Bindi Irwin may be transforming from a girl to an adult in front of Australia's eyes.
The identity of Bindi Irwin’s boyfriend had the world speculating who she might be dating. The 18-year-old wakeboarder named Chandler Powell has been presumed to be this boyfriend by many publications, but Steve Irwin’s daughter had been playing coy, refusing to actually name her boyfriend. That is until now.
"I was blessed to meet Chandler and his family back in November 2013," she revealed. "We remained in touch and stayed friends. Since then, our friendship has developed into something really special."
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Just several weeks ago, Bindi Irwin’s boyfriend was an open secret. “There is someone special in my life right now, and I’m really happy with that,” Bindi revealed. “Life is wonderful at the moment.”
According to Sunday Style, Chandler has been in Bindi's life for almost two years, but she did not admit that they had fallen in love until the interview.
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"He is passionate about wildlife and an extraordinary wakeboarder," she said. "We are excited to be achieving more conservation work together. I feel lucky to have him in my life."
Bindi is all grown up but one thing that hasn't changed is the heartbreak the 17-year-old feels over the death of father Steve Irwin in 2006.
"You never actually move on from it," the wildlife campaigner told Sunday Style, admitting that it was "tough to get out of bed" in the weeks and months following the tragedy.
Steve was killed by an eight-foot stingray in 2006 while filming an Ocean's Deadliest documentary in north Queensland.
Bindi has since continued her father's conservation work at Australia Zoo in Queensland, where both she and younger brother Robert have dedicated their lives to being "Wildlife Warriors."
Last month Bindi celebrated her 17th birthday in true Irwin style, by dangling a huge piece of meat into the jaws of a hungry crocodile.
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