Lara Bingle has endured a raft of controversies over recent years. Source: Supplied
WHEN this piece is posted online or featured in print, many of you will be moved — more so than for most other subjects — to post a comment, email the editor or even put pen to paper to write an old-school letter. Some of it will be positive, the bulk will be negative. "Why are you writing about her?" "Who cares?" "Slow news day?"
Lara Bingle has that kind of effect. But whether you love her, hate her or love to hate her, there's no doubt we're still enamoured with her every move, despite the fact she resides half a planet away these days (or maybe because of it).
Bingle is our own Paris Hilton: seemingly devoid of the traditional pillars of fame — sporting prowess, singing ability or acting chops — and simply famous for being famous, beautiful and a bit of all right in a bathing suit.
For the past decade, since she burst on to the scene all bubbly, bikini-clad and sweary in Tourism Australia's controversial "Where the bloody hell are you?" ad campaign, her personal life and many controversial relationships have provided constant fodder.
Drama followed Bingle and Bingle seemingly did everything in her power to court it — engagement rings reportedly thrown down the toilet when her engagement to cricket star Michael Clarke went much the same way, a nude photo scandal involving AFL bad boy Brendan Fevola and links to a string of men including Sydney nightclub identity John Ibrahim, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, US rapper Jason Derulo and British rugby player Danny Cipriani.
The nude phone picture of Lara naked in the shower, taken by AFL footballer Brendan Fevola in 2006. Source: Supplied
But now surely her best title to date — new mum.
Bingle, 27, welcomed a baby boy, reportedly on March 24 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles — the birthplace of celebrity offspring including Harper Beckham and North West — with her partner/boyfriend/fiance/husband, Avatar actor Sam Worthington.
We say reportedly because the pregnancy was never officially confirmed by Bingle, let alone
the birth. Ditto her relationship status with Worthington. (Though Bingle did break her silence last week to confirm the baby's name — Rocket Zot — when she lashed out via social media at those in the media who knocked the unusual moniker. For the record, both names are nods to the couple's fathers.)
Persistent pregnancy rumours were unofficially confirmed in January when Bingle showed off an obvious baby bump for the first time in a white T-shirt while holidaying in Palm Springs. Earlier shots of her shopping for infant clothes at Baby Dior in Paris and hazy underwater pool snaps of a rounded belly on Instagram had added to the whispers.
Lara Bingle shopping at the Cotton On store in Santa Monica, California. Picture: Mike Windle/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
(If they have tied the knot, their secret ceremony would have presumably been a far cry from the lavish, high-profile affair she and former fiance Clarke would have had if their engagement party — a star-studded soiree at Sydney's Luna Park with photos from the night sold to a magazine — was anything to go by.)
Lara Bingle and partner Sam Worthington. Source: Supplied
Was she told by her (ever-changing) management team to lie low?
Are Worthington's notoriously private ways rubbing off on her? Or is she just finally happy, settled and content to live her life away from the spotlight?
Regardless of her reason, as the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Since Bingle moved Stateside, away from the Sydney fishbowl, the celebrity appetite for her hasn't waned. Even in her silence, Bingle makes news. She still sells magazines, we still want to know her next move.
When she posted on Instagram last month a photo of a beach at sunset with words "arrived at the perfect time today", it was immediately taken as "the baby is here" and made headlines from Mallacoota to Mandurah.
A pregnant Lara Bingle pictured on the cover of OK Magazine. Source: Supplied
BUT Paula Joye knows that Bingle polarises, too. The former editor of Cleo, Shop Til You Drop and Madison magazines runs her own fashion and lifestyle blog, The Joye. When she featured Bingle in November about The Base, the negative feedback prompted Joye to censor and delete comments on her blog for the first time.
Joye wrote: "She has one of the truly great faces, an extraordinary beauty that seems to be getting more spectacular with age. There's a new confidence to the girl from Cronulla, whose impossibly blue eyes and tawny tan made millions of people want to visit Australia."
Comments like this summed up the anti-Bingle sentiment: "Is it Bimbo Week?! Sick of these idiots being worshipped. They're a bad example for young women."
Lara Bingle has reinvented herself. Source: Supplied
Joye hit back.
"I think that beautiful women provoke polarising reactions," she says. "I've known Lara since she was 17 and I'm proud of the young woman she's become."
When Bingle collaborated with Geelong-based retail giant Cotton On in 2013 on a swimwear range, then general manager Teri Naccarato labelled Bingle "the quintessential Bondi Beach girl.
"Born and raised in the golden sunshine of the east coast, Lara has grown to be one of our most loved swimsuit models and television personalities."
