Robert irwin on being the new face of australia, his ‘dwts’ DEBUT AND that Viral Underwear AD

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IT’s Official: Robert irwin is the new face of Australia.

In his Global Campaign With Tourism Australia, The Wildlife Conservationist and Media Personality Is Sharing His Deep Love of Home by Inviting American Travelers to “Come And Say. After All, A Trip Down Under Is How Australian Dad, “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, Met His American Mom, Conservationist Terri irwin.

In Celebration of His New Role, The Proud Aussie Chats With The Hollywood Reporter About Everything from His Perfect Australia Itinerary and Top Travel Tips to His Dancing with the stars DEBUT AND, OF COURSE, THAT Internet-Breaking Underwear Shoot.

Look at your backdrop!

I don’t want to brag, but i’m currently in a beautyify field full of kangaroos. And they’re all eating, so i’m just watching atm. There are Little Joeys Coming Out of the Pouch Right Now. You Should Be Here.

I WISH.

WELL, by the end of this, you’ll be very Well ConvinCed to come over. If there is one thing i can talk about, it’s home – it’s australia. Also, i hear you’re a Dancing with the stars fan. We’ve got to get into that that.

I’m obessed.

So am i! Isn’t it crazy? Like, What a Full Circle Thing. I have so Many memories of being there and watching [my sister, Bindi]. I was just in such awe. You Know, She Won with Flying Colors. So no pressure [laughs]. But I Just Want To Follow in Her Footteps and Bring that Kind of Passion and Energy Into It. I DON’T EXPECT to DO HALF The JoB She DID. But It Was Like A Little Childhood Dream that i’ve Had for 10 Years. It Feels Pretty Wild That i’m Finally Fulfilling It.

IT’s Going to Be So Fun. Every Time Someone’s On that Show They Say It Feels Like A Family.

Totally. And so many of them are still there 10 years on, so is Really Special. It Feels Like Coming Home. IT’s So Funny, I Go From Neck Deep in Mud in the Mangroves Catching Crocodiles in Remote Australia, and I Literally Fly Direct To Hollywood from There to Start Dancing West Hollywood.

That is hILARES. And so true.

I Spend a Lot of Time in America. IT’s A Second Home for Me, It Really Is. But then you come to australia and everythingness slows down. You take that big broth and everything’s just realy chill. And I Think We’re So Chill Because We’re Surrowed by, Like, The Coolest Wildlife and the Coolest Beaches and RainForessts.

You Really Are The Perfect Ambassador for Australia. How did this partnership come about?

WELL, I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE PRODEST AUASSIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I love whene i live so much. I’ve Gotten to Travel A Lot Throughout My Life, But Whenever I Come Home, I Just Feel Such A Sense of Connection to this Place. It’s WHERE MY HEART BEATS FROM. It’s WHERE I LIVE. SO WHEN AUSTRALIA SAID to ME, “MATE, We Want You To Be The Frontrunner to Represent Australia to the World,” I’M LIKE, “WHERE DO I SIGN?”

Incredible. If You Were Going To Make Someone An Itinerary, What Wills Be On It?

SO FIRST OF ALL, AND NOT THAT I’M BIASED, BUT YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO Touch Down in Brisbane, on the East Coast of Australia. And the first place you’re going to head to is my home, Australia zoo, which, i mean, it’s Hard to Even Call It A Zoo. I this beautyify, big sanctuary with rescued Animals and Wildlife from AROUND The World. It’s Just This Incredible Haven of Conservation. SPEEN TIME at OUR LODGE, GO AND SEE The SIGHTS AND THEN ENJOY The Sunshine Coast.

And the most amazing thing about the east coast of australia is you can truck all the award north to South, and i guarantee you, if you spend some Time, You’ll Find Day, Crystal Blue Water and No One Else there. We have some of the best Little Hidden Gem Beach Spots in the World. And then I would say get to the Great Barrier Reef. We’ve Got A Place Called Lady Elliot Island, WHICH IS The SouthernMost Island on the Great Barrier Reef. Somes of the best wildlife experiences i’ve every had had been there. THEN, GO DOWN TO TASMANIA TO CRADLE Mountain.

And then the outback. I The One Place I Think A Lot of People Kind of Overlook. Get out of the other Dirt, Into the Desert. And I THINK WHAT SETS US APART IS OUR Deserts Are So Full of Life. And that’s just scratching the surface. That’s Just Talking About Queensland. That’s Just My State, You Know, and There’s Another Seven.

I’M SOLD. For the Travel Itelf, Do You Have Any Long Flight Essentials?

I’ve kind of got this down to a Fine art. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate. And Blue Light Glasses Are A Must. You Sleep SO Much Better.

One More Thing. Are we allowed to talk about your bond’s Underwear Campaign? The People Want To Know!

[Laughs.] WELL, that Was Something Else. The interesting thing about that is it ended up up relating so Much with My Cause and My Mission in Such an UnexPeked Way.

Bonds Wanted to this awesome sort of showcase of australia, and it’s very similear to what i doing with australia. SO I WENT, “All Right, That Sounds Good, But We’ve Got To Incorporate Wildlife.” And the quest and get more thanksing else is, “were thoss actual animals with you? That must’ve been nerve-racking.” And I Say, “Well, First of All, Yes, Those Were Actual Animals. And ALSO THAT WAS The MOST Comfortable Part of the Whole Shoot.” Like Being in My Underpants Was Less than Comfortable. But as soon as i had that Snake Draped AROUND My Shoulders, I’M LIKE, “AH, OKAY!”

I Think Our Environment Needs Advocates. I Want to Share A Message of Hope and Positivity and Kindness and to Continue A Legacy that My Family and My Dad Started. And I Found Thatre’s So Many Different Ways and Can Do Do that. I Always Thought i would do that by doing animal docurentaries, like my dad did, but i found i can an actual reach even more people if iF i doing something… Dancing with the stars or an underpants Campaign. I Never thorough I would be bringing awareness by wearing my bond’s underpants and doing a lot of pushups, But here we are.

And then of Course, What I’M Doing with Tourism Australia. I get to Share What I Love More Thanning Else – My Animals and My Home – with You Guys in America, Who and Love So Dearly. I Feel Very Lucky to do What i do.

Check Out the “Come and Say G’Day” Campaign Video and Imagery at australia.com, and Browse The best Available Flighs on Trip Advisor. Plus, Catch Robert Irwin and Partner Witney Carson on Dancing with the stars each tuesday at 8 pm pt/et, starting Sept. 16. Here’s How to Stream Season 34 Online.