: Is she the type you’d normally go for?
Dave: Yeah, definitely. For sure!
PS: Did it take a while to get to a point where you had romantic feelings for her, or was it early on in the piece, on your first date?
Dave: Um, no . . . After the date I was pretty smitten. It didn’t take long for me to go, "Oh, she is a good bird, I had such a good time, I can see myself with her."
PS: What was her reason for letting you go? Was it just that she saw you as a friend and not a romantic partner?
Dave: I definitely think that was the case, and that’s something that I was feeling as well. So in a way . . . How do you explain that you’re disappointed but not at the same time? [Laughs] I
was very disappointed that I had left. Hometown visits would have been great, too, because maybe I could’ve been a lot more myself in front of my family and had that trip away together. Sometimes you might be with someone and not think anything of it and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, you’re like, "Sh*t, I actually like this person!" That hometown visit could have set that off, but as my mum says, "Everything happens for a reason." And I’m a big believer in that.
PS: So what made you apply in the first place?
Dave: I was approached to go on it. I wasn’t going to do it to start with. But I run my own plumbing company and I had a big job in the city that got cancelled on me, and I just kept thinking about it and how much of a great opportunity it would be . . . and how much fun it would be. I was like, "Bugger it, I’m going to be adventurous and give it a go!" We’re going to be working until we’re 80 anyway, what’s eight weeks off? [Laughs]
PS: Are you happy now in hindsight that you did it? Would you do it again?
Dave: Oh, I’m very happy that I did it. Would I do it again? Um, maybe a different sort of scenario . . . Yeah, look, I’d do it again! I had a ball.
PS: Did your mates give you a hard time about it, or were they supportive?
Dave: [Laughs] If you knew mates . . . I love them to pieces but, look, I went to a boarding school, I played rugby all my life, I’m in the trades — my mates are just ruthless! If anyone pays me out I don’t really care, 'cause I’ve heard everything [laughs]. They were really surprisingly supportive — I really am happy, I’ve got a good relationship with my mates and we’re pretty open about everything.
PS: I know you became close friends with Davey and Sasha. Can you tell me a bit about them?
Dave: Sasha, Davey and myself, we clicked pretty much from the get-go. I think Sasah and I, we’re pretty much separated at birth, and then Davey was like our little bro. The young 25-year-old that we sort of had to look after [laughs]. We get along really well. Sasha and I, I suppose we’ve got really similar morals, everything’s sort of similar. We played footy, we’re in the trades . . . Davey’s the same but just five years younger than us and he’s a little ratbag. He just really cracks me up.
PS: Obviously now there are four guys left. So can you tell me a bit about Michael?
Dave: Michael’s got . . . He’s pretty cheeky, actually! He’s pretty funny. I always thought, "Geez, will I get on with this bloke?" and I thoroughly did. He’s genuinely a really nice guy, he’s a bit cheeky. He had a few sly comments that he’d make, and no one really notices . . . but I would hear it and just kind of look at him and smile [laughs].
PS: That’s funny, we don’t really see that side so much!
Dave: No, there were a few things that weren’t on the show, which I was a little bit frustrated about. But I’m not a producer — I don’t know what’s best and they do, so I was happy with what they did.