And you know you've entered the zeitgeist when bookie Sportingbet take punts on you. At $7, Jake — Worthington's character's name in Avatar — was the hot favourite for Bingle bub's name, with Michael — after Bingle's cricketer ex — a long shot at $101. If only someone had put money on Rocket Zot!
Bingle has come the full circle in the past decade. From being Australia's answer to Posh and Becks with Clarke — the high-profile glamour couple with the sun-kissed good looks, the beachfront apartment and VIP invites for every night of the week — and then single, footloose and fancy-free, Bingle is now in another long-term relationship but one that's mature and private. It's seemingly on Worthington's terms. More than 10 years Bingle's senior, he doesn't do public gaze, he doesn't do attention-seeking and he's clearly no fan of the pesky paps.
The couple are now reportedly househunting in LA's up-market Los Feliz area and planning a holistic lifestyle for their newborn, already signing him up to yoga classes and an alternative school where rabbits and chickens roam the grounds.
Just don't expect a magazine deal when little Rocket Worthington enters the school gates for the first time, but plenty of paparazzi eager for the shot that lands them a highly paid magazine cover.
THE TIMELINE OF LARA'S LIFE
The 'Where the bloody hell are ya?' ad. Source: News Corp Australia
June 22, 1987: Born in Cronulla, NSW.
February 2006: Shoots to fame as the bikini-clad blonde in Tourism Australia's "Where the bloody hell are you?" campaign (right). The ads are banned from British television after the slogan is deemed too risqué.
July 2006: Is runner-up on Channel 9's celebrity ice-skating show Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice. Nine later hires Bingle to promote its Ashes coverage dressed in cricket pads and a bikini and as a reporter on travel show Holidays for Sale.
March 2008: Her boyfriend of 18 months, cricketer Michael Clarke, pops the question in New York. The pair hold a lavish engagement party at Sydney's Luna Park.
Bikini-clad Lara donned a bikini to promote cricket. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
May 2008: Bingle's dad Graham, 55, dies from liver and pancreatic cancer. Bingle gets a tattoo on her wrist in his honour that reads, "Wish you were here."
December 2009: Bingle's $300,000 Aston Martin, a present from Clarke, is stolen from the couple's Bondi home. The car is found two days later with only minor damage. A boy, 14, charged with its theft brags to police that he'd made the news.
Lara Bingle and her Aston Martin. Picture: Paul McConnell/Snappermedia Source: Supplied
Michael Clarke and Lara in happier times. Source: News Limited
December 2010: Bingle is dropped as the face of swimwear brand Speedo, losing her $250,00 a year contract. She is replaced by former Miss Universe finalist Rachael Finch.
The awkward magazine spread. Source: News Limited
April 2011: Invests in Torquay pub Growlers with paparazzi agency owner-turned-Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons. (Neither party now has a stake in the business.)
June 2011: Competes on Dancing with the Stars and is slammed by judge Todd McKenney for being dull and lacking the X-factor. Bingle is eliminated three weeks in.
July 2011: Pics of a loved-up Bingle holidaying in Bora Bora with a new man, rugby player Danny Cipriani, appear in a woman's mag in a lucrative deal reportedly stitched up by Bingle herself. Bingle later admits Cipriani dumped her while the mag was still on shelves.
June 2012:Being Lara Bingle premieres on Channel 10. The 10-part reality series shows Bingle doing ear candling and having colonic irrigation. Series isn't renewed for a second season.
September 2012: Fined $3500, banned from driving for a year and given an 18-month good behaviour bond in court for driving while suspended and fleeing the scene of a traffic accident. Fronts court again last year for driving on a cancelled licence and is ordered to complete a six-week traffic offenders' program.
Being Lara Bingle on Channel 10. Source: Supplied
January 2013: Single again after splitting with her fashion designer beau of 14 months, Gareth Moody, who she credited with helping her lose 12kg.
October 2013: Confirms she's dating Avatar star Sam Worthington. Moves to New York to live with him.
November 2013: Launches her swimwear range for Cotton On.
Lara leaves court after pleading guilty to a driving charge. Source: News Limited
February 2014: Worthington is arrested in New York for assault after allegedly punching paparazzo Sheng Li. The couple, who are due in court this month over the $10.8 million lawsuit, say Li prompted the stoush, following them for four hours before kicking Bingle.
November 2014: Launches a new tanning and skincare range called The Base.
December 2014: Changes name on Instagram account to Lara Bingle Worthington, fuelling speculation the pair have wed.
March 2015: Bingle and Worthington welcome son Rocket Zot in Los Angeles, where they are said to be househunting.
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